Antler Restrictions in New York
08-24-2012, 02:35 PM
#31
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Delhi, NY (by way of Chenango Forks)
Posts: 1,706
08-24-2012, 08:23 PM
#32
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Downwind, New York
Posts: 578
I don't know the guy personally, but I know guys that do and that's what they all said!
I agree that it sounds fictional and I assume that the story got misconstrued somewhere. The guy most likely has other crop fields, but the fields that I do know he owns do not equal enough acreage to constitute much more than 10 DMP's!!
I agree that it sounds fictional and I assume that the story got misconstrued somewhere. The guy most likely has other crop fields, but the fields that I do know he owns do not equal enough acreage to constitute much more than 10 DMP's!!
08-25-2012, 02:58 PM
#33
Typical Buck
Join Date: Oct 2004
Location: Indiana county, Pa
Posts: 679
how can you possibly tell by looking at a buck and judging his width? bet a lot of bucks are shot and left laying cause they arent wide enough. its as bad as our 4 points on one side here in some parts of Pa.
08-26-2012, 04:56 AM
#34
Spike
Join Date: Feb 2007
Location:
Posts: 9
All other areas of PA, "3 on a side".
Pretty simple and not hard to follow.
08-26-2012, 05:37 PM
#35
Spike
Join Date: Aug 2003
Posts: 45
After reading your post I would contact the DEC officer in your area and have him investigate this. If you own more than 50 acres and can prove it you are to receive your first choice DMP. Look at the book that you recv'd when you purchased your license on page 29 it clearly states that .
08-26-2012, 10:38 PM
#36
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Downwind, New York
Posts: 578
After reading your post I would contact the DEC officer in your area and have him investigate this. If you own more than 50 acres and can prove it you are to receive your first choice DMP. Look at the book that you recv'd when you purchased your license on page 29 it clearly states that .
10-06-2012, 04:27 PM
#37
Fork Horn
Join Date: Apr 2009
Posts: 155
Speaking of Amish we had a guy that was leasing 2 large pieces of land bordering mine and while the property owner was in Florida he brought in 2 van loades of Amish ... menonite what evers and they ran a slaughter house for 2 weeks ...Thinning the herd and getting the buck to doe ratio in check or so he says ... when the property owner got home he was met with a lot of pissed off neighbors.... guy lost his lease..
10-16-2012, 01:27 AM
#38
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Upstate New York
Posts: 2,435
To me hunting is about the sheer joy of being in the woods and the pride one takes in developing the skills to harvest wild game. A trophy is just a bonus not a goal. Antler restriction comes from a philosophy that elevates the importance of trophies and is the antithesis of mine. I hope it never comes to my area.
10-16-2012, 05:04 AM
#39
Typical Buck
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Downwind, New York
Posts: 578
Older/ bigger bucks are smarter and more of a challenge. It doesn't take much skill to shoot a spike. Yes a spike is a great trophy for a youngster or a new hunter, but the reason you don't see experienced hunters strapping a spike to the hood and showing it off is because it doesn't showcase that hunters hunting skill.
Personally I really don't care what others choose to do because I know that each time I step in the woods I have a chance of seeing a great buck. We do have nice deer in NY. They're just tougher to bag.
I would hope that we as experienced hunters would teach our kids that having a bit of restraint could lead to a better deer. A trigger happy kid with a 5-shot magazine often leads to wounded/wasted deer. I think we can all agree that doe are more populous, therefore why not just shoot doe if meat is the only goal? It would do us all good to even out the buck to doe ratio.
I don't mean to sound like I'm preaching. I'm just trying to convince the naysayers that nice shooter deer can be had with a little patience. Google some NY whitetail buck pictures, then tell me that you don't want one!
Personally I really don't care what others choose to do because I know that each time I step in the woods I have a chance of seeing a great buck. We do have nice deer in NY. They're just tougher to bag.
I would hope that we as experienced hunters would teach our kids that having a bit of restraint could lead to a better deer. A trigger happy kid with a 5-shot magazine often leads to wounded/wasted deer. I think we can all agree that doe are more populous, therefore why not just shoot doe if meat is the only goal? It would do us all good to even out the buck to doe ratio.
I don't mean to sound like I'm preaching. I'm just trying to convince the naysayers that nice shooter deer can be had with a little patience. Google some NY whitetail buck pictures, then tell me that you don't want one!
10-16-2012, 07:57 AM
#40
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Feb 2003
Location: Clermont Florida U.S.
Posts: 4,970
To me hunting is about the sheer joy of being in the woods and the pride one takes in developing the skills to harvest wild game. A trophy is just a bonus not a goal. Antler restriction comes from a philosophy that elevates the importance of trophies and is the antithesis of mine. I hope it never comes to my area.
