SPECIAL FEATURE-TUG HILL PLATEAU

TALLY HO AND GREETINGS
FROM THE ALLEGHENY PLATEAU!

TODAY WE ARE FEATURING SOME HOUNDS AND HUNTERS FROM THE TUG HILL PLATEAU.




ABOVE: THE TUG HILL FEBRUARY, 29, 2009

BELOW: "OUR BEST DAY" WITH RAIDER, BILLY AND ROY'S NEPHEWS FROM MASS IN FEBRUARY 2008.






LEFT: "LEISURE TIME"





Thanks to Roy Barnes from Rome, New York who hunts the Tug Hill Plateau.

Roy is a real "Extreme Hare Hunter" of the Tug Hill. As you can see from the top photo the snow gets a little deep! The hounds seem to have smiles on their faces.

Roy hunts the Boonville-Lowville area of the Tug Hill. Roy also hunts in Maine with Bob Howe.

Tug Hill Plateau is a remote section of upstate New York located a short drive north of Syracuse, between the east end of Lake Ontario and the Adirondack Mountains.
The Tug Hill Plateau is an upland region in upstate New York, famous for heavy winter snow. The Tug Hill Region is west of the Adirondack Mountains and is separated from the Adirondacks by the Black River Valley. Although the region is and has traditionally been known as the Tug Hill Plateau since it is flat on top, it is actually not a plateau. Technically, the Tug Hill could more accurately be called a cuesta since it is actually composed of sedimentary rocks that tip up on one side, rising from about 350 feet on the west to over 2,000 feet in the east.
The Tug Hill region encompasses 150,000 acres (600 km²) of unbroken, generally second-growth, northern hardwood forest, and is drained by a vast network of streams. New York State, small, privately owned parcels exist, and most permanent residences are located near state highways or maintained county roads.
Few roads or villages exist in the more remote areas, and undeveloped reaches of the plateau are a haven for wildlife, including deer, rabbits, beavers, turkeys, fishers, bobcats, coyote, and the occasional black bear and cougar. Salmon, trout, bass, walleye, and waterfowl can be found in the Tug Hill's abundant waterways.

The Tug Hill region is renowned for its excessive snowfall. Snow depths commonly reach five feet (one and a half meters) or more, on the level, and vastly deeper amounts are routine. The location of the region in relation to Lake Ontario often creates ideal conditions for lake effect snow. The Tug Hill hamlet of Montague owns the single day New York State record of snowfall with 77 inches (6 feet, 5 inches) (almost 2 meters). Another Tug Hill village, Hooker (in Lewis County) holds the state record for annual snowfall. Hooker also received an extraordinary accumulation of snow in the winter of 1976-77, with a total accumulation of 466.9 inches – approximately 39 feet (almost 12 meters).
On February 10, 2007 the National Weather Service reported that the Town of Parish had received 100 inches (more than 2.5 meters) of snow over a seven day span, while the village of Redfield received 141 inches (more than 3.5 meters) of snow over a ten day span of February 3-February 12, 2007. In 1977 a huge blizzard struck the Tug Hill Plateau and dumped 97 inches in the small village of Carthage.


Thanks Roy and Happy Hunting,
Fraternally
Joe