Are there no other state land parcels that allow hunting anywhere near you? If a hunter wants to shoot any deer y cant they go to one of those areas. Nothing says they cant shoot any doe in the area with the AR either. The state issued an AR in my neighboring Ulster county a couple years ago. People cried the blues when it happened. Now 3yrs later those same people sing the praises of it because the quality bucks they have because of the AR. Sorry but im not gettin on NYS for experimenting with ARs on a couple public use areas. The vast majority are still non AR areas. If you wanna "brown its down" hunt go to one of those.