Southern Zone hunters have a final shot at whitetails with the holiday deer hunt, now in its fifth year.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Lucky deer hunters hope to literally find their Christmas present under a tree this year as New York’s late, late six-day deer ...

The state legislature voted this week to allow the state Department of Environmental Conservation to, at its discretion, issue deer management permits for the Northern Zone, which ...

If the Department of Environmental Conservation has its way, hunters will harvest more deer in wide swaths of the Finger Lakes and elsewhere across New York state in 2025. The application period for ...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Amanda Lefton announced Dec. 17 that late bow and muzzleloader deer hunting seasons will reopen throughout most of New York’s ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. — Late bow and muzzleloader deer hunting seasons will reopen across most of New York's Southern Zone — starting Dec. 26 and ending Jan. 1 — as part of the state's Holiday Deer Hunt. New ...

Erie County lawmakers voted Thursday to override County Executive Mark Poloncarz's veto of a local law allowing 12- and 13-year-olds to hunt deer with firearms and crossbows while under adult ...

Steuben, Allegany and Livingston counties ranked in the top-five for total deer harvest across the state in 2025. Inside the ...

Local lawmakers and food bank officials say the proposed legislation could all but eliminate a high-demand protein source for ...

NEW YORK — The New York Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced an estimated 227,032 white-tailed deer were harvested during the 2025-26 hunting season. Crossbow usage has impacted ...