I see that you are a long way from the Adirondacks. You're near the Catskill area. There should be plenty of hunting opportunities there without traveling all the way up to the Adirondacks.
Anyway, I lived for a while up in Malone, in Franklin Co., NY. Deer are widely scattered in the Adirondacks and they go into "yards" once the snow begins to pile-up, making them even harder to find, unless you know where a yard is located.
I used to canoe across Meacham Lake and up the Osgood River a short way. I had a camp site set up there for grouse and deer hunting. There was plenty of deer sign all around there throughout the summer months, and I had high hopes for a good season.
I canoed back in there the day before opening day. No fresh deer sign anywhere! I stayed there a week, circled for miles around through the mountains, but never saw a deer.
Later, in the dead of winter, I went back in there on snowshoes. The snow was five feet deep on level ground, much deeper in the drifts. The river was frozen over and I easily crossed it. In my wandering, I came upon a frozen swamp. Here was the deer yard. Trails were packed and looked like ditches in the snow. The trails cris-crossed every which way all through that swamp.
This swamp was only a mile from my camp, but I had not entered it during the open deer season! Duh! If I had only known!
Sorry, but I don't know of any guides in that area.
