Current through Register Vol. 46, No. 51, December 18, 2024
Section 63.2 - Issuance of permits(a) Advance reservations are required on the Rocky Point Natural Resources Management Area and adjacent Suffolk County Cooperative Lands for: November 1st, Election Day, Veterans Day, and each Saturday and Sunday from November 1st through December 31st. The department reserves the right to require reservations for Mondays that precede a Tuesday holiday, Fridays that follow a Thursday holiday, and weekday stocking dates, as deemed necessary. The department will establish specific procedures for making reservations and make information on procedures available through the Regional Wildlife Office in Stony Brook. Advance reservations are also required, on all areas, for each day of the January deer season and can be made by those determined eligible by a random drawing. The drawing shall establish the order in which applicants may select a single date and site to hunt. Only those who have obtained town permits as required by section 1.24 of this Title are eligible to hunt additional days on a standby basis. Drawing applicants must possess a valid New York State Big Game License.(b) On other days between November 1st and December 31st, inclusive, not specified in subdivision (a) of this section, permits will be issued as follows: (1) On the Rocky Point Natural Resources Management Area and adjacent Suffolk County Cooperator Area daily permits are required and will be issued at the department permit station on Randall Road in Ridge, NY. Applicants must possess a valid hunting license and may apply in person only, no earlier than one-half hour before sunrise. Permits will be issued in the order of application not to exceed the daily quota set to ensure there are no more than three persons for every 100 acres of land. A permittee shall surrender his or her hunting license upon receiving a permit.(2) On the David A. Sarnoff Pine Barrens Preserve State Lands Area and adjacent Suffolk County Cooperator Area, the Barcelona Neck State Land Area, and the East Hampton Cooperative Area, seasonal permits will be required. A limited number of permits will be available and will be issued in the order of application at either the department's permit station or Regional Wildlife Office, Building 40, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY 11790-2356.(c) Cooperating landowners and members of their immediate families shall be issued seasonal hunting permits upon request. Such seasonal permits shall not be included in any daily quota.(d) Each person hunting raccoon or fox at night or trapping during the small game season must possess a special permit. Raccoon and fox hunting permits and trapping permits may be obtained at the permit station or at the department's Regional Wildlife Office. A limited number of trapping permits will be available and will be issued in the order of application.(e) Application for other uses or times not specified above may be made either in person at the permit station while open or in person (or by mail) at the department's Regional Wildlife Office, Building 40, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY 11790-2356.N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. Tit. 6 § 63.2