2010 RESOLUTIONS
Please note:
Committee comments are recommendations only;
all resolutions will be voted on at the NYSCC Annual Meeting in September to determine a resolution’s passage or failure.
Subject: Crossbow
# 6-10 Chemung County
This resolution PASSED at the NYSCC Annual Meeting on September 18, 2010.
Whereas crossbows have been used by men for hunting and war since early times;
Whereas not everyone is physically able to hunt with a long bow or a compound bow;
Whereas most states in the eastern USA have an archery season for crossbow hunting during the regular season;
Whereas NYS does NOT have a crossbow archery season for Senior Citizens or the physically challenged archery hunters;
BE IT RESOLVED that the New York State Conservation Council put in a request to the NYS DEC to enact a regulation or law to allow seniors or physically challenged hunters to hunt with a bow during the regular archery season.
Contact: Jack Sincock, 171 W. Hill Road, Elmira, NY 14903
607-733-4945
Big Game Committee comments: Probably the next most contentious issue after AR’s. Here again the law must be changed to first allow for the use of a crossbow for taking of game. Because this resolution asks specifically for its use during the special archery season, there are many opposed. Some also feel it is discriminatory to only allow use by seniors or disabled. There are no less than 8 current bill in the legislature looking to legalize the use of crossbows. The Council’s current position is to support its use as a legal hunting implement. Votes: 3 support / 10 opposed / 1 abstain
Legislative Committee comments: Support. The “be it resolved” should state “crossbow”, not “bow”. NYSCC has positions to make a crossbow a legal hunting implement and to allow seniors 65 and older or disabled to use a crossbow during bow season.
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