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HuntFishNY Mobile App

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Featuring the NEW Tackle Box!

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HuntFishNY is the official New York State Department of Environmental Conservation mobile app that provides our sportsmen/women a simple way to display their licenses and privileges and view important hunting and fishing related information. In addition to the many resources DEC's website offers for hunters, trappers and anglers across the state, our HuntFishNY mobile app offers instant mobile access to electronic versions of your sporting licenses, privileges and permits; the ease of reporting your game harvests immediately; and links to useful information like season date summaries, fishing information, a DEC Contact list, and much more.

HuntFishNY features include:

  • Instant, mobile access to a customer's sporting license, privileges and permits
  • Quick and easy submission of Game Harvest Reports
  • Smart filtering for collecting town, county and WMU of harvest data, as well as season and method of take info
  • Ability to view current and past harvest reports
  • Links to current year Hunting & Trapping and Freshwater Fishing Regulations Guides
  • Sunrise/Sunset Information
Introducing the Tackle Box - A New Feature of the HuntFishNY App on DEC's YouTube Channel
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NEW in 2022 - TACKLE BOX:

Check out the new Tackle Box feature in the HuntFishNY mobile app! Tackle Box provides anglers with one stop shopping for waterbody-specific information on fishing regulations, stocking, and fishing/boating access sites. Tackle Box is part of DEC's continued efforts to make fishing easier, more enjoyable and more accessible to all!

Tackle Box features include:

  • Ability to search waterbodies by name or zooming/panning a NYS map
  • Waterbody-specific fishing regulations
  • Fish species and stocking information
  • Fishing access information, including boat launches and parking areas
  • Navigation feature for driving directions

To access these exciting new features today, download the latest version of HuntFishNY by visiting your Apple App Store or Google Play Store (links leave DEC website).

Check out How to Access Tackle Box in the HuntFishNY App on DEC's YouTube Channel.

For technical assistance, users can call the DECALS call center at 866-933-2257. For fishing specific questions, users can email fwfish@dec.ny.gov.


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