What year did....

[Grizz1219]

They make the law surise to sunset for deer hunting.... Buddy and I are "discussing" it... I've said it has been like that for years and years... He said he thought it changed within the past 7 years... Any thoughts????

[growalot]

I don't recall it not being sunrise to set...

[Culvercreek hunt club]

I have been deer hunting for 31 seasons. Has been sunrise to sunset for all of them.

[GreeneHunter]

I have been deer hunting for 31 seasons. Has been sunrise to sunset for all of them.

Same here !

[mark3885]

Years ago there was no Sunday hunting, I'm guessing 45 yrs ago. I think that goose and duck are one half hour before sunrise to one half hour after sun set.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

Years ago there was no Sunday hunting, I'm guessing 45 yrs ago. I think that goose and duck are one half hour before sunrise to one half hour after sun set.

Actually in WNY the Sunday no hunting was up to the 90's? I think.

[WNYBuckHunter]

Yes, back in the 90s, it was right around the time I started hunting IIRC.

[Grizz1219]

I don't recall it not being sunrise to set...

I won then!!!! Thanks!!!!

[SteveNY]

They make the law surise to sunset for deer hunting.... Buddy and I are "discussing" it... I've said it has been like that for years and years... He said he thought it changed within the past 7 years... Any thoughts????

Deer has always been sunrise till sunset for the 17 years I have been hunting.

Turkey hunting has the odd hours, and crow has the odd days.

[Jennifer]

It's been sunrise to sunset for deer in the SZ for the last 18 years I've been hunting.

Spring turkey and waterfowl are the only non-furbearers that have slightly different times to the best of my knowledge.

[orion]

I would say in the 50's

[Marti375]

I think there are still one or two zones that have no Sunday hunting, but always ben sunrise to sun set.

[mark3885]

In 1996 , Sunday was permitted for 3 sundays during deer season ,then within 5 years All sunday hunting was allowed except on designated lands. ( from the NRA website) I thought that it was earlier , there are still 11 states with no Sunday hunting.

[Lawdwaz]

I think that goose and duck are one half hour before sunrise to one half hour after sun set.

BEEEEEEEEPPPPPPP, wrong answer..........

2012-13 Waterfowl Seasons

Shooting Hours: one-half hour before sunrise to sunset.

Non-toxic Shot: Required

Season Zones: Most waterfowl seasons are set based on five waterfowl hunting zones that have been approved by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

NOTE: (1) The following hunting season dates have been finalized. Be sure to check all regulations before going hunting; and (2) You must register with HIP to hunt any of these species.

I wish it was a half hour after, you should see the ducks pile in then!!!

No dice though.

[nyantler]

I don't recall it not being sunrise to set...

Likewise

[orion]

Not 50's going with mid 60's now.

[fishuntrapper]

at one time it was 7a-5p. this changed sometime in the mid 60's. should go back to that, it was easier to keep track of imo. i left nys in 1991 and there was no sunday big game hunting in the southern zone, came back in 2002 and there was sunday hunting.

[Culvercreek hunt club]

at one time it was 7a-5p. this changed sometime in the mid 60's. should go back to that, it was easier to keep track of imo. i left nys in 1991 and there was no sunday big game hunting in the southern zone, came back in 2002 and there was sunday hunting.

When did you leave NY becasue a lot of the SZ has had Sunday hunting at least since the early 60's

[fishuntrapper]

When did you leave NY becasue a lot of the SZ has had Sunday hunting at least since the early 60's

i keep saying southern zone when i really mean western ny. i keep forgetting there is more to the southern zone and the southern tier for that matter, than catt county.

[Pygmy]

When I started hunting in the early 60s it was 7 AM- 5 PM for deer and small game. I can remember it being pretty darn dark by the end of legal shooting hours late in the deer season.

I can't remember when it changed to sunrise-sunset, but I believe it was still 7AM-5 PM in the early 70s.

Waterfowl was sunrise-sunset in the 60s. It changed to 1/2 hr before sunrise-sunset sometime in the 70s I believe. Before it changed it was tough watching the ducks fly over before legal shooting time. Often someone opened up early, and then all bets were off !

[Pygmy]

Mid 90s sounds about right for Sunday hunting of deer and pheasants, at least here in Steuben County. I sympathized with people who had limited time to hunt ( I always took vacation) but it was kind of handy to have Sundays "off" . That was when we slept in a little and cut up the deer we shot the previous week.

[sits in trees]

some locals around here think its sunset to sunrise???

[Pygmy]

Sits... Some locals most EVERYWHERE think that..

Also, some of the flatlanders who have camps here think that..

So what else is new ? There are always some folks out here who don't give a s**t about the regs...

At my age I don't worry about it too much anymore..Hasn't changed too much in the last 50 years or so..