Originally Posted by
Screamin Steel
I was always under the impression, after reading NY'er Charlie Alsheimer for decades that much of NY state was subject to extremely hard winters, esp over the northern adirondack region...and the severity of the winters themselves lend toward relatively low dd, the same scenario exists through much of new england.
For the most part, this is true in the northern reaches of the "dacks, Maine, NH and Vt. In fact, Much of the High Peaks region, on into the upper reaches of Franklin Co. don't even issue Doe permits, and haven't for years. Could this change, sure. Personally, I hope it doesn't, unless the #'s dictate it, and not some pencil pushers sitting behind a desk.
I believe NYS has managed the herd well, handle the implement issue well, and listens to it's sportsman. As the link that everyone has supplied indicates, the topic was deer damage/herd reduction in Metropolitan NY, which has all the issues of Metropolitan Pa, NJ, etc. { pic a state }. Continued encroachment into game habitat produces predictable results, no different than building in a flood plain. That's yet another example why the High Peaks region in the 'dacks appeals so to me. Metropolitanizing will NEVER happen within the Blue Line, at least not in my lifetime