2011 Suffolk County Firearms Deer Hunting, on NYSDEC Managed Lands

[NYDeer]

Suffolk County Firearms Deer Hunting on NYSDEC Managed Lands drawing is coming up fast, but you still have time to get in on it.

To hunt for deer on NYSDEC-managed lands you must enter a drawing. This drawing is always held on the first Tuesday of December. All  entries must be received by 4:45 p.m. on the day before the drawing.There are no applications for this drawing.

To enter send a No. 10 legal-size envelope (4" x 9 ½") to:

NYSDEC - Deer Drawing

Box 659

Ridge, NY 11961-0659

  This envelope must contain a self-addressed, stamped, legal-size  return envelope (4" x 9 ½"). You must write your back tag number on the  back of the return envelope. Applicants not sending correct envelope  sizes will be rejected.

You CAN drop this off in person at the Ridge Hunter Check Station, located just north of Route 25 on  Randall Road (1/3 mile west of the William Floyd Parkway, L.I.E. Exit 68  North) in Ridge, Suffolk County.

See the DEC Site for further details, http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/40425.html

but getting your envelope there on time is the most important, I USUALLY remember after the deadline!