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I’ve been “over thinking” this according to the DEC Police. I finally made contact with someone familiar with the signs. The parking and archery signs are just that: parking spot for archery hunters only. The Restricted sign is to warn you not to hunt that field. Hunting only permitted inside the park, which I knew to begin with.

Not to be a dumbass, but why put the parking spot there if you cannot cross the field to get into the park? Is the expectation that you walk all the way down and around to Hulls Landing Rd to enter the park, because I didn't see any other path into the woods.

No ATV allowed and this wasn’t a spot you could get to on one

I was within Wildwood park according to both of my mapping apps including OnX. This is where the woods meets a field. The other side of the field is a DEC designated parking spot/ access point to the park for hunting. My initial thought was that the device held a wire. But no sign of a wire or any attempt to create a fence. There were maybe 3 of them and yes you could say they were in more or less a straight line. It doesn’t make sense to me to put a fence directly across from a designated access point.....but this is my first season so a lot of things don’t make sense!

Can someone help reconcile the seemingly contradictory signage along Sound Ave, please. I was out scouting today and checked out parking spots 2,3,4 clearly marked with DEC “Archery Hunting Only” signs and the number of the spot. Not twenty yards away, on the next closest pole, was an orange “Restricted No Hunting” sign. Both signs were in front of the same field(s). This seems contradictory! i went back into the park and asked a park employee who said he thought the “No Hunting “ signs are only out there for the summer and they are removed once the season starts. I also asked a State Park cop who said he didn’t know anything about the parking or hunting regulations. I have a DEC permit for hiking, hunting etc so the parking regulation I think I understand ( you’re allowed to park there during the archery hunting season). I don’t understand the “No Hunting” sign posted next to the Archery Hunting sign at the designated parking spot. Thanks

I was scouting out at Wildwood today in Suffolk and came across a bunch of these screwed into trees and a few buried in the dirt. They were well away from any marked trail; on the margins of a field and woods. Is this some sort of camera mount or maybe the holder for a wire fence? There was no fence in the area.

Need help: Trying to buy tags online and the offerings don't match what is listed on page 26 of the Hunting & Trapping Guide (regular season, bow either sex, antler less etc). The only thing I see on the website is Resident Hunting and DMP. Am I missing something? Are these items hidden somewhere on the DECALS website? I'm thinking I should just drive to Dicks! Thanks

I suppose this is a naive question: Do people lock them up? I just bought my first camera this afternoon and was surprised to see that there weren't any cable locks on display nearby, just various screw in and pivoting mounts. I've heard stories of people messing with the cameras. I have mine set up in the backyard tonight to get familiar with its operation....and catch the marauding raccoon that raids everyone's trash!

I treated everything, following the instructions on the bottle. I think the little bugger got up under the pant cuff. So it's gaiters for me from now on or taping the cuffs/socks. FWIW I had dead bugs including a tic elsewhere on my pants, so I think it may have gotten in there when I had my leg outstretched climbing over something at Wildwood. The truly bad consequence is that I made the mistake of mentioning when I got home...so now my kids think there are tics lurking everywhere except on the couch in front of the tv!

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I just did this over the winter. NYS has the hour requirement which includes an IN-Person class. To get to the class you either complete a workbook or that online course. The class is simply a regurgitation of the workbook or online course. As a professional educator it really pissed me off to spend time online taking the course, only to see the same content covered in-person, so I did some inquiry. It seems the folks in Albany are concerned that completing the on-line course only can provoke fraud; in other words, you might pay someone to take the course for you! So they insist on the in-person session and the written test. BTW, the in person session for my general hunting course was 8 hours. The bowhunting session was about 5 hours (although it was supposed to be eight) because the host wanted the space back so they had to end early. Most of it was story telling about someone knowing someone else who fell out of a tree stand, then giving out the answers to the test before handing out the booklet. It's not about quality or making sure people are educated. It's mindless bureaucracy.

Dave helped me at FA. Solid dude. He spent well over two hours with me picking out bows and helping me get squared away. I only wish they weren't a 3 hour round trip drive from LI

Those are my day to day clothes! I hang them outside, spray them down as directed on the bottle ( and there’s a good video on the sayers web site) and let the dry for a couple of hours. From there I handle them like my other clothes except I roll them off with a lint brush after being in the woods. the lint brush picks up any dead bugs so you don’t bring them into the car. Some people strip down at the car and toss the clothes into a bag or bin for the ride home Check the bottle for instructions but it’s definitely more than every two weeks unless you’re washing your pants everyday. Finally, the SUNY Stony Brook folks distribute tick info and removal kits. The kits say to put clothes in a hot dryer for ten minutes to kill anything that withstood the chemicals.

