Making Hunting Happen
DESCRIPTION: NY Dove Hunting carries no organizational formality. We are not incorporated, and there are no charters or bylaws. Our collaborations have evolved over time and have been built from a variety of contributions, perspectives, and a tremendous amount of time and sacrifice.
Nationwide, there is a history of significant opposition to dove hunting. In 1918, twenty-three U.S. states had established dove hunting seasons. Currently 41 states allow dove hunting; however through the years, some of those same states have banned dove hunting, only to have hunting seasons reinstated. This has emboldened anti-hunting organizations and encouraged them to fight against dove hunting. In New York bills to allow dove hunting have been rejected by lawmakers in 1977, 1983, 1984, 1985, 2012, and 2018.
In order to pass a dove bill, sportsmen must organize and focus their effort. Dove proposals cannot afford to be derailed by state or national controversies, general mistrust, partisan feuding, and broad principles unrelated to the matter at hand. In the noise of Albany and the national din, all of the hunting policy is local, even if politics aren’t anymore.
Despite the composition of the Legislature (anti-hunters, over-representation of NYC, and party majority) pro-hunting bills pass every year in New York. Although NY Dove Hunting has organized …a substantial petition, there are more lawmakers than letter writers in support of dove hunting.
NY Dove Hunting represents your voice in Albany and Washington, D.C., but sometimes the voice of our three lobbyists is not enough. At several points throughout the year, we ask supporters to use NY Dove Hunting’s Voter Voice System to contact their representatives about bills that can help or hurt hunting. We cannot do this without your help. Keep contacting Albany to voice your support and provide lawmakers with solid reasons to support dove hunting. When communicating with Albany about a particular bill, always refer to that bill. Currently pending dove bills are Senate Bill 7202 and Assembly Bill 7778A.
If you have not signed the online petition, visit www.NYDoveHunting.weebly.com/petition. It is important that you contact the entire Conservation Committee and your Assembly and Senate Representatives. For the later, you can use the following links and vote “AYE”.
Senate Bill S7202 – www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/s7202
Assembly Bill A7778A – www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/a7778/
We also accept and need donations. Until further notice contributions are NOT tax deductible. If you would like to help us with costs associated with advertising, printing, packaging and mailing; please donate any amount. Please note that our annual advertisement in the Hunting and Trapping Regulation Guide offsets the DEC’s costs to print the Guide, so your donation helps NY Dove Hunting and helps the DEC (at the same time) put more of your hunting license revenue toward hunting programs. We also need volunteers to attend expos relevant to hunting to distribute literature and solicit petition signatures at our booths.
www.gofundme.com/advertising-and-marketing-fund&rcid=r01-152979698397-c2c7bcd7326849c3&pc-ot_co_campmgmt_m
The prior reference to the Conservation Committee should not be confused with the DEC, CFAB, or the Conservation Council. The proper name for this committee is the Environmental Conservation Committee. From the perspective of a hunter, the Conservation Committee can be characterized as a group of 43 Lawmakers who decide if a hunting bill should be circulated among other lawmakers or thrown in the trash. You can and should influence the composition of this committee by telling lawmakers in support of hunting that you and other constituents want them on the Environmental Conservation Committee. Do not make the mistake in assuming that pro-hunting lawmakers necessarily seek seats on the Conservation Committee, because they do not. As a matter of fact, it is the lawmakers who oppose hunting that are most eager to sit on this committee. Thus, while anti-hunters and the Humane Society are compelling their sympathizers in Albany to sit on this committee to fight against hunting, we should be lobbying Lawmakers in support of hunting to better represent our interests as hunters by serving on the Environmental Conservation Committee!
Nationwide, there is a history of significant opposition to dove hunting. In 1918, twenty-three U.S. states had established dove hunting seasons. Currently 41 states allow dove hunting; however through the years, some of those same states have banned dove hunting, only to have hunting seasons reinstated. This has emboldened anti-hunting organizations and encouraged them to fight against dove hunting. In New York bills to allow dove hunting have been rejected by lawmakers in 1977, 1983, 1984, 1985, 2012, and 2018.
In order to pass a dove bill, sportsmen must organize and focus their effort. Dove proposals cannot afford to be derailed by state or national controversies, general mistrust, partisan feuding, and broad principles unrelated to the matter at hand. In the noise of Albany and the national din, all of the hunting policy is local, even if politics aren’t anymore.
Despite the composition of the Legislature (anti-hunters, over-representation of NYC, and party majority) pro-hunting bills pass every year in New York. Although NY Dove Hunting has organized …a substantial petition, there are more lawmakers than letter writers in support of dove hunting.
NY Dove Hunting represents your voice in Albany and Washington, D.C., but sometimes the voice of our three lobbyists is not enough. At several points throughout the year, we ask supporters to use NY Dove Hunting’s Voter Voice System to contact their representatives about bills that can help or hurt hunting. We cannot do this without your help. Keep contacting Albany to voice your support and provide lawmakers with solid reasons to support dove hunting. When communicating with Albany about a particular bill, always refer to that bill. Currently pending dove bills are Senate Bill 7202 and Assembly Bill 7778A.
If you have not signed the online petition, visit www.NYDoveHunting.weebly.com/petition. It is important that you contact the entire Conservation Committee and your Assembly and Senate Representatives. For the later, you can use the following links and vote “AYE”.
Senate Bill S7202 – www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/s7202
Assembly Bill A7778A – www.nysenate.gov/legislation/bills/2017/a7778/
We also accept and need donations. Until further notice contributions are NOT tax deductible. If you would like to help us with costs associated with advertising, printing, packaging and mailing; please donate any amount. Please note that our annual advertisement in the Hunting and Trapping Regulation Guide offsets the DEC’s costs to print the Guide, so your donation helps NY Dove Hunting and helps the DEC (at the same time) put more of your hunting license revenue toward hunting programs. We also need volunteers to attend expos relevant to hunting to distribute literature and solicit petition signatures at our booths.
www.gofundme.com/advertising-and-marketing-fund&rcid=r01-152979698397-c2c7bcd7326849c3&pc-ot_co_campmgmt_m
The prior reference to the Conservation Committee should not be confused with the DEC, CFAB, or the Conservation Council. The proper name for this committee is the Environmental Conservation Committee. From the perspective of a hunter, the Conservation Committee can be characterized as a group of 43 Lawmakers who decide if a hunting bill should be circulated among other lawmakers or thrown in the trash. You can and should influence the composition of this committee by telling lawmakers in support of hunting that you and other constituents want them on the Environmental Conservation Committee. Do not make the mistake in assuming that pro-hunting lawmakers necessarily seek seats on the Conservation Committee, because they do not. As a matter of fact, it is the lawmakers who oppose hunting that are most eager to sit on this committee. Thus, while anti-hunters and the Humane Society are compelling their sympathizers in Albany to sit on this committee to fight against hunting, we should be lobbying Lawmakers in support of hunting to better represent our interests as hunters by serving on the Environmental Conservation Committee!