NY bowhuntin license questions

[uncballers45]

this will be my first year of bowhunting. i have a couple questions about the licensing. the season opener is oct 14. and i can get an either sex tag and how many dmps can i apply for? also, with regards to the december season, how do you get tags for that, and what can i get? i hope this makes sense. thanks in advance everyone

[Airborneguy]

In NY, our tags are good for any season for the most part. Bow tags are good for both bow seasons, DMP's for any season. Only the regular big game tag is limited to the regular season. You used to be able to use all left overs in the late season, but they changed that.

You can apply for 2 DMPs, which you can then use in any season in the zones they cover, but this year, it looks like most people are only getting one, depending on the zonesyou apply for.

So for bow season, you'd basically get to use both bow tags (antler-less and either sex) and then any DMP's you get. And then again for the late season, all 4. If you get a regular tag, it is only good for the regular (gun) season, and you can't use bow tags then, but you could use the DMP's.

that should answer all of your questions.

[Phade]

ORIGINAL: Airborneguy

Only the regular big game tag is limited to the regular season. You used to be able to use all left overs in the late season, but they changed that.

If you get a regular tag, it is only good for the regular (gun) season...

Who told you thatany tag validities have beenchanged?

The DEC Web site, and the current new hunting regulations booklet (06-07, page 23)still say that a regular season tag can be used for the late archery/muzzleloading season, per you have the correct stamp/privilege. The only time a reg. season tag is limited strictlyto reg. season is if that is all the hunter has...no bow or mz stamps. He said he is bowhunting (and will get the appropriate stamps), therefore, that regular season tag CAN BE USED in the late archery season should he be unsuccessful in using it during the regular season.

The only stipulation is that bow/muzzleloading tags cannot be used in the regular season.

A regular season tag CAN BE USED IN:
Regular Seasons
-Northern Zone
-Southern Zone

Late Seasons
-Archery (with bow privilege)
-Muzzleloading (with muzzleloading privilege)

Thousands and thousands of hunters use their regular season tag in the late archery and mz seasons in NY each year, legally. It has been this way for a while.

[Phade]

ORIGINAL: uncballers45

this will be my first year of bowhunting. i have a couple questions about the licensing. the season opener is oct 14. and i can get an either sex tag and how many dmps can i apply for? also, with regards to the december season, how do you get tags for that, and what can i get? i hope this makes sense. thanks in advance everyone

When you buy your tags, your bow tags are good for both ends (early and late archery). I assume you will buy your tags in person. When you purchase your tags you will apply for DMP's, of which you get two selections. Read the rules for selection carefully. Only select areas you can get tags...in areas you are going to hunt.

If you get a Sportsman license, it will include big, small, and upcoming fishing licenses for $37, plus you have to buy bow stamp for another $16...tallying a total of $53. Typically, you have to pay for the DMP selections IF you do not buy a sportsman or super sportsman license (with a few exceptions).

A word of advice, if you fish, and turkey hunt...it may be best to buy the Super Sportsman license at $68. You'll get big/small/fishing/turkey stamp (which you do not get with regular sportsman license)...and you get bow/muzzleloading tags. The muzzleloading tagsare incorporated with the archery tags, but I believe you get an additional antlerless tag (not DMP) with the purchase that is on top of the either-sex tag (for use in bow/mz seasons). You can use that as a bow tag since the two are incorporated.

If you get your bowhunting license in whatever form (stamp, sportsman, or super)...your regular season tag will be good to use for the late archery season... and mz (per you have the stamp or sportsman's options).