Where to hunt from Lyon Mountain, NY

State land and refuges near Lyon Mountain

Land whose boundary comes within 10 miles of Lyon Mountain leads the table, nearest line first; tracts farther out follow by distance to their center.

Acre for acre, Chazy Highlands Wild Forest (47,589 acres) is the giant inside the ring. Forest Preserve tracts nearby start with Chazy Highlands Wild Forest, and 1 more lie in the ring. 5 state forests and similar DEC tracts reach within 10 miles, the closest being Chazy Highlands State Forest. WMA ground near Lyon Mountain starts at Chazy Highlands Wildlife Management Area.

Tract access from Lyon Mountain

• Chazy Highlands State Forest (at town). DEC places it in the town of Dannemora, Clinton County. Plan on 4 listed lots, with 1 DEC map to download. It is open year-round, and the fee is listed as free. DEC notes: “Hunting is permitted on the property in accordance with department regulations, unless otherwise posted.”
• Chazy Highlands Wild Forest (0.8 mi). DEC posts 5 maps and 5 marked parking areas for it. DEC notes: “All public use areas, State Forest, and Wildlife Management Areas in the vicinity are open to public hunting and trapping during the legal hunting seasons, except where specifically prohibited by posted notice.”
• Chazy Highlands Wildlife Management Area (4.7 mi). Location on the DEC page reads: Town of Dannemora, Clinton County at the northern edge of the Adirondack Park. DEC gives 2 parking locations and 1 property map for planning. DEC shows it open year-round with a free fee.
• Taylor Pond Wild Forest (8.3 mi). DEC posts 8 maps and 14 marked parking areas for it. DEC notes: “Public hunting is prohibited on the Franklin Falls Easement Tract and Shell Rock Easement Tract.”

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 Lyon Mountain. Checked October 27, 2026. Statewide public land map.

Deer and bear units that reach Lyon Mountain

In Clinton County the deer calendar comes from 2 units: 5C and 5A. WMU 5C holds Chazy Highlands State Forest, the first tract on the distance list with a county unit. State law allows no DMPs in 5C and 5A, an Adirondack unit list. A second buck tag now has to be earned by reporting an antlerless deer first (Earn-a-2nd-Buck). Duck dates come from the Northeastern and Lake Champlain zones; goose dates from Northeast and Lake Champlain.

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.

Lyon Mountain hunter services, nearest first

Shops are gun, archery, outdoor and chain sporting stores; town and village clerks that sell licenses get their own group. Nearest drop for donated venison is Pardy's Custom Meat Cutting (13 mi).

Processing shops

Mount makers

Outdoor stores

Municipal license agents

DEC licenses 22 hunting guides with a Clinton County address; the state dataset lists them (names are not repeated here). DEC guide list

Processors from the DEC 2026 deer and bear processor list and Yellow Pages; bear cooperators from the DEC cooperating bear taxidermists and processors list; clerks from the DEC license issuing agents dataset; shops from Yellow Pages and store locators. Checked October 27, 2026; hours were not checked.

State wildlife offices for Lyon Mountain hunters

Questions about DMPs, state land or nuisance wildlife near Lyon Mountain go to DEC Region 5.

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

Other New York bases near Lyon Mountain

Nearest neighbors with their own pages are Dannemora, Redford, Altona and Peru. Clinton County bases besides Lyon Mountain: Altona, Chazy, Dannemora, Peru, Plattsburgh and Redford.

Lyon Mountain hunters, one last look

Wear orange or pink with a gun for deer or bear, carry your tags and report within the deadline.