A few related points sort of connected together:
First, if anyone deliberately interferes with a hunter or a hunting party they should should be reported to the DEC. Given proper grounds, they will be ticketed by the DEC. That can include someone honking a car horn,someone banging pots and pans together, someone deliberately approaching a hunters position with the intent to disturb the wildlife....it is expected that hunters will follow the law as well as practice common sense (so bird hunters on a pond within 500 feet of a camp will make reasonable effort to control direction of fire even though they may legally be closer if hunting from water etc.). I carry the DEC contact numbers in my phone and am more than willing to report problems when I see them. I will also report hunters that are not adhering to the laws.
Next with respect to appearance and behavior while you are on your way out....a basic premise that we encourage in our NYS hunter Safety programs is to make sure that you take extra care not to deliberately display your spoils or to display blood covered clothing in public places. After field dressing your harvest take a few minutes and wash your hands, change your jacket and coveralls etc. It serves no good purpose to display post harvest gore to non-hunters. If anything, what happens if you do that is that you deepen the negative perceptions of the hunting community.
Mutual respect is the order of the day, hunters for non-hunters and non-hunters for hunters.
First, if anyone deliberately interferes with a hunter or a hunting party they should should be reported to the DEC. Given proper grounds, they will be ticketed by the DEC. That can include someone honking a car horn,someone banging pots and pans together, someone deliberately approaching a hunters position with the intent to disturb the wildlife....it is expected that hunters will follow the law as well as practice common sense (so bird hunters on a pond within 500 feet of a camp will make reasonable effort to control direction of fire even though they may legally be closer if hunting from water etc.). I carry the DEC contact numbers in my phone and am more than willing to report problems when I see them. I will also report hunters that are not adhering to the laws.
Next with respect to appearance and behavior while you are on your way out....a basic premise that we encourage in our NYS hunter Safety programs is to make sure that you take extra care not to deliberately display your spoils or to display blood covered clothing in public places. After field dressing your harvest take a few minutes and wash your hands, change your jacket and coveralls etc. It serves no good purpose to display post harvest gore to non-hunters. If anything, what happens if you do that is that you deepen the negative perceptions of the hunting community.
Mutual respect is the order of the day, hunters for non-hunters and non-hunters for hunters.
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