Antler Restrictions in New York
#12
#13
Fork Horn
Join Date: Sep 2011
Posts: 222
3 antler restriction
In Sullivan County NY they implemented this maybe 4 or so years back, and it really has helped. For once the DEC did something correct.
Over the last 20 years up there they shot anything. and I mean anything.
This past year there was some nice bucks taken, and many too.
One lease land club I know had 5 guys....... they took 4- 8's and a 7.
Me...my neighbor shot my buck. The day before the season opened.
Scumbag.
Well, being he screwed me. I curved my rules of my land for him.
1. no tresspassing.
2. no free firewood anymore
3. no cutting trees for better Dish reception.
4. no ez access parking to his house. I chained the driveway.
5. no hunting. He used to squirel, deer, grouse, ANY animal. No more. NOTHING.
6. His smokehouse I let him build.is on my property. I knocked it down.
7. no target practicing. He has 1.4 acre thats next to my 20 acres. Go to the range now.
8. no branches, leave dumping on my land. Go to the landfill.
9. No barrel burning. He used to on my land.
10. No conversation anymore. Because he is a lying POS.
SO. The moral is....when your getting alot from your neighbor, don;t screw him and poach his deer. Friggin idiot.
Over the last 20 years up there they shot anything. and I mean anything.
This past year there was some nice bucks taken, and many too.
One lease land club I know had 5 guys....... they took 4- 8's and a 7.
Me...my neighbor shot my buck. The day before the season opened.
Scumbag.
Well, being he screwed me. I curved my rules of my land for him.
1. no tresspassing.
2. no free firewood anymore
3. no cutting trees for better Dish reception.
4. no ez access parking to his house. I chained the driveway.
5. no hunting. He used to squirel, deer, grouse, ANY animal. No more. NOTHING.
6. His smokehouse I let him build.is on my property. I knocked it down.
7. no target practicing. He has 1.4 acre thats next to my 20 acres. Go to the range now.
8. no branches, leave dumping on my land. Go to the landfill.
9. No barrel burning. He used to on my land.
10. No conversation anymore. Because he is a lying POS.
SO. The moral is....when your getting alot from your neighbor, don;t screw him and poach his deer. Friggin idiot.
#16
Here in PA, while you are a junior license holder you may shoot anything you want, let it be a spike or a nice 6 point. My guess is so the younger hunters can really learn what its about and appreciate harvesting an animal, because on game lands you may not see a buck with 3 on one side if you just go out for opening day. I'm not sure if these rules still stand but they did a couple years ago.
#17
I can tolerate the point restrictions but main beam length and width? Not a chance. Like the one post above stated this sounds more like trophy management and not deer herd management. I hunt for the joy and pleasure of hunting. And when I get an opportunity to harvest a legal animal I will take it. I am not a trophy hunter by any means nor do I care to be.
#19
my first buck was with my dad still hunting with my bow. i was 12 years old and we walked around a giant thorn bush to see a a really big spike. this was my first day ever out with a bow, and i was mad cause he slept in hahaha. well the point is that buck was a trophy to me and it always will be. they should let juniors shoot anything in any state.
#20
These last two years are the first years I have seen an improvement since PA passed the antler restrictions. I am still seeing way less deer, but I am finally seeing the better bucks that were promised. I spent three days at the cabin this past weekend and did some scouting. I saw a ten point, an 8 point, three 6 points, a 4 point, and a spike. I also saw fifteen doe. This was seeing A LOT of deer compared to previous years. And a lot of legal buck. However, prior to the restrictions, I woulda seen well over a hundred deer in this time frame. Although it is doubtful I would have seen the 10 and 8 point. So yes, there are better bucks in the area now, Although, the deer numbers are way down. In PA the doe tags, as previously mentioned, is the main cause of this.
-Jake
-Jake