A5 Zone
IMPORTANT NOTE
Hunters must maintain a 30 foot setback from the fence around the solar arrays.
Zone A5 is approximately 64 acres of woodlands located south of Dryden Road, west of Mount Pleasant Road, and east of Graduate Drive. This site is in WMU 7R in the Town of Dryden. Hunting is limited to bow and crossbow only during any open DEC Southern Zone deer season. There is a maximum of 4 hunting slots open at any legal time at this site. There are 2 suggested parking areas, one on the north side near Mount Pleasant Road, and the other on the south side near the Cornell University compost facility.
This area is also within the Deer Management Focus Area (DMFA). It will allow hunters with a valid NYS hunting license who register with the DMFA program to take two antlerless deer per day during the bow hunting, regular, and late muzzle-loader seasons, again limited to bow and crossbow only. In addition, a special season running from mid to late January has also been created during which hunters with a valid DMFA permit may also take two antlerless deer per day in the DMFA. For more information and to register in the DMFA program, visit the DEC DMFA website.
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