This will be my first hunting season in New York. I was all excited about this season (my first away from Illinois)!!! I found an awesome bow-hunting club (Tri-Village Bow Hunters), and some nice state ground to hunt. Then I went to get my license. At this point, I was told I could gun hunt but could not bow hunt. Now, I have hunted bow and gun in Illinois for about 13 years and I was dumbfounded. I can use a firearm to hunt deer, but not a bow? So then I was told that to bow hunt I would need to take the bow-hunter safety course. Now don’t get me wrong, I am all for hunter education. But after 13 years? Granted, I may learn something, but that is beside the point.

The point I am trying to get across is that I am able to hunt with bow and gun in Illinois, but when I moved to New York I loose my bow-hunting privileges(until I take the course) . Should a state recognize another states hunting privileges?

Thanks for letting me vent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
GB