This record does not carry a regulation the state has. kind: map — description: **The two deer season maps on p.8 (folio 27) ARE the geography of every row above, and this compilation does not read them.** The Regular & Bowhunting map and the Muzzleloading map each label all 92 Wildlife Management Units, and the season a hunter is under is decided by which colour their unit is filled: yellow is the Northern Zone, light blue the Southern Zone, orange Westchester, blue Suffolk, white CLOSED, and red or black hatching marks the antler-point-restriction units and the bowhunting-only units. **Two muzzleloading rows print the identical label and the identical dates and are separated by nothing but swatch colour** — orange "Deer of Either Sex" also runs Dec. 7 - Dec. 13 and yellow "Deer of Either Sex" does not — so the measured fill is published as `map_key_cmyk` and the ground it covers is not. **A hunter cannot learn from these rows which zone their unit is in.** The unit codes themselves reach the text layer and are reconciled: 92 distinct on the Regular map, 91 on the Muzzleloading map (which does not print a label for 4B at all — confirmed against the rendered pixels, the polygon is drawn and unlabelled), 92 on the bear map, and 92 in the union. The BOUNDARIES do not reach it and are not here.

This record does not carry a regulation the state has. kind: map — description: **The black bear map on p.19 (folio 38) is the geography of every bear row**, on the same terms: 92 WMU labels, and the zone, the bowhunting-only units and the closed areas are given by fill colour only. Its "Bowhunting Only WMUs" and "Closed" keys are ruled out above with that reason attached.

This record does not carry a regulation the state has. kind: cross-references — description: **The WMU boundaries are defined nowhere in this extract.** Every row here is scoped to a zone or to a named unit list, and the page itself sends the reader elsewhere: p.7 (folio 26) carries the Northern-Southern Zone Line as a road-by-road description, the closed areas by county, the legal-implements map, and **the antler-point restriction unit list — "WMUs 3A, 3C, 3H, 3J, 3K, 4G, 4O, 4P, 4R, 4S, and 4W" — which p.8's own antler-point panel does not print.** The guide states that complete descriptions of all WMUs are on DEC's website. **So this compilation publishes the antler-point rule and is silent about where it applies.**

This record does not carry a regulation the state has. kind: cross-references — description: **Tags, permits and the privileges that make a season usable are not carried.** p.9 (folio 28) is the Deer Tag Descriptions table — which tag may be used in which season, the Bow/Muzz Antlerless tag's exclusion from the regular seasons, the DMP and the Bonus Youth tags. The Early Antlerless season published above is open only to DMP and DMAP holders, the Suffolk County special firearms season needs a permit, and the youth seasons refer to page 45. **A date here says when a season runs, not that a given hunter may hunt it.**

This record does not carry a regulation the state has. kind: cross-references — description: **The bag limit is not on any page cited here.** Nothing on p.8, p.18 or p.19 states how many deer may be taken, or on what tag; the one bag statement in this extract is the bear rule published above, "Resident and non-resident hunters will receive a bear tag with their hunting license and may take one bear per year." **For deer this compilation carries seasons and no limit at all**, and it says so rather than leaving a reader to assume there is none.

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New York

deer-and-bear · 2026

What this is, and what it is not

huntregs is not the law and is not an official edition of any state’s regulations: no state agency writes, reviews, publishes or approves it, and where a page here differs from the agency document it cites, the agency document is the regulation and this page is wrong.

It is an editorial compilation of state agency regulation documents: every row is carried verbatim out of one named document, cited by title, identified by the sha256 of the exact bytes we read, and printed beside the source lines it was read from.

What we do carry

rows verbatim — no row is summarised, and every field the source row carried is rendered, including the ones we have no column for;
each record’s own declaration of what it does not contain, printed in full and unedited, above the rows rather than under them;
our own withdrawals — dated, with the reason as written, and the state’s rows gone from every route while the withdrawal stands.

What we do not carry

the law itself. Every state page links the agency’s own document; that is the thing to read.
declared gaps. Where a record says regulation exists that it does not carry, that regulation is not here — it is named, in the record’s words, and it is still missing.
zone, unit or boundary geometry. The compilation holds no maps and this app draws none; several records declare that as a gap themselves.
shooting hours. Clock, sunrise and sunset text is shown exactly as written — nothing here computes a sunrise, a sunset or a timezone.
legal advice, or any judgement about whether a particular hunt is lawful for you.
every state. Some have no record in this compilation at all and some are withheld by the verification ledger today; which is which is measured on the index page each time it is loaded, not listed here.

Error direction — If this record is wrong, it is most likely wrong toward saying you MAY do something you may not.

That is the direction that ends in a citation, or in a hunter on ground the state has closed. Read the signals below before you use any row on this page.

Derived by rule from this record's own declared gaps, its own integrity fields and its own rows. It is not a score and there is no confidence number: the counts below count signals, nothing more.

5 over-permissive · 3 undeterminable · 0 under-permissive · 7 declared gap(s), 5 of which the record says carry regulation · 64 row(s) scanned

6 signal(s), most dangerous first. The evidence lines below are the rule's own excerpts, cut at 220 characters; every gap is printed in full and verbatim under what this record does not carry.

overOVER: the gap names a restriction, requirement, closure or supersession the record does not carry [closure='CLOSED', restriction='restrict', antler_rule='antler-point']; a row read without it is broader than the regulation

known_gaps[0]: **The two deer season maps on p.8 (folio 27) ARE the geography of every row above, and this compilation does not read them.** The Regular & Bowhunting map and the Muzzleloading map each label all 92 Wildlife Management …

overOVER: the gap names a restriction, requirement, closure or supersession the record does not carry [closure='closed']; a row read without it is broader than the regulation

known_gaps[1]: **The black bear map on p.19 (folio 38) is the geography of every bear row**, on the same terms: 92 WMU labels, and the zone, the bowhunting-only units and the closed areas are given by fill colour only. Its "Bowhunting…

overOVER: the gap names a restriction, requirement, closure or supersession the record does not carry [closure='closed', restriction='restrict', antler_rule='antler-point']; a row read without it is broader than the regulation

known_gaps[4]: **The WMU boundaries are defined nowhere in this extract.** Every row here is scoped to a zone or to a named unit list, and the page itself sends the reader elsewhere: p.7 (folio 26) carries the Northern-Southern Zone L…

overOVER: the gap names a restriction, requirement, closure or supersession the record does not carry [eligibility='open only to']; a row read without it is broader than the regulation

known_gaps[5]: **Tags, permits and the privileges that make a season usable are not carried.** p.9 (folio 28) is the Deer Tag Descriptions table — which tag may be used in which season, the Bow/Muzz Antlerless tag's exclusion from the…

overOVER: the gap names a restriction, requirement, closure or supersession the record does not carry [limit_or_quota='bag limit']; a row read without it is broader than the regulation

known_gaps[6]: **The bag limit is not on any page cited here.** Nothing on p.8, p.18 or p.19 states how many deer may be taken, or on what tag; the one bag statement in this extract is the bear rule published above, "Resident and non-…

unknown4 page boundary/boundaries beside the cited range were never inspected (2 of them where the UNCITED NEIGHBOUR DRAWS A TABLE). A table that continues past a citation loses whole rows — the missing rows could be further seasons (under) or the restrictions on the ones published (over), and this is the check five states went OFFLINE for skipping.

