The state Department of Environment this week announced several changes to the state`s hunting laws regarding deer and black bears, including extending hunting seasons and dress code. * Extend hunting seasons for deer and bears to include the entire ambient light period from 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset. Previous regulations only allowed hunting after sunrise and not after sunset. All other states allow deer hunting, which begins half an hour before sunrise or earlier, or daylight hours, and 46 out of 50 states allow deer hunting up to a certain period of time (usually half an hour) after sunset. This amendment is consistent with the National Standard for Big Game Hunting; “We said, `Hey, how about an alternative to extend hunting hours? Ross says and refers to the NDA`s position on this issue. “If you add 30 minutes in the morning and 30 minutes in the afternoon, we told you that in the past, the total number of hours over the entire season was about 80 hours.” * Require someone to hunt big game with a firearm or accompany someone hunting big game with a firearm to wear a solid or patterned fluorescent orange or fluorescent pink hat, Wear a vest or jacket. Most two-person shootings in New York City involve a hunter victim who was not wearing fluorescent orange or pink clothing. Similar fluorescent orange requirements exist in most states; If a deer, bear or turkey is unfit for human consumption, a special permit may be issued allowing the hunter to take another deer, bear or turkey, provided the season is still open. The entire animal, including antlers, must expire to obtain a permit. A permit shall not be granted if the meat is unsuitable for neglected hunting.

Call a regional law enforcement or wildlife office listed under Important Numbers. Changes to the rules include lengthening hunting seasons and field dress codes to improve hunter safety. In 2021, CED and the New York State Legislature made several changes that increase and improve hunting opportunities for deer and bears: * Remove outdated language related to the use of deer tags during the September portion of the bow hunting season; Anyone who hunts deer or bear with a firearm, or a person who accompanies someone who hunts deer or bear with a firearm, must carry with them: New York eventually proposed an ordinance that would extend hunting seasons for deer and bears to the national standard: 30 minutes before sunrise and 30 minutes after sunset The plan also extends hunting seasons for deer and bears to the total duration of ambient light by 30 minutes before. Sunrise 30 minutes after sunset. The agency said all other states allow deer hunting, which begins 30 minutes before sunrise or earlier, or specify daylight hours, while 46 out of 50 states allow deer hunting after sunset, typically 30 minutes. Officials said the goal is to reduce the deer population or maintain a stable population, and that an increase in antler-free harvesting is needed to meet those goals. CED stated that these objectives are based on public contributions and assessments of the impact of deer on forests. Officials said hunters are only allowed to use deer management permits (DMPs) and deer management permit tags (DMAPs) this season. The new regulations establish a nine-day gun hunting season for antlerless deer in mid-September, from September 11 to 19. September in Wildlife Management Units (MMUs) 3M, 3R, 8A, 8F, 8G, 8J, 8N, 9A and 9F and use bowhunting equipment in MMUs 1C, 3S, 4J and 8C. According to critics, the current regulation does just that: it turns otherwise legal and law-abiding hunters into game offenders.

The law is also unnecessarily restrictive for hunters who have little time to hunt, such as people cramming into a seat before work or children rushing to their stalls after school. Obstructing hunters during the two most productive periods of summer game activity can delay the season for those who are already late, which could prevent casual deer hunters – those who only hunt a few days a year – from having legal harvesting opportunities. This is how I think of New York`s current regulations on deer and bear hunting, which limit filming times from sunrise to sunset. I lived and hunted in New York for six years, and not once did I meet another hunter who could explain why this Reg was in the books. Many deer hunters in New York don`t follow this rule because it just doesn`t make sense. The regulation deprives law-abiding hunters of legal and ethical shooting during periods when deer – crepuscular animals – are most active. “New York has a long and proud tradition of deer and bear hunting, and with these new rules, CED is building on that tradition by expanding opportunities for hunters, increasing woodless harvesting when needed, and improving hunter safety,” CED Commissioner Basil Seggos said in a statement prepared Wednesday. “I am confident that the rule changes announced today will provide hunters with a better overall experience while ensuring their safety. In addition, these measures align New York with the usual practices of states and provinces across North America. A legally consecrated deer must have at least one antler of 3 inches or more. Antlerless deer are antlerless deer (fawns and fawns) and antlerless deer less than 3” in length.

