ORIGINAL: Sylvan
Excellent post doctariAFC and welcome! I look forward to hearing more from you!
So, if we are to believe (and we have no real reason not to) that license sales are affected negatively by reduction in harvest opportunity, and affected positively by increases in harvest opportunity, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to know the one buck per hunter rule would do far more harm to NYS Hunters than the benefit (nil) to the deer herds.
Exactly my original point!
"Given the serious loss of hunters in NY, seems to me we should be looking for ways to increase the options a hunter has not reduce them. "
Thanks Sylvan, and you are on the money. Nice to see. What part of Upstate NY are you in/ hunt? I'm in Tonawanda (near Buffalo), hunt DMU 9R - Randolph, 9S - Allegany State Park, 9H - Holland/ Colden/ Collins,9J - W Chautauqua County, and 9A - basically NiagaraCounty.... Many deer this year, including large, mature and very smart bucks.
Where you at and what have you seen this year?