p7 (beside cited p8) — **THE UNCITED NEIGHBOUR DRAWS A TABLE (2 vertical rules) AND THE CITED PAGE DOES NOT** — this is the categ…

p9 (beside cited p8) — **THE UNCITED NEIGHBOUR DRAWS A TABLE (20 vertical rules) AND THE CITED PAGE DOES NOT** — this is the cate…

what this rule cannot see

It reads this record's OWN prose. A restriction nobody declared is invisible to it — and an undeclared restriction is what takes a state offline.
It takes each gap's carries_regulation flag at face value. A gap mis-declared as non-regulatory is a silent miss.
It cannot weigh. One missing county list and fourteen missing pages of special-permit hunts each score once. There is no severity here, and that is why no score is shown.
It classifies a whole gap, never a row. A gap that qualifies four rows and a gap that qualifies all of them read identically.

Across the published records the record-level answer is almost always over. That is a statement about how regulation is written — what is missing from a compilation is usually a restriction — not a ranking of states.

Record integrity

Current through — the document this record was read from, and nothing later than it:

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation 2026-27 Hunting & Trapping Regulations Guide, Big Game Hunting, p.8 (folio 27, regular, bowhunting and muzzleloading deer seasons), p.18 (folio 37, Future Big Game Season Dates) and p.19 (folio 38, black bear seasons)

sha256 33faff20ac1213d8161611fb792bfd52895569dc9ab9ba491f4d980e0cff0533

The document is those bytes. A URL is a name; if the publisher replaces the file behind it, this hash stops matching and the mismatch is the finding.

We fetched it on 2026-08-08. That is our retrieval date, not a publication date. This record carries no date on which its publisher issued, adopted, amended or last revised that document, so this page states none. Any effective, issue or adoption date the document states of itself is inside the citation above, in the publisher’s own words — nothing here lifts it out or restates it as a fact of ours.

The publisher is named inside that citation, in the publisher’s own words. This record carries no publisher field of its own, so nothing here names one separately.

The record states its own regulation year as 2026. That is the record’s field, not a currency claim: a record may state a year older than the day we fetched it, and where it does, it says so here.

https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/htgbiggame.pdf#page=8

3 page(s) cited

Coverage, every declared gap and every swept line are below, under what this record does not carry.

Check this page against the source

Do not take our word for it. The document every row on this page was read out of is one tap away, and checking us against it is exactly what the citation, the sha256 and the source lines under each row are for.

Open the source document → https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/htgbiggame.pdf#page=8

If that document says something this page does not, the document is the regulation and this page is wrong. The copy we read is the one whose sha256 is above; if the publisher has replaced the file since 2026-08-08, yours will not match ours, and that difference is the thing worth knowing.

What this record does not carry

derived New York declares 7 gaps, of which 5 are regulation this compilation does not carry.

5 gap(s) the record says carry regulation

These are regulation that exists and is not in here. They are printed in full, in the record's own words.

map

**The two deer season maps on p.8 (folio 27) ARE the geography of every row above, and this compilation does not read them.** The Regular & Bowhunting map and the Muzzleloading map each label all 92 Wildlife Management Units, and the season a hunter is under is decided by which colour their unit is filled: yellow is the Northern Zone, light blue the Southern Zone, orange Westchester, blue Suffolk, white CLOSED, and red or black hatching marks the antler-point-restriction units and the bowhunting-only units. **Two muzzleloading rows print the identical label and the identical dates and are separated by nothing but swatch colour** — orange "Deer of Either Sex" also runs Dec. 7 - Dec. 13 and yellow "Deer of Either Sex" does not — so the measured fill is published as `map_key_cmyk` and the ground it covers is not. **A hunter cannot learn from these rows which zone their unit is in.** The unit codes themselves reach the text layer and are reconciled: 92 distinct on the Regular map, 91 on the Muzzleloading map (which does not print a label for 4B at all — confirmed against the rendered pixels, the polygon is drawn and unlabelled), 92 on the bear map, and 92 in the union. The BOUNDARIES do not reach it and are not here.

derived family: map

Who does have it

Not us. New York’s agency publishes the document this record was read from, and that document — not this page — is where the material above has to be chased:

https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/htgbiggame.pdf#page=8

Where the description above names some other document, register, office or telephone number, that naming is the record’s own and is printed in full above. Nothing here has followed it up for you, and nothing here has re-typed it.

map

**The black bear map on p.19 (folio 38) is the geography of every bear row**, on the same terms: 92 WMU labels, and the zone, the bowhunting-only units and the closed areas are given by fill colour only. Its "Bowhunting Only WMUs" and "Closed" keys are ruled out above with that reason attached.

derived family: map

Who does have it

Not us. New York’s agency publishes the document this record was read from, and that document — not this page — is where the material above has to be chased:

https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/htgbiggame.pdf#page=8

cross-references

**The WMU boundaries are defined nowhere in this extract.** Every row here is scoped to a zone or to a named unit list, and the page itself sends the reader elsewhere: p.7 (folio 26) carries the Northern-Southern Zone Line as a road-by-road description, the closed areas by county, the legal-implements map, and **the antler-point restriction unit list — "WMUs 3A, 3C, 3H, 3J, 3K, 4G, 4O, 4P, 4R, 4S, and 4W" — which p.8's own antler-point panel does not print.** The guide states that complete descriptions of all WMUs are on DEC's website. **So this compilation publishes the antler-point rule and is silent about where it applies.**

derived family: cross-reference

Who does have it

Not us. New York’s agency publishes the document this record was read from, and that document — not this page — is where the material above has to be chased:

https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/htgbiggame.pdf#page=8

cross-references

**Tags, permits and the privileges that make a season usable are not carried.** p.9 (folio 28) is the Deer Tag Descriptions table — which tag may be used in which season, the Bow/Muzz Antlerless tag's exclusion from the regular seasons, the DMP and the Bonus Youth tags. The Early Antlerless season published above is open only to DMP and DMAP holders, the Suffolk County special firearms season needs a permit, and the youth seasons refer to page 45. **A date here says when a season runs, not that a given hunter may hunt it.**

derived family: cross-reference

Who does have it

Not us. New York’s agency publishes the document this record was read from, and that document — not this page — is where the material above has to be chased:

https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/htgbiggame.pdf#page=8

cross-references

**The bag limit is not on any page cited here.** Nothing on p.8, p.18 or p.19 states how many deer may be taken, or on what tag; the one bag statement in this extract is the bear rule published above, "Resident and non-resident hunters will receive a bear tag with their hunting license and may take one bear per year." **For deer this compilation carries seasons and no limit at all**, and it says so rather than leaving a reader to assume there is none.

