New York Codes, Rules and Regulations › Title 6 - DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION › Chapter I - FISH AND WILDLIFE › Subchapter G - Fish and Wildlife Management Areas and Facilities › Part 104 - Public Use In The Bashakill Wildlife Management Area › Section 104.4 - Waterfowl hunting

Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 28, July 10, 2024
(a) Persons who
				  hunt waterfowl on the area during the first five days of the duck hunting
				  season must be in possession of a daily Bashakill WMA waterfowl hunting permit
				  issued to them by the department.
(b) Persons who hunt waterfowl on the area
				  after the first five days of the duck hunting season, or during any other
				  waterfowl hunting season, must be in possession of a permanent Bashakill WMA
				  waterfowl hunting permit issued to them by the department. A permanent
				  Bashakill WMA waterfowl hunting permit is not valid during the first five days
				  of the duck hunting season.
(c)
				  Applications for Daily Bashakill WMA waterfowl hunting permits shall be
				  submitted in writing and postmarked between (and including) August 1st and
				  September 1st to the Regional Wildlife Manager, Department of Environmental
				  Conservation, 21 South Putt Corners Road, New Paltz, New York 12561. No more
				  than three persons may apply on the same application. Applications must be on a
				  post card or 3 x 5 index card. Applications must include name, address,
				  telephone number, a current hunting license stamp number, which day(s) they are
				  requesting a permit, and a waterfowl identification certificate number.
				  Applicants are required to have successfully completed a certified course in
				  waterfowl identification. Applicants should indicate their preference for
				  hunting in the North Zone (defined as the portion of the Bashakill WMA north of
				  Haven Road) or South Zone (defined as the portion of the Bashakill WMA south of
				  Haven Road.)
(d) The quota of daily
				  permits to be issued for each zone shall be determined by the department each
				  year.
(e) A preseason selection
				  will be held in September, at the Department of Environmental Conservation
				  Region 3 Headquarters in New Paltz, to select waterfowl hunters for the first
				  three days that waterfowl hunting will be allowed during the duck hunting
				  season.
(f) Applications for
				  Permanent Bashakill WMA waterfowl hunting permits shall be submitted in writing
				  to the Regional Wildlife Manager, Department of Environmental Conservation, 21
				  South Putt Corners Road, New Paltz, NY 12561. Applications must include name,
				  address, telephone number, and a current hunting license stamp
				  number.
(g) Waterfowl hunting on
				  the area will be allowed on Saturday, Sunday, Tuesday and Thursday during the
				  first split of the duck hunting season as defined in section
				  2.30 of this Title. Hunting will be
				  allowed each day during the second split of the duck hunting season as defined
				  in section 2.30 of this Title.
(h) Waterfowl hunting on the area will be
				  allowed between sunrise and noon during the first split of the duck hunting
				  season and between sunrise and sunset during the second split of the duck
				  hunting season as defined in section
				  2.30 of this Title.
(i) Waterfowl hunters may enter the area no
				  earlier than two hours before sunrise and must leave the area by one-half hour
				  after noon, during the first split of the duck hunting season.
(j) Waterfowl hunters shall use or possess
				  afield no more than 25 shells per day.
(k) Waterfowl hunters must be equipped with
				  at least one of the following: hip boots, waders, a boat, or a retrieving
				  dog.
(l) No person shall fail to
				  remove all personal equipment from the area, including spent shells, upon
				  completion of each day's hunt.
(m)
				  No person shall, while on the area, erect, occupy or hunt from a permanent
				  blind.
(n) Consistently shooting at
				  waterfowl which are out of the effective killing range of the shotgun being
				  utilized is prohibited.
(o)
				  Bashakill WMA waterfowl hunting permits shall be valid only for the period and
				  location for which they are issued, and shall not be transferable. The
				  department may revoke a Bashakill waterfowl hunting permit at any
				  time.
(p) Waterfowl hunters must
				  show their Bashakill WMA waterfowl hunting permit to anyone requesting to see
				  it.
(q) The department may require
				  permittees to submit reports of their waterfowl hunting activities on forms
				  provided by the department.
(r) The
				  department may refuse to issue a Bashakill WMA waterfowl hunting permit to
				  anyone, revoke a Bashakill WMA waterfowl hunting permit, or eject a person from
				  the area for failure to comply with the provisions of the Environmental
				  Conservation Law, hunting, fishing or trapping regulations established by the
				  department, or the regulations or conditions contained on special use
				  permits.