Onondaga County now allowing rifles for deer hunting

[Otto]

https://www.syracuse.com/outdoors/2023/08/new-state-law-allows-onondaga-county-hunters-to-use-rifles-for-big-game.html

I just bought a 20 gauge shotgun last year!  Oh well, I’ll probably still stick to that or the muzzleloader.  I’m not sure where this came from, I didn’t think it was such a big issue locally.  Even more surprising were the Legislators that sponsored it - Stirpe, as far as I know, never voted in favor of any outdoor related issue.  Mannion is pretty new, but now he is running for US Congress, so maybe he is building his cred?  

 

[Robhuntandfish]

24 minutes ago, Otto said:

https://www.syracuse.com/outdoors/2023/08/new-state-law-allows-onondaga-county-hunters-to-use-rifles-for-big-game.html

I just bought a 20 gauge shotgun last year!  Oh well, I’ll probably still stick to that or the muzzleloader.  I’m not sure where this came from, I didn’t think it was such a big issue locally.  Even more surprising were the Legislators that sponsored it - Stirpe, as far as I know, never voted in favor of any outdoor related issue.  Mannion is pretty new, but now he is running for US Congress, so maybe he is building his cred?  

 

I saw this today and was thinking you were in Onondaga.  I think @fletchny11 is too.  And maybe @Loworange88

 

Edited August 1, 2023 by Robhuntandfish

[Loworange88]

I am in Onondaga!  Just saw this had passed.  Kind of exciting.  We shall see how it goes.

[Belo]

this is good news. As someone who has hunted 7J (Tully) since I was a boy, it always baffled me that those sprawling valleys didn't allow for rifles. That said, and especially over the last 5 to 10 years, it was clear just about everyone was using a rifle anyhow as the booms were far and few in-between and the cracks were the majority of the sounds we'd hear. 

[Loworange88]

Tully is a nice area.  Ive hunted Hieburg Forrest many times.