DID YOU KNOW THAT YOU CAN USE YOUR RIFLE TAG TO SHOOT A DEER WITH EITHER A MUZZLELOADER OR BOW IN LATE SEASON.
NYS HAS SET IT UP SO THAT EVERY HUNTER CAN KILL 7 DEER A YEAR. IF NOT IN THE REGULAR SEASON THEN IN THE LATE SEASON. AND OF COURSE WE THE HUNTERS ARE LIKE A KID IN THE CANDY STORE. IF WE HAVE THE TAGS THEN NYS BUT BE RIGHT AND WE HAVE TOO MANY DEER AND THEREFORE THEY NEED TO BE KILLED.
WAKE UP NY HUNTERS. I HAVE 160 ACRES AND HAVE 5 ACRES OF FOOD PLOTS AND OTHER HABITAT IMPROVEMENTS. WE KILLED ONE BUCK ON OPENING DAY OF RIFLE. I HAVENT GOT A PICTURE OF A BUCK ON ANY OF MY TRAIL CAM'S SINCE THE NITE BEFORE THE OPENING OF RIFLE. WE DON'T SHOOT DOES BECAUSE THE NIEGHBORS SHOOT ANYTHING THAT MOVES. TWO YEARS AGO I HAD A GREAT DEER HERD. AFTER TWO YEARS OF THE NIEGHBOR 'S SHOOTING ALL OF THIER 7 TAGS I HAVE ONLY 4 FLAT TOPS LEFT.
I KNOW I AM GOING TO HEAR ABOUT THE TEMPERATURE AND THAT THE DEER WENT NOCTURNAL. PHOOEY. I KNOW MY LAND AND HAVE THE FACTS TO BACK ME UP. WE ARE SHOOTING WAY TOO MANY DEER A SEASON.
BACK IN THE 90'S WE COULD SHOOT, ONE WITH BOW OR MUZZLE, ONE WITH A RIFLE AND IF LUCKY, GOT A SO. TIER DMP. NOW WE CAN SHOOT 7 (AND MOSTLY DOES) AND IF YOU HAVE LAST YEARS TAG. 8 A SEASON. NO INDIVIDUAL PERSON NEEDS TO SHOOT 8 DEER A SEASON.
HAS ANYONE DONE THE MATH. 1 DOE IS WORTH WELL OVER 100 DEER IN TEN YEARS.