New York Laws
Title 7 - Hunting, Fishing and Trapping Licenses
11-0703 - General Provisions.

1. a. The privileges of the licenses and stamps defined in section
11-0701 may be exercised only at the times and places, and in the manner
and to the extent, permitted by provisions of the Fish and Wildlife Law
and applicable regulations of the department, including provisions
contained and regulations authorized in sections of the Fish and
Wildlife Law other than those specifically referred to in section
11-0701.

b. No license or stamp authorizes the holder (a) to trespass upon
private lands or waters or to interfere with property belonging to
another person; (b) to take fish or wildlife on an Indian reservation;
(c) to enter upon, or to take or disturb fish or wildlife upon, state
lands or waters posted by the department except in accordance with a
written permit from the department or an order adopted by the
department; (d) to take any fish or wildlife in any area closed to the
taking of fish or wildlife, or to take any species of fish, wildlife or
protected insect in an area closed to the taking of such species.

2. Except as provided in section 11-0704 of this title, no license,
permit, tag or privilege is transferable. No person shall alter, change,
lend to another or attempt to transfer to another any license or any
permit, tag or privilege issued therewith. No person, while hunting,
shall possess a license, permit, tag or privilege which was issued to
another person unless actually accompanied by the person to whom such
license, permit, tag or privilege was issued. No person shall purchase,
possess or use more than one hunting license, trapping license,
bowhunting privilege, muzzle-loading privilege or special permit for the
current license year, except as permitted by regulation of the
department. Notwithstanding the prohibitions contained in this
subdivision, the department may authorize by rule or regulation the
transfer of deer management permits, issued pursuant to section 11-0913
of this article, to any person licensed to hunt deer pursuant to this
title.

3. Any license, stamp or certificate in lieu of a lost or destroyed
license, obtained by fraud, or by a person not authorized to hold it, or
who makes a false statement in applying for it, is void.

4. a. Non-resident bear tags are issuable only to non-residents and
persons who have been residents for less than thirty days immediately
preceding the date of application.

b. A person is ineligible for a hunting license, trapping license,
bowhunting privilege or muzzle-loading privilege unless such person
meets the requirements of subdivision 3 of section 11-0713 of this
title.

c. Only the following persons are eligible for resident fees: (1)
persons who have been residents in the state for thirty days immediately
prior to the date of application for the licenses, or who are enrolled
as full-time students at a college or university within the state and
who are in residence in the state for the school year, or who are out of
state or foreign exchange high school students enrolled as full-time
students in a high school within the state and who are in residence in
the state for the school year; (2) Indian residents or members of the
six nations residing on any reservation wholly or partly within the
state; and (3) members of the United States armed forces in active
service, stationed in this state, regardless of the place of residence
at the time of entry into the service.

d. Only persons who possess a hunting license are eligible for a
bowhunting privilege or muzzle-loading privilege.

e. A person under the age of twelve years is ineligible for a hunting
license.

5. a. One-day and seven-day fishing licenses expire on the date stated
on them.

b. A fishing license issued without charge to a resident as formerly
provided in subdivision 2 of section 11-0715, shall remain effective for
the life of the licensee.

c. A special antlerless deer license is effective during the special
open season for which it is issued.

d. All other licenses and privileges defined in section 11-0701 are
effective for a license year beginning September 1 and ending August 31;
provided, however, a fishing license shall remain effective one year
from the date on which it was issued.

6. a. Except as provided in section 11-0707 and section 11-0709 of
this title, no person shall (1) hunt wildlife unless such person holds
and is entitled to exercise the privileges of a hunting license; (2)
hunt antlerless deer in a special open season therefor pursuant to
subdivision 6 of section 11-0903 of this article unless such person
holds and is entitled to exercise the privileges of and has on his or
her person while so hunting a hunting license, bowhunting privilege or
muzzle-loading privilege, and a special antlerless deer license; (3)
take fish or frogs in the manner described in subdivision 4 of section
11-0701 of this title unless such person is entitled to exercise the
privileges of a fishing license; (4) trap wildlife unless such person
holds a trapping license.

b. Except as provided in section 11-0707 and section 11-0709 of this
title, no person shall (1) hunt wild deer or bear unless such person
holds and is entitled to exercise the privileges of a hunting license,
and meets the requirements of this article; (2) hunt wild deer or bear
with a longbow in a special longbow season unless such person holds and
is entitled to exercise the privileges of a hunting license with a
bowhunting privilege and meets the requirements of this article; or (3)
hunt wild deer or bear with a muzzle-loading firearm in a special
muzzle-loading firearm season unless such person is at least fourteen
years old and holds a hunting license with a muzzle-loading privilege
and meets the requirements of this article.

c. No non-resident shall hunt wild bear unless such person holds a
hunting license and a non-resident bear tag and meets the requirements
of this article.