Editor's Note: If anyone who receives this has something that they want

to include, please send it to me and I will be sure to include it with the

next newsletter. JAB.

For 2007, the Natural Resources Branch will be stocking 200 ring-necked pheasants

(100 males/100 females) on the West Point Military Reservation. The stockings will

occur on two days - 28 September and 5 October - with 100 birds being put out each

day. A map showing stocking release points will follow later this month.

While assistance is not required, people are welcome to come out either stocking day. The

release areas will be closed to hunting the day of the stockings. Please contact me by 24 Sep

if you will be coming out to help stock on either day. Stocking occurs between 1200 and 1530

hours.

Attached is the report on the 2007 West Point spring turkey hunting season.

Some highlights:

season.

New York has again established special days for youth hunting opportunities -

junior hunters ages 12-15. The youth hunting days are for ducks ( Sept 22 & 23),

pheasants (Sept 29 & 30) and spring turkey (April 26 & 27, 2008).

Only the junior hunters can carry firearms while participating in these days. The adults

accompanying the junior hunters must be unarmed.

When you buy your 2007-08 New York Hunting License, you will receive the regulation

guide summarizing hunting regulations in New York. Some errors in the guide were

not caught before it was sent to print. They are as follows:

The correct dates for the opening of deer season listed on the Sunrise/Sunset Chart on page 76 are as follows:

The correct information is listed on page 22, in the actual regulations for deer hunting. However,

on page 23, in the description of various tags and hunting dates for each, there are more errors in

the Northern Zone archery listing for either sex and antlerless tags. The correct dates should be

October 1 – 19. The correct dates for the Westchester County listing under antlerless and deer

management permits are October 13 – December 31.

In addition to reporting all fish that are kept, West Point anglers can also contribute

other important data that assists with the management of the fisheries found in West

Point's waters. This is accomplished through the Angler Diary Program. The attached

Word document describes what the program is and why it is important.

Only those West Point anglers that are serious in participating should sign up.

I have had many anglers in the past that signed up but never returned completed

diaries. Also, participating anglers need to follow the directions exactly for recording

the data in the diary. Otherwise, the information does me no good. All diaries submitted

will be returned to the participating anglers once the data has been entered.

Call 938-3857 or e-mail me to sign up.

DMWR Round Pond Recreation Area office has scheduled the following hunter education

classes. Questions are to be directed to them at 938-2503.

Bowhunter Education scheduled for 19 Sep & 20 Sep at Bonneville Cabin Time TBA

Hunter Safety Course is scheduled for 12 Oct & 13 Oct. Time is 1800-2200 for the 12th and 0900-1600 on the 13th

For those looking for earlier courses, visit the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation