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Written by: Dick Henry
Aside from the fall hunting season when half a million hunters are afield in New York State, the most critical months for deer survival are late winter, especially when weather conditions have been harsh for an extended period of time. Deer rely heavily on their fat reserves to survive in northern climates. They are ruminants [...]
Written by: Kip Adams
Antlered Buck Harvest December 2009 The 2009-10 deer season is closed or nearing so for states across the whitetail’s range, and biologists will be crunching data in the coming months to assess the outcome of this past season. Until that data is available, let’s look at harvest data from the two most recent seasons – [...]
Written by: Administrator
The DEC reported that roughly 222,800 deer were harvested in the 2009 hunting season. The 2009 numbers were very similar to the take reported in 2008. The antlerless take increased by 3%, totaling over 120,700, while the buck take dropped 3.5% bringing the buck harvest numbers down slightly to 105,747. Deer Harvest by Zone Northern [...]
Written by: Dick Henry
Spike bucks in New York State are almost always a yearling deer and are not destined to be spikes if they survive to future hunting seasons. If a yearling buck is lucky enough to survive to the age of 2 ½ years it will begin to display antler growth typical of a mature white-tailed deer [...]
