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Hunting Guides and Preserves across New York
Every one of the 21 guides and preserves we could source, arranged by the nine DEC regions from Long Island to Buffalo, each with a phone, a map link and a website where the source gave one.
Photo: GerryT (CC BY 2.0)
Licensed guides by county
DEC licenses 730 hunting guides with a New York address, in 59 counties. Most licenses are held by individuals under their own names, so this page gives only the count for each county; the DEC dataset lists each guide with a phone number.
| DEC region | Licensed hunting guides | By county |
|---|---|---|
| Region 1 | 59 | Suffolk 43, Nassau 16 |
| Region 2 | 10 | Queens 6, New York 3, Bronx 1 |
| Region 3 | 83 | Ulster 25, Orange 16, Sullivan 13, Dutchess 10, Westchester 9, Rockland 6, Putnam 4 |
| Region 4 | 93 | Otsego 15, Greene 13, Rensselaer 12, Albany 11, Delaware 11, Schoharie 9, Columbia 8, Schenectady 8, Montgomery 6 |
| Region 5 | 114 | Warren 23, Clinton 22, Essex 20, Saratoga 17, Franklin 15, Hamilton 9, Washington 5, Fulton 3 |
| Region 6 | 100 | Jefferson 39, Oneida 20, St. Lawrence 20, Herkimer 11, Lewis 10 |
| Region 7 | 141 | Oswego 42, Onondaga 31, Cayuga 22, Broome 15, Madison 10, Tioga 9, Tompkins 5, Chenango 4, Cortland 3 |
| Region 8 | 103 | Monroe 23, Ontario 20, Wayne 16, Livingston 12, Seneca 10, Yates 7, Chemung 5, Steuben 4, Orleans 3, Genesee 2, Schuyler 1 |
| Region 9 | 27 | Erie 9, Allegany 5, Wyoming 5, Cattaraugus 4, Niagara 4 |
Shooting preserves
DEC licenses shooting preserves but publishes no list of license holders, so the preserves and game farms below come from business listings; ask each one about its DEC license.
Pheasant release sites
About 50,000 adult pheasants are released before and during the season on over 100 sites open to public pheasant hunting (DEC).
Cooperative hunting areas
Cooperative hunting areas such as King Ferry in Cayuga and Tompkins counties and the East Hampton and Southampton areas on Long Island are hunted by permit.
Sources: DEC guides currently licensed; DEC shooting preserve license, set against the DEC wording on October 27, 2026.
Region 1, Long Island: 1 guide or preserve
Region 3, the lower Hudson Valley: 5 guides and preserves
Region 4, the Capital District and northern Catskills: 4 guides and preserves
Region 5, the eastern Adirondacks and Lake Champlain: 1 guide or preserve
Region 6, the western Adirondacks, Tug Hill and the St. Lawrence Valley: 1 guide or preserve
Region 7, central New York: 6 guides and preserves
Region 8, the western Finger Lakes and Genesee Valley: 3 guides and preserves
Guide services and preserves from Yellow Pages listings with a hunting word in the name; DEC’s shooting preserve license page gives no list of preserves, and licensed guide counts come from the DEC licensed guides dataset, checked October 27, 2026.
Map of New York guides and preserves
20 of the 21 guides and preserves carry their own map point. 1 more sit at the centre of their town because the geocoder could not match the street address.
New York guides and preserves, answered
How was this list of guides and preserves compiled?
Guide services and preserves from Yellow Pages listings with a hunting word in the name; DEC’s shooting preserve license page gives no list of preserves, and licensed guide counts come from the DEC licensed guides dataset, checked October 27, 2026.
Is every one of these guides and preserves geocoded?
20 listings carry a point of their own; 1 sit at a town centre; nothing is left off the map.
Which counties have no guides and preserves?
43 counties have none; check the county next door or the map.
Why are licensed guides not listed by name?
Most of the 730 DEC hunting guide licenses are held by individuals, so this page shows how many are licensed in each county and links the DEC dataset instead.
Which county has the most licensed hunting guides?
Suffolk County (43), Oswego County (42) and Jefferson County (39).
How many guide services and preserves are listed?
10 guide services and 11 preserves or game farms, from business listings, because DEC publishes no list of licensed preserves.
What is the count of guides and preserves in New York?
21 across 19 counties.
Which counties lead for guides and preserves?
Dutchess County (2), Genesee County (2) and Cayuga County (1).
Which region leads for guides and preserves?
6 in Region 7, 5 in Region 3, 4 in Region 4, 3 in Region 8, 1 in Region 6, 1 in Region 1 and 1 in Region 5.
After the New York guides and preserves
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