Over 1 million White Tail Deer inhabit New York State with hunters killing off somewhere between 20 and 24% of the population every Fall....................With New York State having roughly 40,000 square miles of Land(less watercourses and cities), there are approximately 25 deer per square mile----far over the pre colonial 6 to 12 deer per square mile that easily supported Wolves, Pumas, Black Bears, Bob cats and Lynx,,,,,,as well as the Indian tribes that inhabited the whole of the State...................25 Deer per square mile(as many of you know) retards forest regeneration and severely limits optimum plant(and ultimately) animal and bird life in the Empire State---------------Wolves and Pumas are critical components to get back into New York woodlands!!!!!!!!!

   

 

 

HUNTERS ENJOY A PLENTIFUL 2012

 DEER HUNT IN NEW YORK STATE

Associated Press

ALBANY, N.Y. — New York officials say
 hunters killed about 243,000 deer during
 the 2012-13 hunting seasons, roughly
 6 percent more than a year earlier.

Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Joe Martens says the state
 has been taking steps to encourage hunting
 as the deer population continues to grow.
--(BRING BACK WOLVES AND PUMAS
,,,,,,NEVER GOING TO BE ENOUGH
 HUMAN HUNTERS TO STEM THE
SWELLING DEER POPULATION--
BLOGGER RICK)

 

 

The breakdown
of the past
season's take
 was 124,000
adult females and fawns and 119,000 adult
 bucks.

In the Northern Zone, and estimated 19,400
 bucks and 11,400 antlerless deer were taken, compared to 15,900 and 10,900 respectively
 a year earlier. There were 98,570 bucks and 110,900 antlerless deer taken in the Southern
 Zone, excluding Long Island.

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Management Plan
for White-tailed Deer
in New York State
2012-2016-Dept. of Envriornmental Conservation

History/Background
When European settlers arrived in New York,
white-tailed deer were apparently present
throughout the state but densities variedgreatly
by region. Relatively high densities of deer lived
in open areas maintained by Native Americans
primarily through periodic burning.

 However, the majority of New York was covered in mature forest, suitable only for relatively low densities of
deer. Nonetheless, the 9-12 deer per square mile supported Puma, Wolf, Black Bear, Bobcat and lynx.  In addition,  throughout the state, deer were an
important source of meat, bone and hide for
both Native Americans and settlers.

Historically in NY, Wolves feasted on Deer




As forests were cleared for agriculture, habitat conditions
improved for deer, and their populations initially
increased. Though periodic laws
were enacted to afford some
protection to deer (the earliest
occurring in 1705), by the mid-1800s,
excessive deer harvest by settlers and
extensive habitat loss to agriculture
caused deer populations to decline
dramatically.

 By the 1880s, less than 25% of New York State was forested, and deer were absent in most of New
York except the central Adirondack
Mountains (Severinghaus and Brown
1956).

Following extirpation of deer from
most of the state, the Legislature
formed the New York State Fisheries,
Game and Forest Commission in 1895, and deer populations
received better protection,
predominantly by closed seasons
and very limited antlerless harvest.

Pumas are excellent deer hunters


Deer recolonized New York via
migration from remnant
populations in the Adirondacks,
Vermont, Massachusetts,
Pennsylvania and a small herd
relocated from the Adirondacks to
the southern Catskills

The deer population increased in
distribution and density through
the 20th Century, re-inhabiting all
areas of the state and reaching a population peak, estimated at over 1 million deer, between 2000 and
2002.

As deer populations grew in number and distribution, hunting seasons resumed incrementally until
nearly all of the state was open to deer hunting. Abandonment of farms on marginal lands led to more
early successional and young forest cover and better deer habitat throughout the state. By the 1940s,
locally abundant deer populations resulted in increased levels of agricultural damage and overbrowsing
of winter range in some locations.