Special regulations apply in restricted areas for timber. For more information, see About crossbow hunting. “I watch those 30 minutes go by,” Ross says. “I don`t usually get out of the stands, even though the shooting time ends legally because I want to see if the deer move. This will give me the opportunity to reposition myself. I`m going to take my arrow out of my bow or take my bullet out of the gun so I don`t hunt legally, but I`m sitting there because when I see deer, I can say, “You`re from over there, I`ll line up there next time.” But it would be nice if I could sit there and shoot the deer [that night]. Neil Dougherty, president of NorthCountry Whitetails Consulting Services and another New York deer and bear hunter who complies with current regulations, is pleased that the CED is trying to update the regulations. Any hunting on state-managed land requires a DEC permit.

The archery season lasts from October to January. There is a gun season in January where shotguns and muzzle-loading rifles can be used. Gun users must obtain permission from a landowner to hunt during this season and may also require a municipal permit. For more information on LI hunting opportunities, please visit our www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/8373.html website. Hunters are prohibited from returning to New York with whole carcasses or intact heads of deer, moose, moose or caribou caught anywhere outside of New York. Only boneless meat, cleaned skull cap, non-stick meat antlers, raw or processed wrapper or skin, cleaned teeth or lower jaw, and finished taxidermy from CWD-susceptible animals may be brought to New York. For more information, see Chronic wasting disease. * Introduction of a nine-day season for antlerless deer in mid-September (September 11-19, 2021) with firearms in wildlife management units (MMUs) 3M, 3R, 8A, 8F, 8G, 8J, 8N, 9A and 9F and use of bowhunting equipment in UMPs 1C, 3S, 4J and 8C. The management objectives in these units are either to reduce the deer population or to maintain a stable population, and an increase in antler-free harvesting is necessary to achieve these objectives.

The objectives are based on public contributions and assessments of the impact of deer on forests. Hunters are only allowed to use Deer Management Licences (DMPs) and Deer Management Assistance Permit (DMAP) tags this season. In addition to the fact that hunters in all other states legally and safely kill deer before sunrise, New York currently allows hunters to catch many other species such as turkey and migratory birds within 30 minutes of the sun. Fur-bearing animals such as coyotes can be slaughtered at any time, day or night, as can non-wild species. These reasonable shooting times further weaken arguments that twilight hunting is obviously dangerous. In addition, hunters around the world must make decisions about shooting that are completely legal, such as handing over a mule deer with a horizon line or waiting for a white sling to emerge from behind the undergrowth. Hunters in the other 49 states are already able to reliably identify big game at dusk. This also includes deciding not to shoot if it`s too dark, even if it`s still in the legal light. I am convinced that New York hunters are responsible enough to make the same decisions. The New York DEC did not respond to a request for comment, but sources say the agency has been looking to update the regulations for years. It is still unclear why or how the regulation came into being, only that it has been in force for decades. The impetus to finally propose the change, according to Ross, came during discussions with the DEC when the state agency was considering adding extra days to the deer season around the holidays so students and other hunters could participate.

Some critics have also argued that longer daily filming hours would interfere with other outdoor recreational activities. But smart big game hunters are already in the forest during those hours anyway. Ross always enters his trees long before dayfall in the morning, and he stays in place after dark. Arriving or departing during these twilight hours would not only eject the deer, but also make it an exploratory opportunity. Hunters who catch a deer in remote areas may want to dig it up and unpack the meat. It`s legal, but you need to keep the carcass tag with the boneless meat. A white-tailed deer in northern Ulster County.