derived family: cross-reference

Who does have it

Not us. New York’s agency publishes the document this record was read from, and that document — not this page — is where the material above has to be chased:

https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/htgbiggame.pdf#page=8

2 further gap(s) the record says carry no regulation

declared by the record, which states these carry no regulation. They are published because the reason a thing was not read is part of the evidence.

photograph

**A full-page estate agent's advertisement, and NOT a map.** The one figure on p.18 (folio 37) covers 43.3% of the page, below the season table: a photograph of a hunter with a harvested buck, a "WE SELL HUNTING LAND" headline, seven named agents with telephone numbers by region, a QR code and a licensing disclaimer set at 4.0pt. **It carries no season, no unit, no date, no limit and no map**, so no regulation is lost by not reading it, and its cells are ruled out above with that reason rather than swept. This says nothing about the WMU boundaries, which this compilation genuinely does lack and which are declared as map gaps above.

derived family: photograph/graphic/advertisement

photograph

**Editorial photographs and logos on p.19 (folio 38), and NOT the bear map** — which is declared separately above. The images covering 20.9% of this page are: a photograph of a successful hunter with a harvested black bear, captioned "Josh O. with his successful harvest in Oneida County."; the Black Bear Management Cooperator patch artwork; the BearWise New York wordmark; and two QR codes. **None carries a season, a date, a unit or a restriction**; the caption is published nowhere and is ruled out above with that reason.

derived family: photograph/graphic/advertisement

Coverage

100.0% of visual lines on pp.8 and 19 — each the row of words a reader sees, inside a drawn legend panel or outside every panel — PLUS the 60 drawn cells and 12 loose words of the ruled table on p.18. The 190 + 104 sub-size WMU codes printed on the three maps are grouped into visual lines and counted here too; they are ruled out with a reason, never swept, and the maps they belong to are declared as gaps

derived: this percentage is over the units named above, on the pages this record cites. It is not a percentage of the state's regulation. The gaps above are what a full percentage would have to count and cannot.

3 page(s) cited

4 page boundary/boundaries never inspected

p7 (beside cited p8) — **THE UNCITED NEIGHBOUR DRAWS A TABLE (2 vertical rules) AND THE CITED PAGE DOES NOT** — this is the category that produced Iowa. RENDER IT AND READ IT BEFORE BELIEVING ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THIS STATE, so the continuation check cannot fire. NOT a clean result: it was never inspected.

p9 (beside cited p8) — **THE UNCITED NEIGHBOUR DRAWS A TABLE (20 vertical rules) AND THE CITED PAGE DOES NOT** — this is the category that produced Iowa. RENDER IT AND READ IT BEFORE BELIEVING ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THIS STATE, so the continuation check cannot fire. NOT a clean result: it was never inspected.

p17 (beside cited p18) — the uncited neighbour draws none; the cited page does — the safest case, the neighbour is probably prose, but prose is how Utah lost nine pages, so the continuation check cannot fire. NOT a clean result: it was never inspected.

p20 (beside cited p19) — THERE IS NO SUCH PAGE; the document ends at p19. The cited range reaches a document boundary, which is the one honest reason a neighbour cannot be inspected.

110 library repair(s)

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line: -1; was: Properties; now: Pr; basis: pypdf runs this token into its neighbour; the coordinate reading separates them

line: -1; was: Whitetail; now: te; basis: pypdf runs this token into its neighbour; the coordinate reading separates them

line: -1; was: Properties; now: ti; basis: pypdf runs this token into its neighbour; the coordinate reading separates them

line: -1; was: Properties; now: ro; basis: pypdf runs this token into its neighbour; the coordinate reading separates them

line: -1; was: Licensed; now: Li; basis: pypdf runs this token into its neighbour; the coordinate reading separates them

line: -1; was: Whitetail; now: ta; basis: pypdf runs this token into its neighbour; the coordinate reading separates them

line: -1; was: Licensed; now: se; basis: pypdf runs this token into its neighbour; the coordinate reading separates them

line: -1; was: John; now: hn; basis: pypdf runs this token into its neighbour; the coordinate reading separates them

line: -1; was: Whitetail; now: il; basis: pypdf runs this token into its neighbour; the coordinate reading separates them

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line: -1; was: 8 P; now: 8P; basis: pdfplumber splits this token; pypdf reads it whole and the whole reading is kept

line: -1; was: 8 R; now: 8R; basis: pdfplumber splits this token; pypdf reads it whole and the whole reading is kept

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line: -1; was: 8 T; now: 8T; basis: pdfplumber's default line grouping chains rows under three points apart into one line and interleaves them; read with lines grouped at 2 points it returns this token whole, which is pypdf's reading too

line: -1; was: 8 W; now: 8W; basis: pdfplumber's default line grouping chains rows under three points apart into one line and interleaves them; read with lines grouped at 2 points it returns this token whole, which is pypdf's reading too

line: -1; was: 8 Y; now: 8Y; basis: pdfplumber splits this token; pypdf reads it whole and the whole reading is kept

line: -1; was: 9 G; now: 9G; basis: pdfplumber splits this token; pypdf reads it whole and the whole reading is kept

line: -1; was: 9 K; now: 9K; basis: pdfplumber splits this token; pypdf reads it whole and the whole reading is kept

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line: -1; was: 9 W; now: 9W; basis: pdfplumber splits this token; pypdf reads it whole and the whole reading is kept

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line: -1; was: 7P7R; now: 7P; basis: pypdf runs this token into its neighbour; the coordinate reading separates them

line: -1; was: State’; now: State; basis: p.19 (folio 38): pdfplumber's default reading returns "State’" and pypdf returns "State" in the BearWise notice, whose last line the page prints as "New York State s black bears healthy and safe." — with NO apostrophe glyph rendering, verified against sb.py render ny_regs.pdf 19. That notice is ruled out above and publishes nothing. The word "State" this compilation does publish comes from a different sentence — "Bear hunting in Allegany State Park requires a park permit." — on which both libraries agree

