Learn to Hunt NYC

I’m from Brazil and had never hunted before and it was a great experience. Hunt guide was helpful, kind and polite. He taught me how to find a good spot, what deer eats, talked about the trees and otjer animalz in the area. They showed me small details of how to find a deer. He also shared hunt stories. It was perfect. And before the hunt, they gave all instructuons necessary to have a safe hunting. And they are open to suggestions, they listen to what you would like to do. I had the feeling they were doimg their best to give me a ligetime experience. I had the feeling we were just two old friends having a good time. I will definetly go back one day with my son in the near future.

I booked a foraging trip in late July with two friends, thinking it was a cool experience that we have never done before. And we had a blast! Fisher is very knowledgeable about all things outdoors. He gave us great explanations of different mushroom species, how they grow, and how to tell certain ones a part. Fisher was able to answer all our questions we had during the tour. He knew exactly where to go to find specific mushrooms- and we definitely found them immediately! With his keen senses, he spotted an edible mushroom on the side of a log like 50 meters off trail and some wild turkeys off in the bushes- we would have never spotted them! The three of us had so much fun on the trip, we were explaining everything we learned on the tour to our friends and families right after. I definitely will have to make another trip to the NYC area to forage more mushrooms and berries. I HIGHLY recommend taking his foraging tour.

For my birthday my wife booked a half-day foraging hike with Fisher and I could not have been happier with the experience. I've long had an interest in mycology, and mushrooms are a favorite food by far. I've never had the time to dig into the books and was always apprehensive to go at it alone (as you should be because identifying fungus and wild edible plants takes a keen eye, good committed knowledge, and old fashioned experience). Fisher had all of the required qualities and then some. He was a great guide and highly knowledgable and was incredibly patient and kind in explaining things. Our hike resulted in finding 7 or so species of wild edible mushrooms which by Fisher's account was definitely a bit of luck and not a common experience. Altogether we probably came across over 25 species in total and learned a lot! It was amazing to walk away with so many wild mushrooms to try at home safely thanks to his expertise. As I said, you may not want to expect this much because mushroom foraging is also dependent on location, timing, rain, and a variety of other variables and we definitely lucked out a little. Fisher has his own well scouted spots and he went through a lot of effort to select one that would be prime for hunting and he chose wisely. He definitely wants you to walk away happy and does the legwork to do his best to insure it. I'd highly recommend booking with Fisher for anyone who wants a great starting point for mushroom foraging/hunting. It was a memorable experience and Fisher is a class act. You won't be sorry!

Learn to Hunt NYC is the place to go if you are looking to be introduced to hunting in the New York/New Jersey Area. Fisher was an amazing guide and teacher. We started off the day at the range going over the basics of firearm safety and practice shooting which allowed me to feel comfortable with the shotgun. After the range, we took a walk in the local woods where Fisher showed me how to look for game trails, deer tracks, and other signs that deer are around the area. After a quick lunch we headed to our zone to hunt in. We set up shop and I able to take home a nice sized deer! Fisher was kind enough to ask me how involved I would like to be in cleaning. After cleaning up I followed him to the local deer butcher where I was able to pick up my meat two days later. *FYI the butcher can make specialty sausage and deer pork roll (which I missed out on) I highly recommend giving Learn to Hunt NYC a call for your first time. Fisher was patient with me throughout the day and is extremely friendly and knowledgably about hunting and foraging.

Wow, what an experience!! I lucked out with finding Fisher to help guide me on my first ever hunt. He's a man in demand so I had to move my schedule around to hunt with him and I'm glad I did. Fisher and I met at one of his locations that he has hunted at many times before. One thing I'm learning is that you want a guide that is a great teacher and as well has done the research to find the spots that will help increase the opportunity of harvesting an animal. Soon after we walked into the forest and after a number of turkey calls, we heard gobbles. The experience calling, moving, setting up, direction on what to anticipate were all of the reasons why I wanted to get an experienced guide to teach me. Fisher showed his process and that led to a turkey walking into range for my first successful hunt. We bagged a bird in under 2.5 hours. I highly recommend Fisher and plan to seek his services for future hunts!