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A-Hunting We Will Go, Regular Firearms Hunting Season for Deer and Bear has Begun

November 18, 2014

The end of life for most deer is a bullet.


The 2014 regular deer and bear hunting seasons opened at sunrise last Saturday, November 15, in New York's Southern Zone.

The big game season closes at sunset on Sunday, December 7.

The Southern Zone Regular Season is New York's most popular hunting season, with participation from about 85 percent of New York's 550,000 licensed hunters. Harvest during this season accounts for nearly 60 percent of the total statewide deer harvest and 30-60 percent of the statewide bear harvest.

About 1/4 of every deer in New York is killed each year by hunters. The average deer lives only to be four years old, even though if not hunted they could live to be 20.

Following the regular deer and bear seasons in the Southern Zone, bow hunting and muzzle loading seasons will open at sunrise on December 8 and close at sunset on December 16.

Hunter is happy, bear not so much.

All successful hunters are required to report their harvest of deer and bear within seven days.

Successful bear hunters are asked to submit a tooth of their bear so DEC can age the bear and monitor bear population dynamics.

Although safety-conscious hunters have significantly reduced the number of firearms-related injuries, studies show that individuals wearing hunter orange clothing are seven times less likely to be injured than hunters who do not wear the bright fluorescent color. Here are some other rules:

Point your gun in a safe direction.

Treat every gun as if it were loaded.

Be sure of your target and beyond.

Keep your finger off the trigger until ready to shoot.

 

 

 

 

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