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line: 42; was: Antler Point Restrictions: during all seasons, a w lo n i n t t h g le . 3 r Y e o o d r u b m n u g o c r k h e s u p n m o te u in r s s t t s ( h a t a h g v a e e t s a a 1 r t e 2 l e - a 1 a t 6 s l ) e t a a 1 r s e a t n 1 e t x l i e n e r c m h pt.; now: Antler Point Restrictions: during all seasons, antlered bucks must have at least 1 antler with 3 or more points that are at least 1 inch long. Young hunters (ages 12-16) are exempt.; basis: pdfplumber's DEFAULT line grouping chains this paragraph's lines together with the WMU map labels printed beside them and interleaves the result character by character. Read with lines grouped at 2 points — the tolerance this adapter reads the page with — it returns them whole, which is pypdf's reading too, and the rendered page agrees with both

130 swept source line(s) in 8 reason group(s) — NOT declared gaps

These are not gaps.

ruled_out entries are source lines the extractor accounted for and did NOT publish, each with the reason it gave. They are not declared gaps: a declared gap is regulation the record says exists and it does not carry.

68 × — WMU codes printed as labels ON THE MAP on p.8 (folio 27), set at 4.7-5.2pt against a 7.5pt body. They are unit NAMES, not a season, a date or a limit; which ground each names is the map itself, declared as a gap below

6A 5C

5H 5T

7A 6K

9A 8C 8F 6P 5J 5S

9A 9F 8G 7F

9C 8H 6S 6R 5R

8J 7J 4A 4C

9H 8M 8N 7H 7M 4F 4J 4L

9G 8R 8S 4G 4H 4B 4K

9N 8P

9M 9P 7R 7P 4S 4T 4U

9K 9W 8T 8W 4O 4P 4R

9J 9R 9T 9Y 8X 8Y 7S 4Y 4Z

9S 9X 4W 3A

3H 3J 3F 3G

3M 3N

3R 3S

1C 1C

2A 2A

6A 5C

6G 6H

5H 5T

7A 6K

9A 8C 8F 6P 5J 5S

9F 8G 7F

9A 9C 8H 6S 6R 5R

8J 7J 4A 4C

9H 8M 8N 7H 7M 4F 4J 4L

9G 9N 8R 8S 4G 4H 4K

9K 9M 9W 9P 7R 7P 4S4T 4U

8T 8W 4O 4P 4R

9J 9R 9T 9X 9Y 8X 8Y 7S 3A 4Y 4Z

3H 3J 3F 3G

3M 3N

3R 3S

2A 1C 1C

32 × — WMU codes printed as labels ON THE MAP on p.19 (folio 38), set at 4.7-5.2pt against a 8.0pt body. They are unit NAMES, not a season, a date or a limit; which ground each names is the map itself, declared as a gap below

6A 5C

6G 6H

5H 5T

7A 6K

9A 8C 8F 7F 6P 5J 5S

9F 8G

9A 9C 8H 6S 6R 5R

8J 7J 4A 4C

9H 8M 8N 7H 7M 4F 4J 4K 4L

9G 9N 8P 8R 8S 4G 4H 4B

9K 9M 9W 9P 7R 7P 4R 4S4T 4U

9J 8T 8W 4O 4P

9R 9S 9T 9X 9Y 8X 8Y 7S 3A 4Y4Z

3H 3J 3F 3G

3M 3N

3R 3S

2A 1C 1C

19 × — p.19 (folio 38) sidebar prose — a premolar-tooth submission request, a patch offer and the BearWise education notice. It states no season, bag limit or scope; the ONE requirement in it, the harvest report, is published as a rule row. Its text layer also returns glyph artefacts the page does not print ("bear ’ s" for "bear s", " - " for a space inside a URL path), so it is not safely transcribable

bear hunters are also asked to submit a premolar tooth

from the bear for DEC to determine the bear ’ s age and

to record the dressed weight of the bear (see dec.ny.gov/

things - to - do/hunting/report-your - harvest/black - bear - tooth -

collection for more information). Successful bear hunters will

be sent a tooth collection packet with premolar removal and

submission instructions.

Report your bear and return a bear tooth to receive a commemorative 2026 NYS Black

Bear Cooperator Patch. Samples will be aged in the summer of 2027. Cooperating hunt -

ers will receive patches and letters indicating the age of their bear in early fall 2027.

In 2022, DEC became a cooperating partner of BearWise®,

a multistate campaign focused on educating people on

how to live responsibly with black bears. The campaign

provides sound information and smart solutions that

help homeowners, businesses, and communities coex -

ist with black bears. Visit https://bearwise.org/ to learn

the BearWise basics, bear safety tips, and to download

educational resources. Be BearWise to help keep

New York State ’ s black bears healthy and safe.

5 × — an estate agent's full-page advertisement below the table on p.18 (folio 37) — a headline, seven agents with telephone numbers, and a licensing disclaimer. It names no season, unit, date or limit

SCAN HERE TO FIND YOUR LOCAL NEW YORK LAND SPECIALIST.

- WESTERN NEW YORK P AUL VAICUNAS REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON 716.515.5388 - FINGER LAKES TIMOTHY KENT REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON 585.648.8944 - CENTRAL NEW YORK JOHN MYERS REAL ESTATE BROKER 607.226.3110 - SARATOGA REGION MICHAEL FUDZINSKI REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON 518.226.2048 - HUDSON VALLEY WEST REGION CLINT CARLSON REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON 845.421.5895 - HUDSON VALLEY EAST REGION MITCH SERLIN REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON 845.216.1300 - ADIRONDACKS NE CHAD BRUYETTE REAL ESTATE SALESPERSON 802.393.5018

CALL THE LOCAL EXPERTS TODAY!

WE SELL HUNTING LAND

Whitetail Properties Real Estate, LLC DBA Whitetail Properties, DBA Whitetail WHITETAIL PROPERTIES.COM Properties Real Estate. Licensed in NY - John Myers, Real Estate Broker.

2 × — a map colour key on p.19 (folio 38): the panel prints the words and the ground they mark is shown only on the map, which is declared as a gap

Bowhunting Only WMUs

Closed

2 × — the caption of an editorial photograph, credited to the hunter pictured; it names no season, unit, date or restriction

Josh O. with his successful harvest in

Oneida County.

