Recently, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Officers (ECOs) ticketed three hunters after a compliance check in the town of Islip. ECO DeRose and the Suffolk County Police Department responded to reports of shots fired, potentially too close to a home.
The Officers arrived at the location and observed three hunters in a hunting blind behind a residence. The hunters were in possession of a mallard and black duck. ECOs DeRose and Perkins also observed evidence of baiting on the floor of the blind and in a tidal pond in front of the structure.
ECOs ticketed all three hunters for hunting waterfowl with the aid of bait and the unlawful take of protected wildlife.One subject received an additional ticket for failing to possess a signed duck stamp as required in New York State.