New York’s revamped Long Island deer lottery off to a good start

Despite some preseason concerns, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s new online procedure for registering to hunt Long Island’s DEC managed lands during the January 2026 Long Island Firearms Deer Season was generally well received by this year’s big game hunters in Suffolk County.
With last minute information issued by DEC only days prior to Dec. 15 when the new procedure became effective, local sportsmen were somewhat apprehensive about how well the new process would work.

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