Buffalo News Article

 

Conflicting because the article just makes me want to spend the money and run off to NYS to hunt, with a centerfire rifle that I havne't bought yet because it would see no use in NJ, but then there are comments from NY hunters stating that something just does not add up.

 

Any of us here have any experience hunting in NY like to give some more insight?

The inaccuracies in that article make me want to slam my head into my desk.

There are still a number of counties in N.Y. where rifles are illegal to hunt big game with. They are designated shotgun-only zones. There has been a major push to change some counties. Here's the breakdown from the NYDEC website:

N.Y. Rifle, Shotgun, and Bow Areas

 

Buckshot use in shotguns is not permitted for big game. (Fox & coyote is acceptable.) "Single projectile" only for deer and black bear.

 

(Hop over the border from Ringwood State Park to Sterling Forest N.Y. (Orange County) and you can hunt with rifle there.)

I am actually interested in how the article seems to say that areas are overrun with deer, but the comments appear

to state otherwise.

I am actually interested in how the article seems to say that areas are overrun with deer, but the comments appear

to state otherwise.

I would disagree with those few comments.

 

Ford & Chevy kill a lot of deer in the state too. "Statistics have shown that nearly 75,000 whitetails are killed on New York highways annually - the third-highest total in the United States." Review the number of deer also taken with "nuisance" tags, or DMAP's by landowners. Data found in this article: Over 14,000 deer taken on DMAP, nuisance tags

 

And, areas like Sterling Forest have implemented QDM, placing antler restrictions on deer, which lets a lot of deer walk.

 

Link for New York's Deer Program Update, published in 2009. Interesting read on the ups and downs of the deer herd and deer take: Deer Program Update - 2009