New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter I - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Subchapter A - Hunting › Part 1 - Single Species › Deer › Section 1.30 - Deer Management Assistance Program

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a)
Purpose.
This section contains the administrative procedures for
						the program (DMAP). DMAP offer s an additional tool to a land/resource manager,
						or a group of land/resource managers, whose property is in need of site
						specific deer management efforts, and who meet the eligibility criteria
						established herein. Through DMAP, the department may issue a permit and
						antlerless deer tags for use on lands owned and/or controlled by the permit
						holder. Deer taken under a DMAP permit are in addition to any deer an
						individual may otherwise legally take.
(b)
General provisions.
The provisions of this section shall apply to the taking
						of antlerless deer, as described in subdivision (e) of this section, by
						longbow, crossbow, muzzleloader or firearm pursuant to a DMAP as provided by
						Environmental Conservation Law (ECL) section 11-0903, subdivision 11. The
						general provisions contained in articles 11 and 71 of the ECL, except as
						otherwise noted herein, relating to hunting hours, the manner of taking,
						tagging, possession, transporting, reporting and other hunting regulations,
						shall apply to the hunting and taking of antlerless deer pursuant to this
						section.
(c)
Open
					 season.
DMAP permits and tags are valid during any open deer
						season established in accordance with sections 11-0903 or 11-0907 of the
						ECL.
(d)
License
					 requirements.
No person shall hunt or take antlerless deer under the
						authority of a DMAP permit unless they are licensed to hunt deer during the
						appropriate hunting season.
(e)
Legal harvest.
Only wild deer without antlers or having antlers
						measuring less than three inches in length (''antlerless deer'') may be taken
						under the authority of a DMAP permit.
(f)
Permit eligibility.
To be eligible for a DMAP permit, the applicant(s) must
						meet one of the following criteria:
(1) The applicant(s) owns or controls land(s)
					 where agricultural deer damage has been documented or can be documented by the
					 department; or
(2) The applicant is
					 a municipality that has identified social or ecological problems due to deer
					 within their municipal boundary. Participating properties within the
					 municipality need not be contiguous, but the municipality must be the named
					 applicant; or
(3) The applicant(s)
					 owns or controls land(s) where deer damage to significant natural plant
					 communities has been documented or can be documented by the department. Such
					 damage must be identified in an existing land management plan for the property;
					 or
(4) The applicant(s) owns or
					 controls at least 100 acres of forest land contained in one or more parcels all
					 sharing a contiguous boundary or multiple, non-contiguous parcels of forest
					 land of at least 100 acres each within the same or adjacent Wildlife Management
					 Unit(s), where forest regeneration is negatively impacted by deer. This
					 negative impact must be identified in an existing forest and/or land management
					 plan for the property. Parcels of less than 100 acres may also be considered,
					 if enrolled in the Real Property Tax Law Section 480a program. Two or more
					 landowners may cooperate to meet the acreage requirements; or
(5) The applicant(s) owns or controls at
					 least 1,000 acres of land contained in one or more parcels all sharing a
					 contiguous boundary and involved in custom deer management . Two or more
					 landowners may cooperate to meet the acreage requirements. A deer management
					 plan specifically designed for the property must be submitted to and approved
					 by the department.
(6) The
					 applicant(s) owns or controls land(s) where deer damage has been documented or
					 can be documented by the department, and which is adjacent to or bordering a
					 parcel of publically-owned land that is at least 250 acres and is not open to
					 deer hunting by law, regulation, or public agency policy.