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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.

State Parks that Allow Deer Hunting (all links leave DEC website)
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
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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