Late Muzzleloader ? for Southern Zone

[fmrdd0331]

I was thinking about buying my bow, muzzleloader and regular season license for the southern zone.  I had twins this spring and would have bought a muzzleloader for this fall but medical bills took a huge chunk out of my fall toys funds.  Would I be able to just use my regular bow to fill both my late muzzleloader tag and my bow tag this fall?  I have heard of people preferring to hunt the time of muzzleloader with a regular bow, just wanted to make sure it was legal.  I know crossbow is Nov 1st on and for late mz but I don't have one.  Thanks for any help with my ??

[turf]

Yes you can use a bow during late season

[fmrdd0331]

Thanks. Better take a trip to the store for another pack of rage hypos

[anytime]

Go online and read the rules(DEC website). You'll find you may only use your muzzy tag to take a deer with either the muzzleloader or a crossbow during a muzzleloader  season. Your bow may be used to take/tag deer during early bow season with a bow tag, during regular season with the general tag and during late season with the bow tag. Can't use a muzzy tag to tag a compound bow killed deer ever.

[buckboardjr]

The late season for Bow and Muzz. run together Dec. 14 - Dec. 22. If you have Archery tags of Muzzleloader/Archery combo tags you absolutely can fill them with a bow during that late season. I am assuming you bought an Archery Lic. and not a muzzleloader lic or both. If you only bought a Muzzleloader lic., then you would need to fill it with a MZL. The laws do allow a person with only a Reg. season hunting lic. to hunt deer with a bow during the the Reg. season provided you have taken the Archery course "OR" have a valid Archery Lic.

[fmrdd0331]

I was asking if I bought both bow and MZL could I fill both with my bow? I don't own a mzl yet.   It makes no sense at all that I could use a crossbow and fill my MZL tag but not my regular bow.  if this is the rule then that is pretty stupid.

[buckboardjr]

Yes when you buy both, the tags say right on them. One will say Muzzleloader/ Bow either , meaning buck or doe. The other will say Antlerless Muzz/bow. Southern Late bow/muzzleloader run together and you may use either weapon to fill those tags. One other thing I learned lately is if you didn't fill your reg. season Buck tag, You can use that tag to shoot tag a buck or a doe during late season Bow/Muzz. Wow their are years I thought I was done for buck but still had a reg season tag left.

Here is the links to this.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/8305.html

Edited October 21, 2015 by buckboardjr

[JakeyBaby]

Yes when you buy both, the tags say right on them. One will say Muzzleloader/ Bow either , meaning buck or doe. The other will say Antlerless Muzz/bow. Southern Late bow/muzzleloader run together and you may use either weapon to fill those tags. One other thing I learned lately is if you didn't fill your reg. season Buck tag, You can use that tag to shoot tag a buck or a doe during late season Bow/Muzz. Wow their are years I thought I was done for buck but still had a reg season tag left.

Here is the links to this.

http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/8305.html

Yes it's has been that way for a few years now. But unfortunately this year it is NO longer in effect since this great state says we as hunters are not allowed to shoot a buck during the late season! In the designated areas that is. Edited October 21, 2015 by JakeyBaby

[buckboardjr]

Yes it's has been that way for a few years now. But unfortunately this year it is NO longer in effect since this great state says we as hunters are not allowed to shoot a buck during the late season! In the designated areas that is.

Shame on NYS for not revising the regulations on the link I attached before. I had to "Hunt" a bit on the net to find this link. Thanks for pointing this out Jake. Look at the maps

http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/28605.html