New for 2025, New York hunters can use crossbows anywhere and anytime bowhunting occurs, along with other new regulations for the fall.
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Which State Has the Most Deer?
We bet you will be surprised by some of these numbers! Deer & Deer Hunting has meticulously documented each state’s deer population and annual deer harvest every year since 1992. This wasn’t an easy job. It required weeks of phone calls and email phone tag with biologists from each of the 42 states with reportable […]
D+DH Superfans: New York
Today we’re highlighting hunters from New York. Check out some awesome hunt moments!
State Proposes to Lower Minimum Firearm and Crossbow Deer Hunting Age
The final version of the state budget includes a provision to lower the minimum age for deer hunting with a firearm or crossbow from 14 to 12.
Deer Poachers Used Trap Door in Vehicle to Hide Activity
Three New York men allegedly used elaborate means — including a trap door — to hide their deer poaching activities earlier this year. According to a published report, the men were arrested and charged for a string of illegal deer kills in Herkimer County, NY. During an investigation, New York wildlife officers discovered the men […]
How Much Do Deer Vasectomies Cost?
A deer management program that involves performing vasectomies on thousands of Staten Island whitetail bucks is grossly over budget and is only wrapping up year two of a three-year program.
BREAKING: New York Record Nontypical Hoax
UPDATED: Late last week, we broke news of a possible record nontypical buck taken in New York. (See the post below) However, it now appears the hunter was attempting a hoax with a game farm buck. Earlier today, the hunter’s brother, who tipped us off to the buck in the first place, e-mailed us to […]
Breaking News: Actor Ticketed for Poaching
by Daniel E. Schmidt New York – “First Winter” Actor Paul Manza was officially charged today by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation Law Enforcement Division with the illegal taking of a whitetail deer — a misdemeanor. The ticket is returnable in Town of Hamptonburgh Court, Orange County, on May 23, 6:30 p.m. “The […]
Breaking News: Film Festival Cancels Premiere of Deer Poaching Movie
Breaking news on the story we brought you earlier this afternoon. Just hours away from its red carpet premiere, the movie “First Winter” has been pulled from the lineup at the Tribeca Film Festival because the film allegedly includes footage of two deer being poached in upstate New York. Also, as noted in Dan Schmidt’s […]
First Winter Film Review: Deer Poaching Documentary?
by Daniel E. Schmidt Do you think your state game agency would look the other way if you decided not to buy a deer license (much less take the required hunter’s education course) then grabbed someone else’s gun (in February) and shot two deer, butchered them, ate them … and made a movie about it? […]