Where to hunt from Tannersville, NY

State land and refuges near Tannersville

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

Acre for acre, Hunter-West Kill Wilderness (24,549 acres) is the giant inside the ring. Forest Preserve tracts nearby start with Kaaterskill Wild Forest, and 9 more lie in the ring. 1 state forest or similar DEC tract reach within 10 miles, the closest being Mount Hayden State Forest. 32 NYC watershed recreation units lie in the ring; 3 of them need the free DEP Access Permit and the rest are public access areas.

Tract access from Tannersville

• Kaaterskill Wild Forest (1.2 mi). DEC places it in the towns of Hunter and Catskill, Greene County and Town on Saugerties, Ulster County. Plan on 5 listed lots, with 3 DEC maps to download.
• Twilight Park (NYC DEP Recreation Unit) (1.4 mi). The unit is a public access area; a hunting license is enough.
• Platte Clove Road (NYC DEP Recreation Unit) (1.7 mi). DEP marks it open without an Access Permit.
• Roundtop Mountain (NYC DEP Recreation Unit) (1.7 mi). This is a DEP public access area, so no Access Permit is needed.

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 Tannersville. Checked October 27, 2026. Statewide public land map.

Deer and bear units that reach Tannersville

In Greene County the deer calendar comes from 5 units: 3A, 4S, 4R, 4H and 3J. WMU 3A holds Kaaterskill Wild Forest, the first tract on the distance list with a county unit. Three points on one side is the rule in 3A, 4S, 4R and 3J; junior hunters may take any buck with a 3-inch antler. A second buck tag now has to be earned by reporting an antlerless deer first (Earn-a-2nd-Buck). Duck dates come from the Southeastern and Northeastern zones; goose dates from South, Hudson Valley and Northeast.

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.

Tannersville 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 Berkshire View Farms (20 mi). Bear hunters can leave a premolar tooth with Jeffrey Sweet Taxidermy Studio, a DEC bear cooperator 7.5 mi away.

Processing shops

Mount makers

Outdoor stores

Preserves

Municipal license agents

DEC licenses 13 hunting guides with a Greene 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 Tannersville hunters

Questions about DMPs, state land or nuisance wildlife near Tannersville go to DEC Region 4.

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 Tannersville

Nearest neighbors with their own pages are Haines Falls, Hunter, Palenville and Windham. Greene County bases besides Tannersville: Catskill, Haines Falls, Hunter, Palenville, West Kill and Windham.

Tannersville hunters, one last look

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