Well, I don't mind telling you a very close approximation of the nests, but what I don't want is a bunch of yahoos showing up with guns, and making bigfoot calls like on T.V. and wood knocking and call blasting. In my opinion, those actions don't fool the forest people, you are only fooling yourself.
Its not that I don't want to share, I don't want them moving out, because of excess human pressure. But in truth, if the area was overrun by people, I could find another area within a few miles and be just as successful. In fact, I know of at least 4 areas nearby, that I have researched, and they are there, in my opinion, they are everywhere, I would bet there exist a minimum of 1000 in Massachusetts. If you lived near northern Worcester county in Massachusetts, I would invite you to see. That is an open invitation to you and any of your members that I think would respect the area and its inhabitants.
And what elevation, the highest ground of course. They seem to prefer the high ground, conventional historic wisdom combined with my own experiences. Why? Because most people are too lazy to hike up a hill and that's the truth. They are not always on the high ground, but they will be where people seldom visit. At night, with full leaf cover, they'll come down and roam just about anywhere, including people's backyards. Then before 4 am, approximately, they'll gradually retreat back up the hill. And during winter, with snow on the ground, they are strictly on top of the hills, in their secret hiding spot.
Rule #1 for them is leave no trace. But I'm sure you may have heard all this before.
My house is a few miles south. My house is 1050 feet above
sea level. My favorite hill for interaction is 1350 feet above see level.
My friend, Lady in Waiting, rest her soul, would spend the nights alone, and she told me they get active around 10PM. I prefer daytime excursions,
and they will interact with me until about 10AM. These are not hard and fast rules, but are generally correct, with exceptions of their own making.
If you google "eastern hemlock range", that is the area that I would expect to find these nests.
If it is raining, I get no interaction, they hunker down just like the other animals.
If it rained the night before, the forest floor will be quiet, and sometimes I'll surprise them and they'll start rock clacking, dead giveaway that its them.
They are not omnipotent, and although they fear man just as all the other animals do, they are curious and just can't help but follow you and observe you. That is, if you get to the woods before other people, otherwise obviously, they'll be following those people. I like to get there before 7AM, or even earlier sometimes.
Thanks for your well wishes.
FTC