Be sure to know which zones and dates are applicable to your firearm before heading out into the woods. New York State has multiple zones with various dates. For specific dates within your region, visit the New York Department of Environmental Conservation website.
Special regulations apply in the Antler Restriction area. When you see the term "early" muzzleloader or archery season, it means before the regular deer season for that particular zone. The portions of New York where rifles, shotguns, and bows may be used during the regular firearms seasons are set in law by the state legislature. See Rifle, Shotgun, and Bow Areas for a map of where various hunting implements may be used in the state. See Crossbow Hunting for license and training requirements, general rules, and specific season opportunities.
New: Any person hunting deer or bear with a firearm or a person who is accompanying someone hunting deer or bear with a firearm shall wear:.
Resident and Nonresident hunters may take one bear by gun or bow each license year. Bear tags cannot be consigned like Deer Management Permits. In the Southern Zone, you may not shoot a cub or a bear that should be known to be a cub, shoot any bear from a group of bears, or shoot or take a bear from its den.
The number of deer a hunter may take depends upon the licenses and privileges purchased. If a licensed hunter has the proper tags, they are permitted to shoot more than one deer in a day. Here is a description of the tags received with each license type. Refer to the chart below for a description of how each tag can be used. Bowhunting or Muzzleloading seasons only including the regular season in Westchester County and the regular and special firearms seasons in Suffolk County , corresponding to the privileges purchased.
Hunters may apply for Deer Management Permits DMPs at all license issuing outlets, by phone, by mail or via the internet when you purchase your hunting license see Buy A Sporting License for license issuance information by October 1.
Bear hunting is permitted in the fall throughout portions of northern, southeastern, and central-western New York. More information about bears and bear management can be found on our Black Bear page. Join New York Big Game to periodically receive information about bear and deer biology, management, research, regulations, and hunting in New York State. To join, subscribe to GovDelivery and sign up for updates on hunting and trapping. Share and view photos of junior hunters or others who have taken their first white-tailed deer or black bear in New York in our Big Game Photo Gallery.
This will help you when reporting a harvest. Attach the tag to the carcass upon arrival at your camp, home or vehicle. You do not need to attach the tag while it is being dragged or physically carried from the place of kill to a camp or point where transportation is available.
Report your harvest online, by phone or mobile app within 7 days as required by law. See Game Harvest Reporting for details. Transporting Deer and bear may be transported either inside or outside the vehicle. A deer carcass with head and deer carcass tag attached may be transported with the taker in attendance. If someone other than the taker is transporting the deer or bear, the taker must attach an additional tag to the carcass and include the names and addresses of both the taker and the transporter.
The tag may be handwritten in ink or typed on any paper. All portions of deer or bear meat being transported by the taker shall be individually tagged and the tags shall include the name, address, big game DOC , the date that the portions were cut, and the signature of the taker. If someone other than the taker is transporting the portions, an additional tag signed by the taker with the names and addresses of the consignee and taker are required for each portion.
Non-resident hunters: If your home state prohibits the importation of whole deer carcasses from New York, you will need to follow the above guidelines for transportation of individual or packaged portions of deer meat while in New York State.
A deer carcass minus the head may be transported as above, but evidence of the sex of the deer must be intact. The deer carcass tag must be affixed to the carcass, and a tag supplied by the taker must also be attached showing the name and address of the taxidermist where the head was sent.
The head of a doe with antlers that are 3 inches or more can be removed for mounting. Follow the same procedure that you would use for a buck you are having mounted see above. Muzzleloader Hunting Muzzleloading firearms may be used during the muzzleloader and regular seasons, and during the January Firearms season on Long Island. Hunters must possess a current muzzleloader privilege to participate during the muzzleloader seasons. The muzzleloader privilege is not needed for hunters to use a muzzleloading firearm during regular seasons.
Hunters participating in the muzzleloader season shall not have in their possession, or be accompanied by a person who has in his or her possession, a bow or firearm other than a legal muzzleloading firearm or crossbow. Bowhunting Bowhunting opportunities include both the bowhunting and regular seasons: Hunters must possess a current bowhunting or junior bowhunting privilege to participate during the bowhunting seasons.
The bowhunting privilege is not required to hunt with a bow during regular seasons, but hunters must possess proof of eligibility either a valid bowhunter education certificate or prior bowhunting license.
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