DEC ADOPTS CHANGES FOR STATE DEER HUNTING REGULATIONS New Rules Include Longer Bow Seasons, Mandatory Antler Restrictions in More Areas and Other Deer Hunting Changes The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has adopted rules affecting deer and bear hunting in New York, to implement certain aspects of the state's Five-Year Deer Management Plan, Commissioner Joe Martens announced today. “With these changes, DEC has started implementing several strategies of the recently adopted M