At the end of July, Governor Kathy Hochul signed a bill into law allowing big game hunters to use rifles in Onondaga County. The change will take effect this coming hunting season. Use of rifles for big game hunting remains restricted in Erie, Niagara, Monroe, Dutchess, Putnam, and Rockland Counties. Suffolk, Westchester, and portions of Albany and Monroe Counties remain bow only.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s deer population objective for Wildlife Management Unit 7J (the unit that covers the southern portion of Onondaga County) is to decrease the deer population. Several communities in Onondaga County also have active deer management programs meant to reduce the number of deer impacts.
If the goal is to REALLY reduce the deer population, maybe the government agencies should stop deliberately artificially impregnating does (YES, they do that) and use the birth control methods that have been around for years.
Obviously, the goal is to use these animals as throw-aways to promote the killing of beautiful wildlife by people who enjoy slaughtering things.
Spare me the BS of “feeding the poor.” That’s NOT why people hunt. People hunt because they get off on killing.
Boo.