1 × — a map colour key on p.8 (folio 27): the panel prints the words and the ground they mark is shown only on the map, declared as a gap

Closed

1 × — a map colour key on p.8 (folio 27): the panel prints the words and the ground they mark is shown only on the map, which is declared as a gap

Closed

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Early Bowhunting (all WMUs) — deer · Northern Zone · Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

Sept. 27 - Oct. 23

2026-09-27 → 2026-10-23 derived (year inferred)

zone	Northern Zone
hunt	Early Bowhunting (all WMUs)
game	deer
map_key_cmyk	(0.067, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0)
page	p.8 (folio 27)
section	Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

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Early Bowhunting (all WMUs) Sept. 27 - Oct. 23

https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/htgbiggame.pdf#page=8

Regular — deer · Northern Zone · Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

Oct. 24 - Dec. 6

2026-10-24 → 2026-12-06 derived (year inferred)

zone	Northern Zone
hunt	Regular
game	deer
map_key_cmyk
page	p.8 (folio 27)
section	Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

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Regular Oct. 24 - Dec. 6

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Late Bowhunting (WMUs 5A, 5G, 5J, 6A, 6C, 6G, and 6H only) — deer · Northern Zone · Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

Dec. 7 - Dec. 13

2026-12-07 → 2026-12-13 derived (year inferred)

zone	Northern Zone
hunt	Late Bowhunting (WMUs 5A, 5G, 5J, 6A, 6C, 6G, and 6H only)
game	deer
map_key_cmyk
page	p.8 (folio 27)
section	Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

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Late Bowhunting (WMUs 5A,

Dec. 7 - Dec. 13

5G, 5J, 6A, 6C, 6G, and 6H only)

https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/htgbiggame.pdf#page=8

Early Bowhunting — deer · Southern Zone · Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

Oct. 1 - Nov. 20

2026-10-01 → 2026-11-20 derived (year inferred)

zone	Southern Zone
hunt	Early Bowhunting
game	deer
map_key_cmyk	(0.418, 0.003, 0.014, 0.0)
page	p.8 (folio 27)
section	Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

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Early Bowhunting Oct. 1 - Nov. 20

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Regular — deer · Southern Zone · Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

Nov. 21 - Dec. 13

2026-11-21 → 2026-12-13 derived (year inferred)

zone	Southern Zone
hunt	Regular
game	deer
map_key_cmyk
page	p.8 (folio 27)
section	Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

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Regular Nov. 21 - Dec. 13

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Late Bowhunting — deer · Southern Zone · Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

Dec. 14 - Dec. 22

2026-12-14 → 2026-12-22 derived (year inferred)

zone	Southern Zone
hunt	Late Bowhunting
game	deer
map_key_cmyk
page	p.8 (folio 27)
section	Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

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Dec. 14 - Dec. 22

Late Bowhunting

Dec. 26 - Jan. 1

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Late Bowhunting — deer · Southern Zone · Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

Dec. 26 - Jan. 1

2026-12-26 → 2027-01-01 derived (year inferred)

zone	Southern Zone
hunt	Late Bowhunting
game	deer
map_key_cmyk
page	p.8 (folio 27)
section	Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

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Dec. 14 - Dec. 22

Late Bowhunting

Dec. 26 - Jan. 1

https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/htgbiggame.pdf#page=8

Regular - bowhunting only — deer · Westchester County (3S) · Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

Oct. 1 - Dec. 31

2026-10-01 → 2026-12-31 derived (year inferred)

zone	Westchester County (3S)
hunt	Regular - bowhunting only
game	deer
map_key_cmyk	(0.0, 0.513, 0.988, 0.0)
page	p.8 (folio 27)
section	Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

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Regular - bowhunting only Oct. 1 - Dec. 31

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Regular - bowhunting only — deer · Suffolk County (1C) · Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

Oct. 1 - Jan. 31

2026-10-01 → 2027-01-31 derived (year inferred)

zone	Suffolk County (1C)
hunt	Regular - bowhunting only
game	deer
map_key_cmyk	(0.97, 0.113, 0.101, 0.0)
page	p.8 (folio 27)
section	Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

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Regular - bowhunting only Oct. 1 - Jan. 31

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Special Firearms (Permit Req.) — deer · Suffolk County (1C) · Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

Jan. 3 - Jan. 31

2027-01-03 → 2027-01-31 derived (year inferred)

zone	Suffolk County (1C)
hunt	Special Firearms (Permit Req.)
game	deer
map_key_cmyk
page	p.8 (folio 27)
section	Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

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Special Firearms (Permit Req.) Jan. 3 - Jan. 31

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Early Antlerless Season — deer · Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

Sept. 12 - Sept. 20

2026-09-12 → 2026-09-20 derived (year inferred)

zone
hunt	Early Antlerless Season
eligible_tags	DMP and DMAP
game	deer
map_key_cmyk
open_areas_bow_only	1C, 3S, 4J, 8C
open_areas_firearms_bows	3M, 3P, 3R, 6P, 7F, 7H, 7J, 7R, 8A, 8F, 8G, 8H, 8J, 8N, 8R, 8S, 9A, 9F, 9G
page	p.8 (folio 27)
section	Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

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Early Antlerless Season Sept. 12 - Sept. 20

Eligible Tags: DMP and DMAP

Open Areas (bow-only): 1C, 3S, 4J, 8C

Open Areas (firearms & bows): 3M, 3P, 3R, 6P, 7F, 7H,

7J, 7R, 8A, 8F, 8G, 8H, 8J, 8N, 8R, 8S, 9A, 9F, 9G

https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/htgbiggame.pdf#page=8

Youth Firearms — deer · Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

Oct. 10 - 12

2026-10-10 → 2026-10-12 derived (year inferred)

zone
hunt	Youth Firearms
cross_reference	See Page 45 for Details
game	deer
map_key_cmyk
page	p.8 (folio 27)
section	Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

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Oct. 10 - 12

Youth Firearms

See Page 45 for Details

https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/htgbiggame.pdf#page=8

Deer of Either Sex — deer · Northern Zone · Muzzleloading Deer Seasons

Oct. 17 - Oct. 23

2026-10-17 → 2026-10-23 derived (year inferred)

zone	Northern Zone
hunt	Deer of Either Sex
game	deer
map_key_cmyk	(0.0, 0.513, 0.988, 0.0)
page	p.8 (folio 27)
section	Muzzleloading Deer Seasons

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Oct. 17 - Oct. 23

Deer of Either Sex

Dec. 7 - Dec. 13

https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/htgbiggame.pdf#page=8

Deer of Either Sex — deer · Northern Zone · Muzzleloading Deer Seasons

Dec. 7 - Dec. 13

2026-12-07 → 2026-12-13 derived (year inferred)

zone	Northern Zone
hunt	Deer of Either Sex
game	deer
map_key_cmyk	(0.0, 0.513, 0.988, 0.0)
page	p.8 (folio 27)
section	Muzzleloading Deer Seasons

