Unread postby gjs4 » Sun Dec 31, 2017 11:19 am
Poorly!
45-50 wmus that don’t even correspond with county lines. No deer census or herd monitoring everything is based off math of the harvest. They only admit I fly survey 4-6% of the own contrived harvest (vis college interns for the most part) who also determine age and that is then multiplied based on their stat that only 35-40% of the kill is reported. Does permit numbers are based on magic math as well. Some areas you can get 2, then 2 bonus and have up to 4 signed over to you. Some limited areas are a doe a day. Others are none.
The northern (adirondiak park), southern zone (the remainder of upstate NY) and Long Island are the three main zones. A very few areas are archery only, a few more shotgun/ml only, the remainder are rifle of any Center fire caliber (17,204,50bmg).
Southern zone season, which has over 45% of the total take the first weekend of gun has ridiculous hunter density. When you hear NY hunting states know that some areas are desolate or have no deer and or deer hunters, where as others may make Michigan look left alone. Anyway- archery goes ~oct1-nov15. Youth firearm (any gun or deer) is the three day Columbus weekend in there. Crossbow is nov 6?- gun. Regular gun goes nov 15-DEC early teens. Decteens thru early 20s is ml and second archery. One buck for archery and one for gun- but can use buck tags as either sex tags the last season. Shooting hours are actual sunrise to sunset.
Hunting access on state property varies area by area.
Mind you this is for the few that follow laws...we have horrid enforcement and compliance.
It sucks here.
Green and growing... Or red and rotting