Mineville hunting guide, New York

How far Mineville is from state land

The boundary column runs in a straight line from Mineville to the closest edge; the center column runs to the mapped point, so a big wild forest can start far nearer than its center figure.

High Peaks Wilderness Complex brings the most ground to the ring, at 275,351 acres. For big woods, Hammond Pond Wild Forest is the nearest Forest Preserve unit to Mineville. The nearest state forest ground is Dix Mountain Tract (45,208 acres).

What the land pages say near Mineville

• Hammond Pond Wild Forest (0.8 mi). Its DEC page puts it in the towns of Crown Point, Elizabethtown, Horicon, Keene, Moriah, North Hudson, Schroon, Ticonderoga, and Westport, Essex County. The DEC page lists 16 parking areas and 2 maps. DEC notes: “Hunters may obtain camping permits for the full hunting season from the local Forest Ranger .”
• Giant Mountain Wilderness (6.6 mi). DEC places it in the towns of Elizabethtown and Keene, Essex County. 11 parking spots and 7 downloadable maps are on file with DEC.
• Dix Mountain Tract (7.3 mi). The tract sits in the towns of Keene, North Hudson & Elizabethtown, Essex County. Plan on 14 listed lots, with 14 DEC maps to download.

Lands, acreage, WMUs and access from DEC property pages, the DEC WMU layer, NYS Parks, NYC DEP and federal pages (lands.json); boundary distances inside 10 miles from places.json; center distances are straight lines from the Census point for Mineville. Checked October 27, 2026. Statewide public land map.

WMUs, dates and DMP odds around Mineville

WMUs 5F, 5G, 5H and 5C divide Essex County, which sits in the Northern Zone. Check WMU 5G first: Hammond Pond Wild Forest sits inside it. No Deer Management Permits are issued in 5F, 5G, 5H and 5C by law. Under the 2026 Earn-a-2nd-Buck rule, the second Antlered Deer Tag follows a reported antlerless harvest. DEC maps Essex County public land into the Northeastern, Lake Champlain and Southeastern duck zones and Northeast, Lake Champlain and South for Canada geese.

WMU shares and 2026-27 dates from the DEC WMU season layer (counties.json); DMP targets and odds from the DEC 2026 DMP table; antler, bowhunting-only and rifle rules from the 2026-27 guide; bear areas and fall turkey from the guide bear pages. Checked October 27, 2026.

Essex County take figures for Mineville

DEC calculates that hunters took 1,788 deer in Essex County in 2025, 1,418 of them adult bucks. 1,864 deer in 2022 is the high mark on the chart. At the unit level, 5G logged 1,742 deer in 2022. The 2022 bear take for Essex County was 35. For WMU 5G, the 2025 bear count reached 43. Spring turkey take in the Champlain Valley and Transition group of WMUs (which includes 5G) was 605 in 2026.

Deer take from DEC deer reports (latest county table); bear from the DEC bear take by town and county and the 2025 bear harvest summary; spring turkey from the DEC turkey WMU aggregate layer. Figures are DEC calculated take, printed as DEC labels them. Checked October 27, 2026.

Nearest DEC desks to Mineville

For a license, use HuntFishNY or a clerk. For local wildlife questions around Mineville, these are the DEC desks to call.

From the DEC statewide office list (services.json; Region 9 phones from the DEC permit administrators page), checked October 27, 2026.

Town pages close to Mineville

Witherbee, Westport and Elizabethtown are the three nearest town pages to Mineville, then Ticonderoga. Inside Essex County, also see Elizabethtown, Keeseville, Lake Placid, Schroon Lake, Ticonderoga and Westport.

What to confirm before leaving Mineville

Before a dawn start out of Mineville, check the legal light table for Essex County and know which side of the WMU line you will hunt.