Here is a link to a DEC state map showing where you can hunt bear legally in NY. You can not hunt in bear in Allegany State Park. The DMU area that the park is in is 9S and the park is the entire DMU. You can hunt the adjacent DMU's.

http://www.dec.state.ny.us/website/d...uide/bear.html

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