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It’s Official!! April 1, 2014

Late Monday night, the Senate and Assembly both passed the Budget and this morning Governor Cuomo signed it into law.

Thus, crossbows are now officially a legal hunting implement in New York!

I would like to thank Governor Cuomo for his support for this as well as the members of the Senate and Assembly that were influential in getting the compromise into the final budget. Senators Pat Gallivan, Dave Valesky and Mark Grisanti and especially in the Assembly, Sean Ryan, Aileen Gunther and Donna Lupardo for their leadership in getting the other members of their chambers to come to the table making New York the 28th state that allows crossbows during at least part of the archery seasons.  

The crossbow will now be turned over to the DEC to work on setting the regulations within the parameters set forth in the budget. The process will include a Public Comment period where all NY’ers will have the ability to voice their opinions on the use and seasons.

I would also like to thank everyone that took the time to make the contacts with their respective legislators and the leadership in the Assembly and Senate. Without your help and perseverance our grassroots effort would not have been achievable.

Another Thank You goes to all of the Organizations that partnered with our coalition including the Audubon Society, The Nature Conservancy, The NYS Farm Bureau, New York Conservation Council, NYS Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation and the 4H NY Shooting Sports to name a few as well as many County Federations, Associations and local sporting clubs.

Today, crossbows have been awarded their proper place in the sporting community and everyone of us should be proud of what we have been able to achieve. As we have said from day one, “Together WE will Succeed”, and with hard work and determination we have.

Thank you and Happy Hunting

Rick McDermott
New York Crossbow Coalition
www.nycrossbowcoalition.com

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WNYBuckHunter
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Im glad to see it went through. I will not be thanking Cuomo for anything short of his resignation though.

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I love this site how if you don't conform to everyone else's thoughts on a subject you are wrong.Who gives a rats butt if there's crossbows,in the same sentence why would anyone bitch about a guy a pr

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It’s Official!! April 1, 2014 Late Monday night, the Senate and Assembly both passed the Budget and this morning Governor Cuomo signed it into law. Thus, crossbows are now officially a legal hunting

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Congrats someday I may have to trade in my bow as I am not getting any younger

still not legal here in NH during archery so I wont be going out to buy one anytime soon

will this go into affect this upcoming season?

 

There will be a Public comment period, but there should be plenty of time for the regs to be finalized

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Cumo is pulling the wool over your eyes he is no friend to the outdoorsmen  gun owners etc.  He is just worried about his reelection.  Is this good for the hunting communities yeah we need all the help we can get but don't think Cumo is a go to guy for us.

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Of equal importance, the discharge distance was also changed. 250' for crossbow, 150' for archery. These changes came directly from the DEC deer plan (with hunter and public input). Let's dial down the cynicism.

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You will be banned now. I got banned for using a curse word from the movie 8 mile Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk

 

in fairness to this guy, that emoji is part of the site. If the site doesn't want it used it should be moved be gone. I noticed that a while back too, and technically it doesn't display the swear unless you quote it.

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in fairness to this guy, that emoji is part of the site. If the site doesn't want it used it should be moved be gone. I noticed that a while back too, and technically it doesn't display the swear unless you quote it.

Well in all fairness. I did say **** in my post prior. I guess that's a big bad word. They say worse than that on regular television that kids are watching. Edited by WNYBuckHunter
Language, keep it clean please
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