#1. Which method do you prefer for increasing the quality of bucks in New York?
#2. Which would you prefer for the Opening day of gun season?
#3. Do you support expanding the areas where hunters can use rifles in New York?
#4. Would you favor a law that made spotlighting deer
illegal during any open deer season?
#5. Would you favor a law that makes it illegal for anyone to be in the woods with
a firearm during the regular deer season that does not possess an unfilled deer tag?
#6. Under a 2 buck per year system, would you favor a law that says any successful
archery hunter who harvested an antlered deer cannot hunt deer with a firearm the
first week of firearm season?
#7. Would you favor a law that makes it illegal for anyone to take a
white (pie balled) deer?
#8. Would you be in favor of shortening the gun season in New York for ANTLERED deer?
#9. Would you be in favor of completely separating buck & doe season?
#10. In most areas of New York you can take two bucks if you hunt with a combination of
Gun, Bow, and Muzzleloader. Would you support a law that says the second buck must have 4
points or more on one side?
#11. Would you like to see the State of New York cease in letting hunters sign
DMPs over to one another?
#12. Do you feel the State of New York is doing enough to work with landlowners
to keep keep private lands open for hunting?
#13. Are you often surprised at how few times a year you see an Environmental
Conservation Officer drive by?
#14. Have you ever known someone who shot a buck and had someone else tag it?
#15. Many hunters cannot get opening day off. Many land owners have so many ask
permission to hunt that they have to turn people away.
Would you support a regular deer season that was split in to two seasons with
the hunter having the choice of one? For example, A short first season, a one
week break, and then a second longer season. Hunter gets to choose one.
Add any additional comments you have about the quality of whitetail deer hunting in
New York. Comments are 100% optional, 100% anonymous, and will not be tied to your
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