RE: NY Bowhunters proposal
I bet the article you are talking about is from the AP. I saw that this past weekend when it was wrote before being edited.
Those numbers are a joke. The person that wrote it lives in NYC, and can bet you that it was a canned article.
The numbers dont state whether or not they include state and non state tags. I bet one includes the non state (1999 or 2000 was the year they mentioned I believe), and the later one did not.
As a writer, I know the tricks of the trade, especially when it comes from the AP on issues like this where they do not put effort into. Normally, the AP does a good job on things they know.