Season Dates Sept. 1: Early Canada goose season opens (most of state) Sept. 1: Crow season opens Sept. 1: Snipe, rail and gallinule season opens Sept. 6: Early Canada goose season opens (Lake Champlain, Eastern and Central Long Island zones) Sept. 17-18: Youth Waterfowl Hunt (Northeast and Southeast zones) Sept. 24-25: Youth Waterfowl Hunt (Lake Champlain Zone) Sept. […]
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Western New York Lake Ontario and tributaries: Lake Ontario fishing is as hot as the weather right now, according to Lockport’s Dick Conley. He was trolling with Terry Goerss of Lockport and Tom Danaher of Waterport recently out of Olcott and the trio boated in excess of 20 trout and salmon. