The 2011 deer hunting season is coming fast! Are you ready?

[HuntingNY]

Hello everyone,

The 2011 deer season is coming up FAST! We are only a few months away from the start of the bow season.  What is everyone doing to prepare?  There are been quite a few posts on tree stand preparation, food plots, and bow setups and tuning.

Check out the latest trail camera pictures posts, there are quite a few nice bucks and bears to drool over: http://huntingny.com/forums/index.php/board,15.0.html

Have a nice tree stand you built? Share it with everyone on this post: http://huntingny.com/forums/index.php/topic,5115.0.html

Have you read the proposed DEC deer management plan? If you have not, you really should check out the PDF attached to this post.  http://huntingny.com/forums/index.php/topic,4930.0.html

In short the plan covers the following:

[*]Manage deer populations at levels that are appropriate for human and ecological concerns;

[*]Promote and enhance deer hunting as an important recreational activity, tradition, and population management tool in New York;

[*]Reduce negative impacts caused by deer;

[*]Foster public understanding and communication about deer ecology,  deer management, economic aspects and recreational opportunities;

[*]Manage deer to promote healthy and sustainable forests and enhance  habitat conservation efforts to benefit deer and other species; and

[*]Ensure that the necessary resources are available to support sound management of white-tailed deer in New York.

As always, the hot topic this month is Antler restrictions as well as the proposed expansion of the AR's in additional WMU's from the deer management plan.  Be sure to voice your concerns and opinion, there are quite a few threads surrounding these topics on the deer forum here: http://huntingny.com/forums/index.php/board,3.0.html

Other notable mentions:

The Governor signs the bill allowing 12 year olds to hunt - http://huntingny.com/forums/index.php/topic,4739.0.html

Survey by DEC & Cornell University  to solicit the public's input on deer management priorities - http://huntingny.com/forums/index.php/topic,4973.0.html

How did your 2010 deer season go? Have you posted your picture and story yet? If not head over to the forums http://huntingny.com/forums/  and let everyone know what you got (or didn't get) this year. 

I'm  still working on getting some HuntingNY decals and possibly some shirts /  hats made up, if anyone has interest please let us know by replying to  this email or topic on the forums.

heck out the hot topics on  the side of the forum.  The site has grown  leaps and bounds since  started, there are over 61,000 posts as of  today!  Please remember to tell friends and family about the site, you  can even forward them this email.      Please let us know if you have any  suggestions, comments or are    interested in sponsoring the site, you can  post them publicly on the    forum under the suggestions thread here:  http://huntingny.com/forums/index.php/topic,254.0.html or you can use  the contact form to email us directly here:  http://huntingny.com/forums/index.php?action=contact

Thank you,

http://HuntingNY.com/forums/

[WNYBuckHunter]

Ill be in for stickers, shirts, hats, whatever you get made lol

[Stretchhunts]

Ill be in for stickers, shirts, hats, whatever you get made lol

Same here

[ny hunter]

Same here......

[RobC]

I've been ready since the last day of muzzle loader. Started the count down to this years hunting season the next day. lol Can't wait to try out the new bow.

[upstaterifle]

Anything you can get out ot us to promote the site is gonna help things out.  Is there going to be any sort of charge?