New York · Today · September 15, 2026
What's in Season Right Now in New York
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seasons are open in New York today
Closing next: Deer, Sep 20.
Open right now
- Deer Early Antlerless (firearms & bows) · Early Antlerless (bow-only) Through Sep 20 · 5 days left
- Bear Southern Zone early season (all legal weapons: bow, crossbow, muzzleloader, handgun, shotgun, or rifle where allowed) Through Dec 31 · 107 days left
- Squirrel Gray, black & fox squirrel season Through Feb 28 · 166 days left
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No further dates on record
Our New York record holds no open dates after these. That usually means the season year is done and New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has yet to publish the next one — but where a state runs a later season we have not recorded yet, the season page is the place it will show first. Check there before treating a species as finished for the year.
Today’s sun in New York
Sunrise 06:42 Sunset 19:11
Sunrise and sunset for the centre of New York — astronomy, not a legal shooting hour. Legal light is set per species and is often half an hour either side of these times, but not always: some seasons run sunrise to sunset, and a few open at a fixed clock time. Each season page carries its own rule.
How this page is worked out
Every season on this page is checked against its own open windows, not the outer span of the licence year. That matters: many seasons close and reopen — a two-day gap for a deer opener, a Christmas Day closure, or a gap of months between a fall and a spring hunt. A page that only looked at the first and last date of the year would call all of those open.
The status is recalculated in your browser when the page loads, so it stays right between updates. Dates come from New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and carry a Last verified stamp on each season page.
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