I read in my local paper today that changes may be possible for the 2002 season.New Yorks Conservation Council is pushing for a third Saturday in November start to the SZ firearms season.
However,Council member Bill Hilts Sr of Sanborn says that regions 7,8,9 are considering an antlerless archery season from oct 1-14 and regular archery season oct 15 through the Friday before Thanksgiving.The SZ gun season would open the next day and run for 30 days and close on the fifth Sunday (Just Before Christmas)
Late archery and muzzleloader seasons in the SZ would run for the next 21 days ,taking it well into January.I dont know about you folks but it sounds kinda exciting .Would ease some pressure i think by such a long season.Would love to muzzleloader hunt with some snow in January.Not much to do that time of year anyway.What do ya think?

I like the sounds of the late/extended ML season.

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I like the idea of having the seasons pushed back later. I made a topic about that over a month ago.

awesome!

yes, the later the hunting season in NY the better! makes for a colder hunt, hopefully though, i hope we wouldn't miss the rut??

Extending the season in general will certainly give us all a better chance to harvest deer. I may just have to go out and buy a muzzleloader now.<img src=icon_smile_cool.gif border=0 align=middle>

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NJ i only said they were considering it.I didnt say it was a law.

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It sounds great, but I refuse to get excited about these &quot;proposed&quot; changes, or things they are &quot;considering&quot;. I hate to sound like a pessimest, but for the past four or five years I've heard all kinds of great ideas for changes, and nothing happens. The biggest reason/excuse I keep hearing for no change is the fact that they, our wonderful lawmakers, cant pull their heads out of their butts long enough to get a state budget passed anywhere near on time, so the money isn't there to implement the changes. When I see a change written in the new regs book, I'll believe it, until then, I wont even cross my fingers. Sorry if I sound a little disgusted about it all, but I am.