Posted: 9/19/2026 9:53:08 PM EDT
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Anybody else get out for the early doe season? I filled a 7J tag this evening on a small doe. What I thought was interesting was that as soon as I reported the harvest on the app, my 2nd buck tag and another 7J tag appeared instantly. NY is serious about decreasing the deer population, where it is needed. Good luck to all you hunters; be safe, and post up your hunting stories this season. |
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Hunting seasons now account for a full third of the year. I understand that there are fewer hunters now but it makes it tough for the rest of us who want to be out in the woods that part of the year |
*post contains personal opinion only and should not be considered information released in an official capacity*
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Originally Posted By ADKRebel: NY is serious about decreasing the deer population, where it is needed. There is a paywalled article on this at https://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/deer-explosion-nassau-hunting-laws-hjr3gpoz |
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Originally Posted By ADKRebel: I did not. Originally Posted By DancingBear: DEC "may" ask for verification, according to their bulletin. I don't hut in one of the early zones so I have to wait till October. I have to believe the odds of actually being checked on this are about 0. They have done everything they can to not only increase the take of deer but make it stupidly easy to cheat the system(aka printing a dozen copies of your license). One of those things happening would tell me they MIGHT check here and there just to kep the outlaws somewhat honest. Both of those things happening tells me they(NYS and DEC) are getting hammered by insurance companies to somehow lower the amount of deer hit claims in this state and to that end they are doing whatever it takes to make that happen. |
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Originally Posted By Aardvark: New York is now running into a deer issue here on the north shore of Nassau County. The deer population is exploding as there is no hunting allowed (bow hunting would be the only possible way to hunt around here due to the dense population but laws would have to be changed) and there are plenty of estates and forests for them to live in. Over the last 10 years or so many roads around my area have had deer warning signs pop up where none had been before. Near me at the Nassau County Art Museum and Preserve there are many deer that populate the woods. It is not uncommon for me to see them despite the population density surrounding the museum grounds and there have been a few road kills over the last two years. Animal activists are staunchly against any kind of hunting and prefer people give up their gardens for things deer do not like. There is a paywalled article on this at https://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/deer-explosion-nassau-hunting-laws-hjr3gpoz Originally Posted By Aardvark: Originally Posted By ADKRebel: NY is serious about decreasing the deer population, where it is needed. There is a paywalled article on this at https://www.newsday.com/long-island/towns/deer-explosion-nassau-hunting-laws-hjr3gpoz That's what they did on Staten Island. Millions of dollars spent to lower the population. They could have raked in millions by allowing hunting. Was a simple task to use the closed fresh kills landfill (now a park) and set up guided archery stand hunts safely. The racks here were huge, people would have paid $500/day to sit in that stand a take one. |