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Statewide Deer Hunter Survey Underway Survey Will Assess Hunters' Opinions on Deer Harvest Opportunities Under Governor Cuomo's NY Open for Hunting and Fishing, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens today announced that a statewide deer hunter survey is underway in an effort to provide improved deer hunting experiences across the state. All who receive the survey are encouraged to take the time to complete and return it as soon as possible. The survey is being conducted for DEC by the Human Dimensions Research Unit at Cornell University. "I encourage hunters and other deer management stakeholders to support our efforts to address yearling buck harvest strategies through a systematic and balanced process," Commissioner Martens said. "A high response rate to the survey will help ensure that the study findings are representative of all deer hunters across New York State." During the development of the 2012-2016 deer management plan for New York, some hunters expressed strong interest in modifying hunting rules/regulations to allow more bucks to live to older ages and develop heavier bodies with larger antlers. As a result of that input, one of the objectives in DEC's current deer management plan is to "Encourage various strategies to reduce harvest of young (1.5 year old) bucks in accordance with hunter desires." In addition to hunters voluntarily deciding not to shoot young bucks, managers could enact a variety of rules/regulations to reduce harvest of young bucks, all of which involve tradeoffs for hunters. For example, depending on the action taken to reduce harvest of young bucks, hunters may have to give up some freedom to shoot a buck of any age or size, or give up some opportunity to hunt bucks. DEC needs current information on hunters' views to understand how different buck harvest strategies may affect hunter satisfactions. Specifically, DEC needs to understand hunter's views on the importance of reducing harvest of young bucks relative to the associated loss of choice or loss of opportunity. This fall, DEC is sponsoring a statewide survey of hunters to provide that information. In mid-October, Cornell University staff will mail questionnaires to a statewide random sample of 7,000 big game license holders with an invitation to participate in the survey. By gathering information on the relative importance hunters place on different types of deer hunting and harvest opportunities, the survey will help wildlife managers identify which buck management strategy best balances hunter opinions in various regions of the state. DEC encourages all hunters who receive a questionnaire to complete and return it promptly. DEC requests to hear from every hunter in the sample, regardless of whether they went afield or took a deer last year. To maintain scientific integrity and preserve the random sampling survey design, DEC will not accept requests to participate in the survey. Results of the survey will be used during 2014 to help evaluate a variety of buck harvest strategies through a "structured decision-making process". The basic elements of this approach were discussed in the 2012-13 and 2013-14 Hunting and Trapping guides, and are discussed further at Buck Harvest Management on the DEC website. DEC staff will consider survey results along with deer population management needs across various regions of the state as a basis for possible regulation changes for fall 2015. This post has been promoted to an article

Curious, whats everyone's vote / thoughts on Gambling Amendment, Proposal 1? Poll attached. I rather see the money stay in the state rather then people going to Foxwoods / Poconos / AC. However, I'm sure there are plenty of downsides that I have not considered yet. Some info: http://ballotpedia.org/wiki/index.php/New_York_Casino_Gambling_Amendment,_Proposal_1_(2013)

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I'm 100% for antler restrictions. Oh wait wrong thread. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4

Man whats creepy is your sister in law looks a lot like my mother in law.

Im in there way before light and afraid of the dark in the woods. Guess it tends to happen after running into 4 yotes at 25 yards with eyeballs staring at me and a bow on my back. Good thing I had TP.

Someone fubar'd those estimates.

Nice. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4

And if you are really lonely in the woods...

With photoshop you might be able to clean that up a bit, but it would still be blurry.

I used a chrome extension called. Pixlr - > https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/pixlr-touch-up/jklljiahjgoglchglekebfljnmbaleig But any photo app will do that, Picasa is free too and works great. I use that to organize my trail camera photos.

Haha we both did the same thing there.

Lighted it up a bit... Maybe he was blinking at your camera.

I love the WB, especially for hunting. I know when I go to grab my bow that arrow is ready to go, a few less FPS is not going to make one bit of difference.

Just a fyi I've been down the whole 350ish laptop range with numerous family members. Regardless of brand you're not getting anything good at that price point. Windows 8 and even 7 runs like crap on the lower end machines even with most of the eyecandy disabled. Minimum of 6gb of ram too. Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 4

Hah, I couldn't get past the first two sentences.

Received this message on the HuntingNY Facebook page... Apparently this guy likes to use a lot of... To be honest I didn't even read this whole deal. Not even sure what this guy was referring to. Actually now that I am looking at his profile, it seems he is a "Dove" lover... In fact it says he rescued a dove and takes showers with it (no joke). The message: Stumbled apron your page and it was like stumbling on a pile of manure....what kind of human being would sit at a feeder when a trusting creature like the dove comes to eat and feel safe and someone not only kills it but,,,Brags about it,,,you should be ashamed...but maybe your heart is so full of hatred and rebellion you think it's cool to kill innocent trusting things,,I've shot and killed as a sportsman my entire life but your grandpa was right about the connection between these precious pets of God...I will tell you that you WILL answer to god on judgement day about why you mercilessly killed one of the few creates that feel safe and are drawn to humans for safety and companion ship..the majority of Gus that I know that hunt doves have terrible, lonely egotistical lives that amount to a bunch of plaques on their wall,,,but no merit in their heart,...I seen a dove come back and fly in the path of an attacking hawk because his mate didn't see what was about to happen, and he came back for his mate when the small group of doves took off and she hopped up to see what was happening and her mate came back for her and risked his own life to not only warn the dove but also stand in the line of the attack long enough for the mate of his to fly off to the side as he hawk attacked and taking feathered but no dove...it reminded me of a story from some friends of mine who were in Iraq outside of camp anaconda when their was a sneak attack and the convoy never seen the attack coming but one guy did and drove his hum eye in the line of fire long enough to shield his best friend from he attack ....so these birds that you take so much pride in killing are really no different from any other hero in the battlefield..that risk their lives for another...doves are the most affectionate and most loyal creatures that god created they serve a incredible service or farmers and horticulture alike not to mention providing endless apron endless hours of enjoyment and companionship for those that love them....the Holy Spirit of Christ came down in the form of a dove...so think about that the next time you take so much pride in killing something so wonderful and graceful that one day will be sitting with Christ on the throne of heaven...so why should he let you in.....who knows he may place you in an environment where you'll be hunted and killed when all you wanted was a safe place to live in peace....

Microcenter in westbury has some good deals...

21 Miles is the widest... I guessed at 10.

Because you have to pass through the city to get to the Island. I find it hard to believe they swam across the LI Sound. I think the shortest point is over 10 miles? Maybe the DEC released them

I'd crap my pants if I saw a Yote passing through Levittown.

Ha.

Thats a hell of a swim for a yote though.

Yes I believe so.