NEW YORK
Not listed as a legal means of taking game by the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation..
Other issues:
Under NYS penal law, no wrist braces.
Under local laws things get murky...
Some areas prohibit possession for those under age 16.
Smithtown, NY goes so far as to include slingshots under the definition of a firearm as concerns discharge. I'd check you own local ordinances just to be safe from legal problems!
FIREARM
Includes a weapon which acts by the force of gunpowder or from which a shot is discharged by the force of an explosion, as well as an air rifle, an air gun, a BB gun, a slingshot and a bow and arrow.
[Amended 1-9-1990]
TOWN
Includes all areas within the Town of Smithtown, exclusive of areas wholly within any incorporated village.
The purpose of this chapter is to prohibit any person from discharging a firearm in those areas of the Town of Smithtown in which such activity may be hazardous to the general public or nearby residents.
[Amended 12-4-1973]
The discharge of firearms is deemed hazardous to the general public and, therefore, prohibited in all areas of the Town of Smithtown except those areas as stipulated under §
160-5, Exceptions.
[Added 10-29-1968; amended 12-4-1973]
A.
Firearms may be discharged upon one's own property and upon the property of another with the written consent of the landowner, provided that any such discharge of firearms does not occur within 500 feet from a dwelling, school or occupied structure, or a park, beach, playground or any other place of outdoor recreational or nonrecreational activities; and further provided that any such discharge of firearms does not violate the provisions of the New York State Environmental Conservation Law.
[Amended 1-9-1990; 4-3-2012]
§ 160-3Purpose.§ 160-4Prohibited areas.§ 160-5Exceptions.