What's happening
This bill exempts the release of ring-necked pheasant and quail from permit requirements during certain months and standardizes hunting regulations for these species statewide.
Why it matters
Reduces regulatory barriers. for hunting clubs, landowners, and wildlife organizations by exempting them from needing permits to release ring-necked pheasant and quail during August 16 to April 15, which could simplify game bird stocking and training activities.
Standardizes hunting seasons and bag limits. for pheasant and quail across all counties, including Long Island, potentially creating a more predictable and uniform hunting experience throughout New York State.
May increase opportunities for dog trainers and field trial organizers. by allowing more flexibility in releasing birds for training and events without additional departmental oversight during the specified period, which could support rural economies and outdoor recreation businesses.
Could impact local ecosystems and native species health. , as increased bird releases without permits might raise concerns around disease transmission or competition with native wildlife, though the Department of Environmental Conservation retains authority to withhold permits if there are health risks outside the exempted period.
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Ease Rules for Game Bird Release
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History
- Referred to environmental conservation
- Referred to environmental conservation
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Allow Pheasant and Quail Release
In Senate Committee · Environmental Conservation · Sponsor Patty Ritchie
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STATE OF NEW YORK
2274
2019-2020 Regular Sessions
IN ASSEMBLY
January 22, 2019
Introduced by M. of A. GUNTHER, BARRETT, CROUCH -- Multi-Sponsored by -- M. of A. McDONOUGH, RIVERA -- read once and referred to the Committee on Environmental Conservation
AN ACT to amend the environmental conservation law, in relation to management of wildlife resources
The People of the State of New York, represented in Senate and Assembly, do enact as follows:
Section 1. Subdivision 3 of section 11-0507 of the environmental conservation law is amended to read as follows:
3. No person shall willfully liberate within the state any wildlife except under permit from the department. The department may issue such permit in its discretion, fix the terms thereof and revoke it at pleasure. These provisions do not apply to migratory game birds, importation of which is governed by regulation of the department or to the release of ring-necked pheasant or quail during the period August sixteenth to April fifteenth.
§ 2. Paragraph b of subdivision 1 of section 11-0925 of the environmental conservation law, as added by chapter 432 of the laws of 1997, is amended to read as follows:
b. The operator of a special dog training area may at any time during the year train the operator's own dogs or the dogs of other persons on such area, and permit others to train dogs. The operator may hold field trials on wild game, or on liberated game, or on liberated artificially propagated game, or on led or confined game, or may in writing permit others to hold such trials, under such conditions as shall be agreed upon by the operator and such other person; but no game shall be taken by shooting at such field trial. No persons shall, on a special dog training area, train a dog, hold a field trial, enter accompanied by a dog, or permit a dog of which he is the owner or trainer to enter, except as provided in this section or in rules adopted pursuant hereto. A permit from the department must be obtained before liberation of any
EXPLANATION--Matter in italics (underscored) is new; matter in brackets
[ ] is old law to be omitted.
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wildlife, except for the release of ring-necked pheasant or quail during the period August sixteenth to April fifteenth and such a permit may be withheld if, in the opinion of the department, granting it would endanger the health of native wildlife species.
§ 3. Paragraph b of subdivision 2 of section 11-0927 of the environmental conservation law is amended to read as follows:
b. A permit from the department is required for liberation of any wildlife. This provision does not apply to release of ring-necked pheasant or quail during the period August sixteenth to April fifteenth.
§ 4. Paragraphs c and c-1 and the closing paragraph of subdivision 2 of section 11-0903 of the environmental conservation law, paragraph c as amended and paragraph c-1 as added by chapter 366 of the laws of 2011 and the closing paragraph of subdivision 2 as amended by chapter 911 of the laws of 1990, are amended to read as follows:
c. pheasants [anywhere in the state other than Long Island];
[c-1. pheasants on Long Island, but only for those individuals who hold a junior license, and provided that such youth pheasant hunting days are held prior to the start of the open season as indicated in paragraph d of subdivision two of section 11-0905 of this title;]
Such open seasons and bag limits may be fixed for the entire state[, except on Long Island in the case of pheasants], or for any county or part thereof, giving due regard to abundance of the species and potential hunting pressure. The department may regulate the taking, possession and disposition of wild turkeys.
§ 5. Paragraphs d and e of subdivision 2 of section 11-0905 of the environmental conservation law, as amended by chapter 911 of the laws of 1990, are amended to read as follows:
d. Ring-necked [Long Island November Long Island, four]
pheasant [1 through December birds in one day,
31. Elsewhere, fixed thirty during season.]
Fixed annually by [Elsewhere, fixed] Fixed
regulation annually by regulation
e. Quail [Orange, Putnam and Orange, Putnam and
Westchester counties, Westchester counties;
fixed] Fixed annually [four birds in one day,]
by regulation[; Long ten during season.
Island, November 1 Long Island, six birds
through December 31 in one day, forty
during season]
Fixed annually by
regulation.
§ 6. This act shall take effect on the first of January next succeeding the date on which it shall have become a law.
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