DEERPARK—As Orange County eases into autumn, hunters are thinking of the fall hunting season which, for firearms, begins on the third Saturday in November. As part of community outreach, District Attorney David Hoovler sponsored a four-hour hunter safety course in Deerpark for beginner hunters on Sept. 1 and 2.
Deerpark Police Officer Raymond Cirulli and Port Jervis Detective Michael Decker gave the course to a room filled with young hunters-to-be. Cirulli has been giving the course for four years but has been hunting since he was 14.
Some students come from a family of hunters and are familiar with firearms. “Other kids have never handled a firearm in their life,” Cirulli said. He estimates that Deerpark issues about 1000 licenses each year.
