Hunt Back Country

hunting pet deer and or turkey?

in new york it is illegal to hunt wild game without a hunters safety course and a hunting liscence. but what if you raise them yourself. i have some pet turkeys that are pretty much wild but they do live in a big pen and i was thinking about getting some deer, so if i built a big fence all the way around my property so they couldnt get out and no wild game could get in would it be illegal to hunt them or would i have to have a permit because i did pay for them and they are my animals. thanks.

just for the hippie activists to know, im not doing anything cruel they havnt been hand raised and they dont consider me their friend so they arent being tricked into liking me and coming to me. its not easy because i have 27 acres for them to run around in and thry would have a pretty good life if they were smart enough not to get shot.
i should probably have said that the deer or turkeys i would be raising are legal to own, i can buy them at my local farm market and they sell them in the spring. i guess they are domesticated.
by the way ROBERT, i can hunt i have before and i love it. but now that we are in new york i cant. i am not simply ranching i am going to fence them in in a 30 acre enclosure and let them be as free as they want and im not planning on killing ALL of them and i am even only going to hunt them during season so they can breed properly and what not i dont see why people think it is so different because it is basically the same thing the only difference is that they cant leave MY own personal property and i dont need a permit to kill them.

Public Comments

1. I am unsure about New York, but most states have a permit available for pen raising game. Check with your state fish and wildlife service for more accurate and legally binding info.

2. The first thing to find out is if it is legal to keep or raise wild animals like deer or wild turkeys where you live. In Oregon, where I live, a pet deer was taken away from a family last summer although it had been deformed as a fawn and saved by the family. In Indiana, a pet deer was taken away from some people and then killed by the wildlife department which said that there was no place to keep it. Laws vary regarding raising various animals from state to state. There are game farms in some states, however, where hunters do hunt the birds or animals.

3. You need a permit to raise, breed or treat the injuries of any wild animals for any purpose. If you are found to have wild animlas in captivity without the necessary permits, you could receive a heavy fine. On you application, you would need to specify that you wish to breed and raise the animals for food. If you receive the permit, you will be allowed to breed, raise and slaughter whatever animals for which you have a permit without regard to any seasonal restrictions.

4. I don't know about New York but here in Arkansas a person can have up to six pet deer, racoons, squirrel, opossum, and several other species with no permit. The only requirments are that you be a citizen of this state and have no Game & Fish violations that would preclude you from purchasing & possessing a hunting/fishing license. So hurry up and get down here. I am one California Yankee gone south, that has yet to meet a New Yorker upstate or down that I haven't liked or loved. At least come to visit and find a diamond!

5. If you can legally have the animals, then it isn't hunting, it is harvesting your own personal livestock. No different than the pig farmer who grabs his rifle and picks a pig, brings it in and shoots it between the eyes and butchers it.

Hunting refers to taking wild game. Part of this concept is that wild game doesn't obey man's rules regarding property lines, so just because a deer happens to be on your land, or passing through your land doesn't make it YOURS. That's why we have regulations and bag limits and seasons and all that stuff.

Privately owned animals are different, as they ARE your property. Of course it is also then your responsibility to keep them on your property and your finantial obligation if they get out and eat the neighbor's garden

6. If you raise them, it's not Hunting it's Ranching.

7. go ahead and do it but that proves u cant hunt reguraly u have to fence them in

8. I live in the mountains of Virginia and since deer sometimes sneak into my garden I feel justified in shooting a few deer every year to eat.
I like, and to some extent practice, what you propose.