- By Vicky Klukkert Staff Writer
- Jul 7, 2021Updated5 hrs ago
The Otsego County Board of Representatives approved a resolutionallowing youths as young as 12 to hunt big game with adult supervision after much discussion and a public hearing.
The state Department of Environmental Conservation proposed and the state Legislature approved a two-year pilot program to allow 12- and 13-year-old children to hunt deer using rifles, shotguns or muzzleloading firearmsnext to an adult licensed hunter, provided that it was approved by the local county governments.
According to a map on the DEC website, Otsego was one of14 counties left to vote on the program. Other counties that haven’t voted on the resolution are Oneida, Montgomery, Onondaga, Schenectady, Albany, Ulster, Dutchess, Rockland, Putnam, Erie, Monroe, Seneca and Tompkins.
“Every other countyhas voted to allowthis,”Rick Brockway, R-Laurens and Otego, said. “Ihope Otsego Countyisn’t the only one to oppose this resolution. Every…
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