First Light Farm - Spring Turkey

First Light Farm offers private spring turkey hunting on about 154 acres near Addison, New York, in Steuben County in the heart of the Southern Tier.
Turkeys roost in the hardwood timber on this working dairy and beef farm and pitch down to the hay and crop fields at first light to strut and feed. Set up on a field edge below the roost, or work the brushy transitions and wooded drainages and call a gobbler in as he heads out. Late morning can be prime time, when toms leave their hens on the nest and go looking for company.
Each 2-day hunt is private for one party of up to two hunters. Drive the designated farm roads to your access point, and use an ATV on those roads to reach your setup. Camp at a designated spot with a tent or trailer and you can be listening for gobbles before daylight.
New York's spring season runs all of May, and each hunter may take two bearded birds, one per day, from a half hour before sunrise until noon. You will need a New York hunting license and a turkey permit, both over the counter with no draw. Shotguns, bows, and crossbows are legal. Camping spots have no power or water, but water is available on the farm for fill-up. Addison has food and gas, and Painted Post and Corning have lodging.

First Light Farm is classic Southern Tier whitetail country: hay and crop fields for food, hardwood timber blocks for bedding, and brushy transitions and wooded drainages linking the two. Deer work out of the timber toward the fields in the evening and back to cover at first light, and the field edges concentrate that movement into predictable travel routes. Early archery season is about feeding patterns. Rubs and scrapes start showing along the timber edges in late October, and by November bucks are cruising the drainages and transitions looking for does.

After your hunt, you will be sent an automated Harvest Report. To assist Infinite Outdoors in maintaining the quality of properties, and to continue to put conservation at the forefront, we require that the harvest report be completely filled out and returned. Failure to fill out the harvest report within 2 weeks of the hunt taking place will result in a $25 fine. If you are unsuccessful in filling your tag, Infinite Outdoors still needs to have that information provided to them.

2-Day Hunt. By booking the first day of your hunt, you are automatically booked for the following day as well.

New York's spring turkey season runs the entire month of May, with a youth-only weekend in late April. Hunting hours are a half hour before sunrise until noon. Check current season dates at dec.ny.gov before your hunt.

No application needed. You will need a New York hunting license (resident or nonresident) and a turkey permit, which includes carcass tags for spring and fall. Crossbows may be used by hunters 14 and older. Buy online through DECALS at dec.ny.gov, at any license issuing agent, or by phone at 1-866-933-2257.

No draw. New York turkey permits are sold over the counter to residents and nonresidents, so you can book this hunt and buy your permit the same day.

Reservation fees are due at the time of booking and are non-refundable. 100% of the outdoorsman fee will process 14 days prior to the hunt.

Adventures must be cancelled 14 days or more prior to the hunt. Cancellations made within 14 days of the hunt may be subject to full or partial charges, and IO will work with you to reschedule if applicable.

If there is a lapse in availability, please do not be discouraged to reach out to IO. All calendars are set and managed by landowners, and unavailability is set by them. However, IO is willing to reach out on your behalf, to check on available dates. Other reasons for unavailable dates include biologist recommended hunter/harvest quotas that landowners implement, as well as state season dates not being released.

You are not legally allowed to access the property, for any adventure, prior to your selected access day. If you try to access the property at all before your selected date(s), without prior approval from IO, you will be subject to trespassing and punishments therein