Favorite week to hunt NY/Penn?

[NHLongbeard]

I've done a lot of hunting in that southeastern NY and northeastern PA and I would not be hesitant to hunt later in the season. Especially with all day hunting. The birds seems to be extremely hot the 2nd half of the season, plus you have all day hunting in PA.

[turkaholic]

I hunt the whole month of May most years in Cobleskill  NY. I think the fist week is the best if your not competing with a bunch of other guys. I hunt all state forest areas and it is getting worse every year. Gobbling was way off for us last year. After the fist week they clammed up and it rained a LOT. I've been hunting that area for over 30 years.

[silvestris]

Deerhunt will score whatever the part of the season he hunts.  A super hunter and a great guy to boot.

[nyhunter]

the best week to hunt NY this year is gonna be right after all the snow melts the 3rd week of May. 

[Sir-diealot]

the best week to hunt NY this year is gonna be right after all the snow melts the 3rd week of May. 

You're a bit optimistic about that snow, don't ya think?

[Bowguy]

Idk why guys aren't saying this but I hunt NY quite a bit. I live about a mile from it. Good days may come/go but if it was me and I was hunting state land I'd take the first week.
Think about this. Only retired fellows and a few guys take the week off. That means pretty quick you have birds that haven't heard every trick to yourself. On the weekends guys are off and you're gonna have more company, more spooky birds. After a couple weekends it gets tougher.  In a short time you'll be looking for a fresh bird. It's gonna be harder to find one. Anytime things can happen but there'd be less birds wanting to work day in day out a few weeks in. There are exceptions.