Candidate Questionnaire
Dear Candidate,
During your campaign you've indicated your views on a number of issues facing voters. NY Dove Hunting would like to better understand your position and feelings on mourning dove hunting, the state pheasant stocking program, and the hunting of woodcock, snipe, and rails.
In the early 1900’s most states banned wild turkey hunting and around 25 banned mourning dove hunting. Most of these bans were reversed between 1970 and 1995. Today, wild turkey hunting is allowed in 49 states and mourning dove hunting is allowed in 41 states.
NY’s first modern wild turkey hunting season was in the fall of 1959; one year after the Legislature granted the Conservation Department the authority to regulate turkey hunting. The Legislature has not however, authorized the DEC to set a mourning dove hunting season.
Never the less, there is an interest in dove hunting among some NY hunters and mourning dove populations can indeed sustain hunting in NY. Please refer to: http://nydovehunting.weebly.com/mourning-dove-fact-sheet.html for specific information.
Regulated pheasant hunting has occurred in New York since 1908. The Richard E. Reynolds state pheasant farm has been in operation since 1927. Pheasant hunting has been a tradition in New York for over 100 years. According to the latest national survey of wildlife dependent recreation; on average pheasant hunters spend $1,451 per hunter, per year. That is broken down into; $676 for non-dog hunting related expenses, and $775 dollars in hunting dog related expenses per hunter, per year. Reynold's Pheasant Farm supports 4 full-time jobs and 10 temporary jobs. The cost per hunter to support these jobs is between 33 cents and $1.30.
The cost of Reynold's Pheasant Farm, based on a 3 year average of 560,000 hunting licenses bought by both resident and non-resident hunters, is $1.30 per hunter. However, that does not factor in federal wildlife restoration grants. If the DEC applies for and receives a federal grant for its pheasant program, based on the matching dollars formula, the actual cost to operate the pheasant farm is 33 cents per hunter.
NY Dove Hunting is a non-partisan group of men and women involved in bird hunting with gun dogs such as spaniels, retrievers, and pointers. NY Dove Hunting members would like to learn more of your opinion of and relationship with so called "animal rights" organizations and other organizations such as the Audubon Society. Please take the opportunity to review and respond to this questionnaire so that your potential constituents may better know your opinions on the important topics affecting us.
Kindly reply as soon as possible. If there is going to be a delay in your response, please promptly notify us when we may look forward to your reply.
All candidate responses will be summarized and distributed to assist voters in determining which candidates they might support in the upcoming elections. All failures to respond will be noted in the summary. Your timely reply will be greatly appreciated.
Should you have any questions, please use the contact page. Thank you for your cooperation.
NY Dove Hunting
During your campaign you've indicated your views on a number of issues facing voters. NY Dove Hunting would like to better understand your position and feelings on mourning dove hunting, the state pheasant stocking program, and the hunting of woodcock, snipe, and rails.
In the early 1900’s most states banned wild turkey hunting and around 25 banned mourning dove hunting. Most of these bans were reversed between 1970 and 1995. Today, wild turkey hunting is allowed in 49 states and mourning dove hunting is allowed in 41 states.
NY’s first modern wild turkey hunting season was in the fall of 1959; one year after the Legislature granted the Conservation Department the authority to regulate turkey hunting. The Legislature has not however, authorized the DEC to set a mourning dove hunting season.
Never the less, there is an interest in dove hunting among some NY hunters and mourning dove populations can indeed sustain hunting in NY. Please refer to: http://nydovehunting.weebly.com/mourning-dove-fact-sheet.html for specific information.
Regulated pheasant hunting has occurred in New York since 1908. The Richard E. Reynolds state pheasant farm has been in operation since 1927. Pheasant hunting has been a tradition in New York for over 100 years. According to the latest national survey of wildlife dependent recreation; on average pheasant hunters spend $1,451 per hunter, per year. That is broken down into; $676 for non-dog hunting related expenses, and $775 dollars in hunting dog related expenses per hunter, per year. Reynold's Pheasant Farm supports 4 full-time jobs and 10 temporary jobs. The cost per hunter to support these jobs is between 33 cents and $1.30.
The cost of Reynold's Pheasant Farm, based on a 3 year average of 560,000 hunting licenses bought by both resident and non-resident hunters, is $1.30 per hunter. However, that does not factor in federal wildlife restoration grants. If the DEC applies for and receives a federal grant for its pheasant program, based on the matching dollars formula, the actual cost to operate the pheasant farm is 33 cents per hunter.
NY Dove Hunting is a non-partisan group of men and women involved in bird hunting with gun dogs such as spaniels, retrievers, and pointers. NY Dove Hunting members would like to learn more of your opinion of and relationship with so called "animal rights" organizations and other organizations such as the Audubon Society. Please take the opportunity to review and respond to this questionnaire so that your potential constituents may better know your opinions on the important topics affecting us.
Kindly reply as soon as possible. If there is going to be a delay in your response, please promptly notify us when we may look forward to your reply.
All candidate responses will be summarized and distributed to assist voters in determining which candidates they might support in the upcoming elections. All failures to respond will be noted in the summary. Your timely reply will be greatly appreciated.
Should you have any questions, please use the contact page. Thank you for your cooperation.
NY Dove Hunting