I’ve put Sawyers on my regular hiking clothes: Marmot pants, poly long sleeve t shirt socks etc. I wash them as usual and re- treat as per the instructions on the bottle. I think the bottle says 6 weeks or 6 washings. Doesn’t seem to bother the clothes. The stuff works. On the hike that prompted my OP, the ticks on my pant legs were DOA. But one made it under my socks some how. Next time I will wear gaiters.

This should do it..

Keep looking on a daily basis. Courses pop up in the middle of the day and fill up quickly. Also call Orvis up in Sandanona. I got a mass email from them recently saying they are running the courses but I did not save it. Smith Point archery in Suffolk County runs them on a regular basis. It would be a major trek from Westchester, but at least they are up on the site as being offered.

I'm a little freaked out and could benefit from some feedback from folks with more experience in this area than me. I was out east today (Suffolk County, pine barrens area) shooting at a public 3D range and then went for a 2 mile scouting hike at Wildwood. Long pants, long sleeve shirt, mid-calf socks all treated with Sawyers. When I got back to the car I used a lint roller and found 3 dead ticks on my pants. Yeah, Sawyers! I then rolled up the pants to get the socks, then rolled down the socks and found 2 ticks attached to my calves (one on each). I didn't see any black body markings, so hopefully they were dog, not deer ticks but from my point of view it doesn't matter. In all my years of hiking and mtn biking on the Island, I've never found a tick on my body. I've never bothered to check my clothes when doing the other activities up until now that I'm preparing for hunting an animal known to be associated with Lyme (yes, I know that I've been foolish!). I'm wondering whether it's worth the risk. Have any of you ever thought about the risk versus potential reward? How common is it to pull a tick off your leg; in other words, should I just come to accept that this might happen and count myself as lucky that it's never happened while biking or hiking? BTW: given the heat today, I was dressed like Ironman. I cannot understand how people can hike in shorts and sandals in any area where there's "Tick Warning" signs every 1/4 mile.

Flying Arrow. It's so good I make the 90 minute drive up from LI. They have a giant selection of bows and hunting gear and the people treat you like a valuable customer. Nice range in the basement. Do a Google search and read the reviews on some of the other shops in the Westchester area. Yes, it's the internet and people complain more than compliment, but you might see some themes in the reviews of certain shops.

When I took my hunter Ed course, the instructor said he does this: Animal down, tag it, photograph it, photograph proof of sex, butcher animal. Send photo via email or online app to DEC. There was a ENCON officer in the room as this was explained and he didn't utter a peep.

Long Island Shooting Range in Ridge, just off the Wm Floyd Pkway, has 3d targets and traditional targets for a small fee. Not too shabby. Tic prevention required. Cedar Creek is an 80 yard public range in a county park. 3d specifically prohibited as is anything that resembles an animal. Bring your own target. Free. There's a club that uses it most afternoons and all damn day on Saturdays. My advice is to go there during off hours: early in the morning or late afternoon.

I may take you up on that offer, Thank you. Yes, tomorrow looks miserable. I shot there last Sunday for my first time in the Spring Fling. Quite Impressive and a lot closer to me than Pinewood in Ridge.

Not sure about the particular state but I would spend some time reading the regulations to find one that has a straightforward set of rules and where getting tags doesn't require a statistician/oddsmaker.

Nope! The public park archery range is immediately adjacent to the playground!!! There's a fence and a berm separating the two, but god forbid an arrow get away from you and that would be catastrophic, so the park crew drives by the range on a regular basis to make sure people are behaving. The "club" is private and I'm not a member but it's publicly posted "No Broadheads" They stump shoot with Judo points as far as I know.

As the title implies, I'm trying to figure out where to safely fire my broad heads to tune my bow. I'm in Nassau County. Neither of the public ranges (Cedar Creek or Pinewood) allow BH's, nor do the two shops nearest me have targets to accept them. I want to be safe about this and realize I can't be the only one on LI facing this challenge. The residential back yards don't have the legally required footage to permit this. Any thoughts? Please PM me if the proposed solution should not be broadcast to the world. Thank you.

Excellent. Thanks for clarifying.