I don't see Steuben County mentioned on that list...but I'm still totally against it and hope it gets shot down. Personally, I wanna see less young bucks hanging on the local meatpoles and see more make to the higher age classes. As for safety issues...there is an unbelievable number of deer hunters in the southern tier region...that's alot of rifles going off near farms/houses.Here's the scariest thought of all...all ofthe first-day hunters from the city coming down armed with rifles shooting at every little deer that comes by. I can't believe it...they didn'topen the early doe muzzleloader season in October because it was too controversial and everyone was pissed off. Now they try this bullsh*t again[:@]?

This statement cracks me up too:

"For several years, the growth in the population of deer in the Southern Tier have been profound, to the point that this wildlife management bill has been passed so as to mitigate economic losses to our residents and to save lives as well," said Senator Dale M. Volker.

Huh....I thought that the DEC was cutting back on the DMP permits this fall due to the decline in harvest numbers across the state in the past couple of years. This guy needs to get his head out of his butt. Just my two cents on the issue.