The 5 Year NYS DEC Deer Management Proposal is now available at the following link:
http://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/wildlife_...erplan0611.pdf.
The plan basically proposes a few changes in the season. A Southern zone archery opener of Oct. 1st, a Youth Firearms Season the weekend of Columbus day weekend and possibly a change in the distance that one can discharge a bow when hunting near a dwelling from 500 ft to 150 ft.