ORIGINAL: thesource
Hey, I'm with you. I just about wore out my keyboard emailing the DEC after last season to cut the tags in Region 8.
And you'll still be suprised to know that reg 8 will have the least amount of deductions in the sz.
I believe we only had one or two counties and zones that had higher than anticipated harvests. More counties and zones were below anticipated harvest numbers. Especially where I am up in Northern Livingston.
I have spoke with Reg 8 officials, and lead biologists in Albany who have stated that in some counties, reductions will almost be negligible. I believe southern areas in reg 8 and parts of Monroe County will have noticeable reductions, but that may be it.
State wide, the percentage will be high.