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Hunting

Hunting is among the most popular forms of wildlife recreation in New York State. Nearly 700,000 New Yorkers and over 50,000 nonresidents hunt in the Empire State. New York offers many exciting opportunities to hunt a large variety of wildlife, including big game, small game, game birds and furbearers.

Find your next adventure using DECinfo Locator - an interactive map featuring wildlife management areas, WMU boundaries, parking areas, trail heads, and other information to help plan an excursion on state-managed lands.

Paper License and Tags: Beginning with the 2024-25 hunting season, all sporting licenses and carcass tags will be printed on plain paper. This change begins to modernize the license purchasing process by allowing easier, quicker access to licenses and tags by printing at-home.

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Report Your Deer, Bear or Turkey Harvest

Report your deer, bear, or turkey harvest via phone or internet. It's not just the law, it's good management!

Report Harvest

Hunting and Trapping Photo Gallery

View the photo galleries of junior hunters and trappers and adults who have harvested their first big or small game animal.

New York Hunting and Trapping Guide

View the 2023-24 Hunting and Trapping Regulations Guide. Season dates and regulations can also be found at the links above.

Find Places to Hunt

Find land open to public hunting in your area and view or download maps.
Always ask permission before hunting regardless of whether the land is posted.

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Watch a Clip About Turkey Hunting

Contact for this Page

DFW, Bureau of Wildlife
625 Broadway
Albany, NY 12233

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