Comments on: York Coyote Hunt http://newyorkhuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/04/york-coyote-hunt/ Online Hunting Magazine Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:50:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Tom Remington http://newyorkhuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/04/york-coyote-hunt/comment-page-1/#comment-49 Tom Remington Wed, 22 Oct 2008 11:50:48 +0000 http://newyorkhuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/04/york-coyote-hunt/#comment-49 I can't speak specifically for New York, Tom, but one of the aggravating things for sportsmen is in discovering where their money is going. Too much of it is spent on non-game management and programs, search and rescue, etc. Poaching is a serious problem and with a slouching economy we can expect to see more of it not less. I'm not sure there is a simple solution. Thanks for sharing. I can’t speak specifically for New York, Tom, but one of the aggravating things for sportsmen is in discovering where their money is going. Too much of it is spent on non-game management and programs, search and rescue, etc.

Poaching is a serious problem and with a slouching economy we can expect to see more of it not less. I’m not sure there is a simple solution.

Thanks for sharing.

]]> By: Tom White http://newyorkhuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/04/york-coyote-hunt/comment-page-1/#comment-48 Tom White Wed, 22 Oct 2008 01:49:17 +0000 http://newyorkhuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/04/york-coyote-hunt/#comment-48 I currently live in Pennsylvania but hold a NY lifetime resident hunting license. In the area I hunt in upstate NY near Hancock in Delaware county, the deer population is horrible. I do see a lot of doe probably due to the DEC not issuing any doe permits in my area the past 2 years. This being said , I contribute the lack of buck due to excessive poaching and lack of game wardens. It has become known in that area that there are basically no game wardens or not enough to be effective and the local outlaws are taking full advantage of this situation. It has become a sport if you will of driving around the area at night with a spotlight and shooting deer with a bow from the back of pickup trucks. The worst part of this crime, I'm sorry sport, is that if the deer doesn't drop within sight they don't bother to recover it. My understanding of the situation is that there isn't proper funding to pay the overtime needed or hire more wardens to patrol these hours. My questions are where does our money go from the purchases of hunting licenses, and what price do we as sportsman put on the wildlife and our reputations? Is this what we are and is this what our state is promoting? The message being sent is they do not care as long as we keep quiet and pay our license fees. Does that money go into the general fund and if so why do we pay for licenses to the state if they give us nothing in return. Why does our youth hunters get frustrated when they hunt all day to see nothing? Many times I have sat in my stand during bow season and wonder if I missed something in my regulations book because it sure sounds like rifle season to me. When its one shot here and one shot on the next ridge and two shots on the edge of the field on the opposite mountain its not hard to realize what is going on.Am I the only one who sees this are are there more concerned sportsman out there? I currently live in Pennsylvania but hold a NY lifetime resident hunting license. In the area I hunt in upstate NY near Hancock in Delaware county, the deer population is horrible. I do see a lot of doe probably due to the DEC not issuing any doe permits in my area the past 2 years. This being said , I contribute the lack of buck due to excessive poaching and lack of game wardens. It has become known in that area that there are basically no game wardens or not enough to be effective and the local outlaws are taking full advantage of this situation. It has become a sport if you will of driving around the area at night with a spotlight and shooting deer with a bow from the back of pickup trucks. The worst part of this crime, I’m sorry sport, is that if the deer doesn’t drop within sight they don’t bother to recover it. My understanding of the situation is that there isn’t proper funding to pay the overtime needed or hire more wardens to patrol these hours. My questions are where does our money go from the purchases of hunting licenses, and what price do we as sportsman put on the wildlife and our reputations? Is this what we are and is this what our state is promoting? The message being sent is they do not care as long as we keep quiet and pay our license fees. Does that money go into the general fund and if so why do we pay for licenses to the state if they give us nothing in return. Why does our youth hunters get frustrated when they hunt all day to see nothing? Many times I have sat in my stand during bow season and wonder if I missed something in my regulations book because it sure sounds like rifle season to me. When its one shot here and one shot on the next ridge and two shots on the edge of the field on the opposite mountain its not hard to realize what is going on.Am I the only one who sees this are are there more concerned sportsman out there?

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