State Parks That Allow Hunting
Many state parks offer waterfowl, small game, and big game hunting. The state parks in the table below allow deer hunting.
For more information, contact the DEC Regional Offices, visit the Office of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation website (see link at right), or click on the links within the table (all links leave DEC website).
Before you go, call each state park to find out specific hunting dates and other regulations
Key to symbols in table:
* Archery only
** Archery and muzzleloading only
*** Archery and crossbow only
****Archery, muzzleloading and crossbow only
(P) Permit required
(S) No Sunday hunting
(SG) Sign In Required at Park
(A) Many Saratoga Regional State Park facilities are open to hunting under specific regulations and a permit obtained from the Park Manager.
| County | State Park | Telephone Number | DEC Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Albany | John Boyd Thatcher (P) (A) | (518) 872-1237 | 4 |
| Cattaraugus | Allegany (P) (S) | (716) 354-9101 | 9 |
| Cayuga | Fair Haven Beach *** (P) | (315) 947-5205 | 7 |
| Cayuga | Fillmore Glen ** | (315) 497-0130 | 7 |
| Cayuga | Long Point | (315) 497-0130 | 7 |
| Chemung | Mark Twain * | (607) 739-0034 | 8 |
| Chemung | Newtown Battlefield *** (SG) | (607) 273-3440 | 8 |
| Chenango | Hunts Pond | (607) 859-2249 | 7 |
| Chenango | Bowman Lake | (607) 334-2718 | 7 |
| Columbia | Taconic-Copake Falls | (518) 329-3993 | 4 |
| Columbia | Lake Taghkanic * | (518) 851-3631 | 4 |
| Columbia | Hudson River Islands (P)(A) | (518) 872-1237 | 4 |
| Columbia | Clermont * | (518) 537-4240 | 4 |
| Delaware, Broome | Oquaga Creek | (607) 467-4160 | 4, 7 |
| Genesee | Darien Lakes (P) | (585) 547-9481 | 8 |
| Jefferson | Wellesley Island * (P) | (315) 482-2722 | 6 |
| Lewis | Whetstone Gulf * | (315) 376-6630 | 6 |
| Livingston, Wyoming | Letchworth (P) | (585) 493-3600 | 8, 9 |
| Oneida | Verona Beach * (P) | (315) 762-4463 | 6 |
| Oneida | Pixley Falls | (315) 942-4713 | 6 |
| Ontario | Harriet Hollister Spencer | (585) 335-8111 | 8 |
| Orange | Sterling Forest (P) | (845) 351-5907 | 3 |
| Orange | Storm King | (845) 786-2701 | 3 |
| Oswego | Selkirk Shores* | (315) 298-5737 | 7 |
| Otsego | Gilbert Lake * (P) | (607) 432-2114 | 4 |
| Putnam | Clarence Fahnestock* (P) | (845) 225-7207 | 3 |
| Putnam | Hudson Highlands * (P) | (845) 225-7207 | 3 |
| Rensselaer | Schodack Island (P)(A) | (518) 584-2000 | 4 |
| Rensselaer | Cherry Plain (P)(A) | (518) 279-1155 | 4 |
| Rensselaer | Grafton Lakes (P)(A) | (518) 279-1155 | 4 |
| St. Lawrence | Coles Creek | (315) 388-5636 | 6 |
| St. Lawrence | Higley Flow | (315) 262-2880 | 6 |
| Saratoga | Moreau Lake | (518) 793-0511 | 5 |
| Schoharie | Mine Kill (P) (A) | (518) 827-6111 | 4 |
| Schuyler | Watkins Glen * | (607) 535-4511 | 8 |
| Seneca | Sampson (P) | (315) 585-6392 | 8 |
| Steuben | Pinnacle (P) ** | (607) 359-2767 | 8 |
| Steuben | Stony Brook * | (585) 335-8111 | 8 |
| Suffolk | Hither Hills * (P) | (631) 668-2554 | 1 |
| Suffolk | Montauk Point (P) (S) | (631) 668-3781 | 1 |
| Sullivan | Lake Superior | (845) 794-3000 ext 3006 |
3 |
| Tioga/Chemung | Two Rivers****(SG) | (607) 273-3440 | 7/8 |
| Tompkins | Buttermilk Falls *** (SG) Oct-May phone |
(607) 273-5761 (607) 273-3440 |
7 |
| Tompkins | R.H. Treman *** (SG) | (607) 273-3440 | 7 |
| Tompkins | Taughannock Falls *** | (607) 387-6739 | 7 |
| Ulster | Minnewaska | (845) 255-0753 | 3 |
| Wayne | Chimney Bluffs | (315) 947-5205 | 8 |
| Wyoming | Silver Lake (P) | (585) 493-3600 | 9 |
| Yates | Keuka Lake *** | (315) 536-3666 | 8 |
