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Community => Photo & Video => Topic started by: HighlandLofts on May 29, 2025, 08:17:24 PM

Title: New York deer
Post by: HighlandLofts on May 29, 2025, 08:17:24 PM: This is the last deer I shot on the last day of New York deer season.
Title: Re: New York deer
Post by: Bearhunter308 on May 29, 2025, 10:14:19 PM: What type of deer do they have in New York?
Title: Re: New York deer
Post by: wadu1 on May 30, 2025, 10:19:47 AM: I believe they are Odocoileus virginianus
Title: Re: New York deer
Post by: JDArms1240 on May 30, 2025, 07:26:59 PM: Sweet! Why were you over there? That seems like some kind of road trip! :chuckle: was the whole reason you went over there to hunt?

That seems like a fun trip, I’d really like to see some of those east coast woods.
Title: Re: New York deer
Post by: MADMAX on May 30, 2025, 07:38:44 PM: Better hunting than WA :chuckle:
Sad to say -by almost 200000 :yike:

In the 2024-25 New York deer hunting season, hunters harvested an estimated 223,304 deer. This includes 122,427 antlered bucks and 100,877 antlerless deer. The harvest saw an increase of 9% in antlered bucks and 3% in antlerless deer compared to the previous season.
Here's a more detailed breakdown:
Total Deer Harvest: 223,304
Antlered Bucks: 122,427
Antlerless Deer: 100,877
Antlered Buck Increase: 9% from last season
Antlerless Deer Increase: 3% from last season
Highest Harvest Density: Western Finger Lakes and Lake Ontario Plains regions, with more than 10 deer harvested per square mile in specific Wildlife Management Units (WMUs)
Reporting Rate: 53.6% of successful hunters reported their harvest, exceeding the five-year average.
Deer Checked by DEC: 13,488 deer were checked by the DEC to collect biological data and determine the reporting rate