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Oct. 17 - Oct. 23

Deer of Either Sex

Dec. 7 - Dec. 13

https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/htgbiggame.pdf#page=8

Deer of Either Sex — deer · Northern Zone · Muzzleloading Deer Seasons

Oct. 17 - Oct. 23

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zone	Northern Zone
hunt	Deer of Either Sex
game	deer
map_key_cmyk	(0.067, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0)
page	p.8 (folio 27)
section	Muzzleloading Deer Seasons

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Deer of Either Sex Oct. 17 - Oct. 23

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Antlered Deer Only — deer · Northern Zone · Muzzleloading Deer Seasons

Oct. 17 - Oct. 23

2026-10-17 → 2026-10-23 derived (year inferred)

zone	Northern Zone
hunt	Antlered Deer Only
game	deer
map_key_cmyk	(0.97, 0.113, 0.101, 0.0)
page	p.8 (folio 27)
section	Muzzleloading Deer Seasons

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Deer of Either Sex — deer · Southern Zone · Muzzleloading Deer Seasons

Dec. 14 - Dec. 22

2026-12-14 → 2026-12-22 derived (year inferred)

zone	Southern Zone
hunt	Deer of Either Sex
game	deer
map_key_cmyk	(0.418, 0.003, 0.014, 0.0)
page	p.8 (folio 27)
section	Muzzleloading Deer Seasons

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Dec. 14 - Dec. 22

Deer of Either Sex Dec. 26 - Jan. 1

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Deer of Either Sex — deer · Southern Zone · Muzzleloading Deer Seasons

Dec. 26 - Jan. 1

2026-12-26 → 2027-01-01 derived (year inferred)

zone	Southern Zone
hunt	Deer of Either Sex
game	deer
map_key_cmyk	(0.418, 0.003, 0.014, 0.0)
page	p.8 (folio 27)
section	Muzzleloading Deer Seasons

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Dec. 14 - Dec. 22

Deer of Either Sex Dec. 26 - Jan. 1

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Youth Firearms — black bear · Black Bear Hunting

Oct. 10 - 12

2026-10-10 → 2026-10-12 derived (year inferred)

zone
hunt	Youth Firearms
cross_reference	See Page 45 for Details
game	black bear
map_key_cmyk
page	p.19 (folio 38)
section	Black Bear Hunting

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Oct. 10 - 12

Youth Firearms

See Page 45 for

Details

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Regular — black bear · Northern Zone · Black Bear Hunting

Sept. 19 - Dec. 6

2026-09-19 → 2026-12-06 derived (year inferred)

zone	Northern Zone
hunt	Regular
game	black bear
map_key_cmyk	(0.068, 0.0, 1.0, 0.0)
page	p.19 (folio 38)
section	Black Bear Hunting

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Regular Sept. 19 - Dec. 6

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Bowhunting — black bear · Northern Zone · Black Bear Hunting

Sept. 19 - Oct. 23

2026-09-19 → 2026-10-23 derived (year inferred)

zone	Northern Zone
hunt	Bowhunting
game	black bear
map_key_cmyk	(0.0, 0.512, 0.988, 0.0)
page	p.19 (folio 38)
section	Black Bear Hunting

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Bowhunting Sept. 19 - Oct. 23

https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/htgbiggame.pdf#page=8

Muzzleloading — black bear · Northern Zone · Black Bear Hunting

Oct. 17 - Oct. 23

2026-10-17 → 2026-10-23 derived (year inferred)

zone	Northern Zone
hunt	Muzzleloading
game	black bear
map_key_cmyk	(0.0, 0.512, 0.988, 0.0)
page	p.19 (folio 38)
section	Black Bear Hunting

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Muzzleloading Oct. 17 - Oct. 23

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Regular — black bear · Northern Zone · Black Bear Hunting

Oct. 24 - Dec. 6

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zone	Northern Zone
hunt	Regular
game	black bear
map_key_cmyk	(0.0, 0.512, 0.988, 0.0)
page	p.19 (folio 38)
section	Black Bear Hunting

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Regular Oct. 24 - Dec. 6

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Early Firearms — black bear · Southern Zone · Black Bear Hunting

Sept. 12 - Sept. 27

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zone	Southern Zone
hunt	Early Firearms
game	black bear
map_key_cmyk	(1.0, 0.035, 0.759, 0.002)
page	p.19 (folio 38)
section	Black Bear Hunting

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Early Firearms Sept. 12 - Sept. 27

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Early Bowhunting — black bear · Southern Zone · Black Bear Hunting

Oct. 1 - Nov. 20

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zone	Southern Zone
hunt	Early Bowhunting
game	black bear
map_key_cmyk	(0.418, 0.003, 0.014, 0.0) + (1.0, 0.035, 0.759, 0.002)
page	p.19 (folio 38)
section	Black Bear Hunting

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Early Bowhunting Oct. 1 - Nov. 20

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Regular — black bear · Southern Zone · Black Bear Hunting

Nov. 21 - Dec. 13

2026-11-21 → 2026-12-13 derived (year inferred)

zone	Southern Zone
hunt	Regular
game	black bear
map_key_cmyk	(0.418, 0.003, 0.014, 0.0) + (1.0, 0.035, 0.759, 0.002)
page	p.19 (folio 38)
section	Black Bear Hunting

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Regular Nov. 21 - Dec. 13

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Late Bowhunting — black bear · Southern Zone · Black Bear Hunting

Dec. 14 - Dec. 22

2026-12-14 → 2026-12-22 derived (year inferred)

zone	Southern Zone
hunt	Late Bowhunting
game	black bear
map_key_cmyk	(0.418, 0.003, 0.014, 0.0) + (1.0, 0.035, 0.759, 0.002)
page	p.19 (folio 38)
section	Black Bear Hunting

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Late Bowhunting Dec. 14 - Dec. 22

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Late Muzzleloading — black bear · Southern Zone · Black Bear Hunting

Dec. 14 - Dec. 22

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zone	Southern Zone
hunt	Late Muzzleloading
game	black bear
map_key_cmyk	(0.418, 0.003, 0.014, 0.0) + (1.0, 0.035, 0.759, 0.002)
page	p.19 (folio 38)
section	Black Bear Hunting

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Late Muzzleloading Dec. 14 - Dec. 22

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Westchester County (3S) Regular - bowhunting Only — black bear · Southern Zone · Black Bear Hunting

Oct. 1 - Dec. 31

2026-10-01 → 2026-12-31 derived (year inferred)

zone	Southern Zone
hunt	Westchester County (3S) Regular - bowhunting Only
game	black bear
map_key_cmyk	(0.97, 0.114, 0.101, 0.0)
page	p.19 (folio 38)
section	Black Bear Hunting

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Westchester County (3S)

Oct. 1 - Dec. 31

Regular - bowhunting Only

https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/htgbiggame.pdf#page=8

rule (10)

During all seasons, antlered bucks must have at least 1 antler with 3 or more points that are at least 1 in. long. Young hunters (ages 12-16) are exempt.

zone	Antler Point Restrictions
game	deer
page	p.8 (folio 27)
section	Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

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During all seasons, antlered bucks

must have at least 1 antler with 3

or more points that are at least 1 in.

long. Young hunters (ages 12-16)

are exempt.

