The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation says 2024 was another safe year for hunting across New York. In fact, it’s the second safest season on record.

The DEC documented 11 incidents in 2024, including four firearm incidents and seven self-inflicted incidents. Unfortunately, one of the incidents was a self-inflicted fatality.

Two incidents involved people who were not legally hunting.

The interim commissioner of the DEC, Sean Mahar, said “hunting-related incidents are preventable when hunters follow safe and legal hunting practices.”