Originally Posted by
TRACKER
Heres a small section that was in our Northern Tier newspapers sports section Sunday morning .
And I quote : Speaking of muzzleloading and archery seasons, the plan clearly states that eventually DEC would like to manage antlerless deer harvests in the Northern zone (NYS) through Deer Management Permits, as opposed to including the antlerless and either/or privilages with the purchase of archery and muzzleloader tags, as is done now .These hunters would still have the option of taking a buck with those implements . Unquote .
What the ? are they trying to say ?
Now that I purchased my LIFETIME Big Game and Bow licenses , there going to have a drawing to see if I get a doe tag or not for my bow season ?
Then give me the option of shooting a buck if I dont get the permit ?
Then say we need to have a antler restriction...
Sounds like were getting the shaft to me ..
I paid the big bucks a few years ago to be able to get my Big Game license and Bow tags KNOWING I,d also recieve a buck/ or doe tag . Not for a permit lottery .
I vote NO for the permits but would gladdly agree to an antler restriction , as I do practice this on my land and have for years .
I personnally feel the DEC is more interested in how to bring in more $, than what sportsman want. The lifetime license sales, was a way for them to get a big influx of $. Knowing darn well the license sales income would decrease down the road after all the lifetime license sales. So they have to come up with some other means. You add that on top of the fact the DEC might loose approx. 20 mil in federal $ from the Pittman-Robertson excise tax dollars spent on sporting equipment, becasue good ol' Cuomo setup this yrs budget so they could stick their hands into the conservation fund to balance things out. Thats against the fed excise tax refund to states.