Staff report Ray Brook, N.Y. — New York’s state record brook trout didn’t climb to the 5-pound mark as some DEC officials anticipated this fall. But, says one DEC fisheries biologist, that doesn’t mean 5-pound brookies weren’t caught. “A lot of guys just don’t want to give away a lake or their secret spot, so …
By Steve Piatt Editor Nineveh, N.Y. — Kim Knapp Moravcik thought her hunting day had come to a rainy ending on Oct. 22. Then her friend, David Hubbard, looked out the window of her home and saw a bear feeding in a corn field across the road. A big bear. A short time later, her
By Steve Piatt Editor Nineveh, N.Y. — Kim Knapp Moravcik thought her hunting day had come to a rainy ending on Oct. 22. Then her friend, David Hubbard, looked out the window of her home and saw a bear feeding in a corn field across the road. A big bear. A short time later, her
By Tim Spielman Associate Editor Even youths have been caught up in the web of increasing illegal deer baiting Aurora, Minn. – When Minnesota DNR conservation officer Mark Fredin received a tip about illegal deer baiting on the opening morning of the gun deer season, he didn’t expect to find a trail of youths leading
By Dean Bortz Editor Madison — State legislators who hate messing with sales tax reallocation ideas better hide, because the Conservation Congress Alternate Funding Committee is going to be hunting for a bill sponsor for its sales tax plan to help fund the DNR. But before the committee rounds up legislators, members are going to
By Joe Albert Staff Writer Grand Rapids, Minn. – The state’s deer herd is estimated to be at record levels in many areas, but that doesn’t mean hunters are running into deer around every tree. Deer hunters in some places reported excellent hunting, while others struggled to see any deer, said Mark Johnson, executive director
By Steve Piatt Editor Rome, N.Y. — DEC officials are pleased with the cooperation of successful deer hunters who have been taking their whitetails to a mandatory CWD testing facility within the established containment area. They’re even happier that, after more than 800 whitetails tested, no additional cases of Chronic Wasting Disease have been discovered.
By Steve Piatt Editor Rochester, N.Y. — As the Southern Tier regular deer season kicks off Nov. 19, it’s almost a sure thing that sometime, somewhere, a big buck will be bagged by a hunter. Make that a real big buck. In many ways, it’s simple math. There are 450,000 deer hunters across the state,
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