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Antler Point Restrictions: during all seasons, antlered bucks must have at least 1 antler with 3 or more points that are at least 1 inch long. Young hunters (ages 12-16) are exempt.

zone	Southern Zone
game	deer
page	p.8 (folio 27)
section	Muzzleloading Deer Seasons

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Antler Point Restrictions: during all seasons,

antlered bucks must have at least 1 antler

with 3 or more points that are at least 1 inch

long. Young hunters (ages 12-16) are exempt.

https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/htgbiggame.pdf#page=8

Resident and non-resident hunters will receive a bear tag with their hunting license and may take one bear per year.

game	black bear
page	p.19 (folio 38)
section	Bear Hunting

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• Resident and non-resident hunters will

receive a bear tag with their hunting license

and may take one bear per year.

https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/htgbiggame.pdf#page=8

In the Southern Zone, hunters may not shoot a cub or a bear that should be known to be a cub, shoot any bear from a group of bears, or shoot or take a bear from its den.

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page	p.19 (folio 38)
section	Bear Hunting

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• In the Southern Zone, hunters may not shoot

a cub or a bear that should be known to be a

cub, shoot any bear from a group of bears, or

shoot or take a bear from its den.

https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/htgbiggame.pdf#page=8

Hunters may use and carry up to 1.5 fluid ounces of a liquid scent or lure, though such scent or lure may not be placed in a manner that it may be consumed as bait.

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page	p.19 (folio 38)
section	Bear Hunting

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• Hunters may use and carry up to 1.5 fluid

ounces of a liquid scent or lure, though such

scent or lure may not be placed in a manner

that it may be consumed as bait.

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Hunting bear with the aid of bait or dogs is prohibited.

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page	p.19 (folio 38)
section	Bear Hunting

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• Hunting bear with the aid of bait or dogs is

prohibited.

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Bear gallbladders and bile shall not be possessed or sold unless a valid bear tag (original or copy of bear carcass tag) is attached. New York State law requires taxidermists to keep records of all bear gallbladders and bile received or sold.

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page	p.19 (folio 38)
section	Attention Hunters and Taxidermists

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Bear gallbladders and bile shall not be

possessed or sold unless a valid bear

tag (original or copy of bear carcass

tag) is attached. New York State law

requires taxidermists to keep records

of all bear gallbladders and bile

received or sold.

https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/htgbiggame.pdf#page=8

Bear hunting in Allegany State Park requires a park permit.

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page	p.19 (folio 38)
section	Black Bear Hunting

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Bear hunting in Allegany State

Park requires a park permit.

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The Bureau of Wildlife is requesting the assistance of successful black bear hunters in New York State.

game	black bear
page	p.19 (folio 38)
section	New York State Bear Management Cooperator Program

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The Bureau of Wildlife is requesting the assistance of

successful black bear hunters in New York State.

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Hunters who harvest a bear in New York State are required to report their harvest (see page 22).

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page	p.19 (folio 38)
section	New York State Bear Management Cooperator Program

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Hunters who harvest a bear in New York State are

required to report their harvest (see page 22). Successful

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hunt_note (2)

Finding a taxidermist

game	black bear
page	p.19 (folio 38)
value	To find a bear taxidermist in NYS please scan this QR code:

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To find a bear taxidermist

in NYS please scan this

QR code:

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Legal implements — the footnote * on the black bear season panel

game	black bear
page	p.19 (folio 38)
value	*See map on page 26 for information on legal implements during the early and regular bear seasons.

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*See map on page 26 for information on legal implements during the early and regular bear seasons.

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Hunting hours — Regular and Bowhunting Deer Seasons

game	deer
page	p.8 (folio 27)
value	30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset

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Hunting Hours: 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset

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Hunting hours — Muzzleloading Deer Seasons

game	deer
page	p.8 (folio 27)
value	30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset

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Hunting Hours: 30 minutes before sunrise

to 30 minutes after sunset

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Hunting hours — Black Bear Hunting

game	black bear
page	p.19 (folio 38)
value	30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset

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Hunting Hours: 30 minutes before sunrise

to 30 minutes after sunset

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Future/standing season rule · Northern Zone — Bear — Regular — Adirondacks (WMUs 5A, 5C, 5F, 5G, 5H, 5J, 6C, 6F, 6H, and 6J)

zone	Northern Zone
hunt	Regular
game	Bear
page	p.18 (folio 37)
scope	Adirondacks (WMUs 5A, 5C, 5F, 5G, 5H, 5J, 6C, 6F, 6H, and 6J)
value	First Saturday after the second Monday in Sept. through the Sunday immediately following the first Saturday in Dec.

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First Saturday after the second Monday in Sept. through the Sunday immediately following the first Saturday in Dec.

Regular

Bear

Adirondacks (WMUs 5A, 5C, 5F, 5G, 5H, 5J, 6C, 6F, 6H, and 6J)

https://dec.ny.gov/sites/default/files/2024-07/htgbiggame.pdf#page=8

Future/standing season rule · Northern Zone — Bear — Early Bowhunting — Western Periphery (WMUs 6A, 6G, 6K, 6N)

zone	Northern Zone
hunt	Early Bowhunting
game	Bear
page	p.18 (folio 37)
scope	Western Periphery (WMUs 6A, 6G, 6K, 6N)
value	First Saturday after the second Monday in Sept. through the Friday immediately preceding the regular season.

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First Saturday after the second Monday in Sept. through the Friday immediately preceding the regular season.

Early Bowhunting

Bear

Western Periphery (WMUs 6A, 6G, 6K, 6N)

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Future/standing season rule · Northern Zone — Bear — Early Muzzleloading — Western Periphery (WMUs 6A, 6G, 6K, 6N)

zone	Northern Zone
hunt	Early Muzzleloading
game	Bear
page	p.18 (folio 37)
scope	Western Periphery (WMUs 6A, 6G, 6K, 6N)
value	7 consecutive days beginning on the first Saturday after Columbus/Indigenous Peoples' Day.

