Shhhh....
It's actually a widely-known secret among a group of us bowhunters in the metro New York City area. Westchester County is teeming with trophy whitetails, but they are afforded the protection of private estates and clustered residential developments. But they do have a fondness for people's shrubs, and those bucks love to rip cedar trees to pieces.
Every year, I go around and knock on people's doors asking permission to hunt with a bow. Usually meet someone with a grudge against these deer, and more than willing to help him, or her, get even. In fact, its getting so that we bowhunters are like prospectors, setting up claims and protecting our areas by recommending that the landowner not let anyone else hunt there. Since alot of these developments are separated by strips of woods, all it takes is one landowner to give permission to hunt behind his house, and that strip of woods becomes your private funnel. It seems crazy to be sitting up in a treestand with all these houses and noise around you, but the deer are there. Just have to be extra careful setting up shooting lanes.
