Hunting in Chautauqua County is a Sportsmen Paradise

Sportsmen always asked the age old question were can we go to hunt bear, deer, turkey, ducks, geese and upland game? Chautauqua County New York is the answer and during the fall, hunters can do all the above. If one times their visit right, you can hunt ducks and geese in the morning, then climb into a tree stand in the afternoon and pursue whitetail deer and bear; YES all in the same day.
Hunting in Chautauqua County, New York is truly hunters paradise. With over 20,000 acres of State own game land to pursue the quarry of your choosing, Chautauqua County surely is a Sportsmen Paradise.
State own game lands like Alder Bottom Wildlife Management Area, Boutwell Hill State Forest, Brokenstraw, Canandaway Creek WMA, Chautauqua Gorge State Forest, Clay Pond WMA, Harris Hill State Forest, Hartson Swamp WMA, Hatch Creek, Hill Creek Forest, Hill Higher State Forest, North Harmony State Forest, Watt’s Flats Wildlife WMA, Wellman State Forest and Whalen Memorial State Forest are just a few of the PUBLIC hunting areas where sportsmen can park and walk directly into the woods and start hunting.From the vineyards lining the 50 plus miles of shoreline of Lake Erie to the family own farms throughout the County, Chautauqua County offers some the finest and most diverse prime game rich land in the Northeast.
Chautauqua County has ranked in the top THREE Spring turkey harvesting counties in the State. In fact, during the spring of 2008, Chautauqua County hunters again put Chautauqua County NUMBER ONE in Spring Turkey harvest counties in the State or New York.
During the fall of 2008, hunters in Chautauqua County placed the County in the top FIVE total DEER harvest counties in the State.
From Lake Erie to Cassadaga to Chautauqua Lake’s waterfowl hunters have a wide array of ducks and goose hunting opportunities‘.
The thick wood lot edges boarding corn, bean and alpha fields that line the landscape of Chautauqua County are custom made for rabbit, grouse and pheasant.
With liberal bags limits and over the counter license sales, there should be no reason why Chautauqua County shouldn’t in your plans this season.