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7 consecutive days beginning on the first Saturday after Columbus/Indigenous Peoples' Day.

Early Muzzleloading

Bear

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Future/standing season rule · Northern Zone — Bear — Regular — Western Periphery (WMUs 6A, 6G, 6K, 6N)

zone	Northern Zone
hunt	Regular
game	Bear
page	p.18 (folio 37)
scope	Western Periphery (WMUs 6A, 6G, 6K, 6N)
value	Second Saturday after Columbus/Indigenous Peoples' Day through the Sunday immediately following the first Saturday in Dec.

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Second Saturday after Columbus/Indigenous Peoples' Day through the Sunday immediately following the first Saturday in Dec.

Regular

Bear

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Future/standing season rule · Northern Zone — Deer — Early Bowhunting

zone	Northern Zone
hunt	Early Bowhunting
game	Deer
page	p.18 (folio 37)
scope
value	Sept. 27 through the Friday immediately preceding the regular season.

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Sept. 27 through the Friday immediately preceding the regular season.

Early Bowhunting

Deer

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Future/standing season rule · Northern Zone — Deer — Early Muzzleloading

zone	Northern Zone
hunt	Early Muzzleloading
game	Deer
page	p.18 (folio 37)
scope
value	7 consecutive days beginning on the first Saturday after Columbus/Indigenous Peoples' Day.

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7 consecutive days beginning on the first Saturday after Columbus/Indigenous Peoples' Day.

Early Muzzleloading

Deer

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Future/standing season rule · Northern Zone — Deer — Regular

zone	Northern Zone
hunt	Regular
game	Deer
page	p.18 (folio 37)
scope
value	44 consecutive days beginning on the second Saturday after Columbus/Indigenous Peoples' Day.

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44 consecutive days beginning on the second Saturday after Columbus/Indigenous Peoples' Day.

Regular

Deer

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Future/standing season rule · Northern Zone — Deer — Late Bow and Muzzleloading (some WMUs)

zone	Northern Zone
hunt	Late Bow and Muzzleloading (some WMUs)
game	Deer
page	p.18 (folio 37)
scope
value	7 consecutive days immediately following the regular season.

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7 consecutive days immediately following the regular season.

Late Bow and Muzzleloading (some WMUs)

Deer

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Future/standing season rule · Southern Zone — Bear — Early Firearms (some WMUs)

zone	Southern Zone
hunt	Early Firearms (some WMUs)
game	Bear
page	p.18 (folio 37)
scope
value	16 consecutive days beginning the first Saturday after Labor Day.

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16 consecutive days beginning the first Saturday after Labor Day.

Early Firearms (some WMUs)

Bear

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Future/standing season rule · Southern Zone — Bear — Early Bowhunting

zone	Southern Zone
hunt	Early Bowhunting
game	Bear
page	p.18 (folio 37)
scope
value	Oct. 1 through the Friday immediately preceding the regular season.

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Oct. 1 through the Friday immediately preceding the regular season.

Early Bowhunting

Bear

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Future/standing season rule · Southern Zone — Bear — Regular

zone	Southern Zone
hunt	Regular
game	Bear
page	p.18 (folio 37)
scope
value	23 consecutive days beginning the third Saturday in Nov.

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23 consecutive days beginning the third Saturday in Nov.

Regular

Bear

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Future/standing season rule · Southern Zone — Bear — Late Bow and Muzzleloading

zone	Southern Zone
hunt	Late Bow and Muzzleloading
game	Bear
page	p.18 (folio 37)
scope
value	9 consecutive days immediately following the regular season.

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9 consecutive days immediately following the regular season.

Late Bow and Muzzleloading

Bear

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Future/standing season rule · Southern Zone — Deer — Early Antlerless (some WMUs)

zone	Southern Zone
hunt	Early Antlerless (some WMUs)
game	Deer
page	p.18 (folio 37)
scope
value	9 consecutive days beginning the second Saturday of Sept.

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9 consecutive days beginning the second Saturday of Sept.

Early Antlerless (some WMUs)

Deer

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Future/standing season rule · Southern Zone — Deer — Early Bowhunting

zone	Southern Zone
hunt	Early Bowhunting
game	Deer
page	p.18 (folio 37)
scope
value	Oct. 1 through the Friday immediately preceding the regular season.

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Oct. 1 through the Friday immediately preceding the regular season.

Early Bowhunting

Deer

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Future/standing season rule · Southern Zone — Deer — Regular

zone	Southern Zone
hunt	Regular
game	Deer
page	p.18 (folio 37)
scope
value	23 consecutive days beginning the third Saturday in Nov.

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23 consecutive days beginning the third Saturday in Nov.

Regular

Deer

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Future/standing season rule · Southern Zone — Deer — Late Bow and Muzzleloading

zone	Southern Zone
hunt	Late Bow and Muzzleloading
game	Deer
page	p.18 (folio 37)
scope
value	9 consecutive days immediately following the regular season and Dec. 26 through Jan. 1.

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9 consecutive days immediately following the regular season and Dec. 26 through Jan. 1.

Late Bow and Muzzleloading

Deer

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Future/standing season rule · Northern & Southern Zone — Deer & Bear — Youth (ages 12–15)

zone	Northern & Southern Zone
hunt	Youth (ages 12–15)
game	Deer & Bear
page	p.18 (folio 37)
scope
value	3 consecutive days beginning on the Saturday of Columbus/Indigenous Peoples' Day Weekend.

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3 consecutive days beginning on the Saturday of Columbus/Indigenous Peoples' Day Weekend.

Youth (ages 12–15)

Deer & Bear

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Future/standing season rule · Westchester County — Deer & Bear — Regular (bowhunting only)

zone	Westchester County
hunt	Regular (bowhunting only)
game	Deer & Bear
page	p.18 (folio 37)
scope
value	Oct. 1 through Dec. 31.

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Oct. 1 through Dec. 31.

Regular (bowhunting only)

Deer & Bear

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Future/standing season rule · Suffolk County — Deer — Regular (bowhunting only)

zone	Suffolk County
hunt	Regular (bowhunting only)
game	Deer
page	p.18 (folio 37)
scope
value	Oc t. 1 through Dec. 31.

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Oc t. 1 through Dec. 31.

Regular (bowhunting only)

Deer

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Future/standing season rule · Suffolk County — Deer — Special Firearms Season

zone	Suffolk County
hunt	Special Firearms Season
game	Deer
page	p.18 (folio 37)
scope
value	First Sunday in Jan. through Jan. 31.

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First Sunday in Jan. through Jan. 31.

Special Firearms Season

Deer

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