RE: NY DEER HUNTER SURVEY
This post reminds us how difficult it is for a state to set hunting regulations and keep us all happy (we are one big happy family...........right?)
I'll stick with the 4 original listings as posted - and not inject my veiws:
1- I would like to see antler restrictions.................................. - No - not mandated ones though I applaud grass roots, voluntary efforts.
2- If u shoot a button buck it goes on your buck tag............................... - Definitely not - when you consider mortality of fawns - and buck dispersal later on - the BB take is small potatoes. A law like this would only punish those trying to help keep the population in check by legally taking a doe.
3- Get rid of signing your doe take over.................... - No - If the state decides the 2679 does must go in Unit 7F - why should it matter who fills the tags?
4-No season just for muzzleloaders ......................- No - Blackpowder hunters basically don't have a season now. I know My wife loves it when I go hunting the week before Christmas - after I've hunted the last 10 weeks!!!!!!!!
A doe season for blackpowder is a great idea - though I do not think it should be in the MIDDLE of bow season.
5. - OK _ I LIED - I'll inject one other veiw. TOO MANY hunters break the laws regarding doe tags (using another unit tag), Tagging a buck with "the wife's tag", etc. Its common knowledge in many areas that this stuff goes on. I wish the state would take some of the extra monies brought in - and invest it in law enforcement - and educational programs - with the youth - try to change the ignorant, lawlessness attitudes in soooo many rural places in this state!