Well, Whitaker's is generally sold out months in advance for anytime of Silly season and an old pro like you should know that Columbus Day weekend is generally a three ring circus with all three rings crowded, the peak weekend of the whole year, Fichy has been posting here for a long time, has camped and stayed at most places around, and I would agree with him for someone coming from Albany and points East, maybe you could find something in Camden, but I would not advise anyone who didn't have accommodations booked to come up to Pulaski on C day weekend, you could spend the entire day driving around and looking. O course you could also get lucky, the guy that bought Brenda's had a whole wall of names and phone numbers of people who japped out on him when they heard the run wasn't in last fall, but if there are fish, they will be there, and it is definitely dangerous to be driving around looking for a room after fishing all day, with little chance of finding one.
BTW, its a violation of Encon Law to sell lead sinkers under 1/2 ounce in NYS, and based on sales tax regs, the sale takes place at your end, so the seller who sells them to you could be in some heat (most internet sellers won't sell them to a New York ship to address.) And its only a matter of time before you won't be able to use them up, either.
Jus' sayin, newbie!
Oh Yea, and Deer densities on the Tug Hill are about the lowest in the state. Something about 18 feet of snow in the winter and deer just doesn't go together.
The 7 or 8 most regular posters on this site have in the neighborhood of 200 collective years on the SR, but we're all just blowin' smoke. Everything you told him except the lead part is in the DEC link I gave him, with more detail. Jus' sayin agin!