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Empire Home >> New York Deer Hunting >> Empire Deer Hunting Survey Results
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The purpose of this survey is to see how New York Hunters feel about the issues we face right now and how they feel about ideas that other States are doing successfully. Many of the questions on the survey are based on the ways that Mid-West States manage their deer herd and deer seasons. Click Here for a Comparison Chart. There is no way to guarantee that everyone who takes the survey hunts in New York. We will assume most do and the data may be shared with other organizations who monitor hunting in New York.


#1. Which method do you prefer for increasing the quality of bucks in New York?
Antler Restrictions: 64%
One Buck Per Season: 36%
 
#2. Which would you prefer for the opening day of gun season?
Saturday: 60%
Monday: 40%
 
#3. Do you support expanding the areas where hunters can use rifles in New York?
Yes: 64%
No: 36%
 
#4. Would you favor a law that made spotlighting deer illegal during any open deer season?
Yes: 61%
No: 39%
 
#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?
Yes: 41%
No: 59%
 
#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?
Yes: 15%
No: 85%
 
#7. Would you favor a law that makes it illegal for anyone to take a white (pie balled) deer?
Yes: 22%
No: 78%
 
#8. Would you be in favor of shortening the gun season in New York for ANTLERED deer?
Yes: 23%
No: 77%
 
#9. Would you be in favor of completely separating buck & doe season?
Yes: 16%
No: 84%
 
#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 at least 4 points on one side?
Yes: 68%
No: 32%
 
#11. Would you like to see the State of New York cease in letting hunters sign DMPs over to one another?
Yes: 25%
No: 75%
 
#12. Do you feel the State of New York is doing enough to work with landlowners to keep keep private lands open for hunting?
Yes: 21%
No: 79%
 
#13. Are you often surprised at how few times a year you see an Environmental Conservation Officer drive by?
Yes: 54%
No: 46%
 
#14. Have you ever known someone who shot a buck and had someone else tag it?
Yes: 56%
No: 44%
 
#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.
Yes: 13%
No: 87%

Survey Comments - Daily Digest? Click Here to Sign-Up!
Gerald D. Spier - 7/29/2008 5:19:56 AM
Make the deer take report mandatory. Deny tags to anyone who fails,two years in a row, to report a legal kill. Or do something to make the report requirement a more accurate reflection of the real take or population in the state.
Anonymous - 6/26/2008 3:31:06 AM
I would rather hunt in NY than in my home state of PA.
joe - 6/22/2008 9:20:27 AM
The whole state should have antler restrictions, maybe even four points on one side throughout. This is our third year of antler restrictions and I love it. Hopefully it continues and eventually when we all go out to hunt whether its for meat or a trophy we call see some nice mature deer like we do in so many other states. A 3 1/2 year old deer was almost non existant before this all started. For me its not about the meat or the trophy, its about being out there, and if a trophy comes along and I have the opportunity to harvest it, it make for a wonderfull day. Joe 31 3H
Anonymous - 6/18/2008 4:10:51 PM
should allow crossbow hunting most other states have already passed this. Why should NY be so far behind everyone else on this matter.
jimmy - 6/4/2008 8:54:13 AM
This is a awsome site
Tracy Stanford - 5/16/2008 4:1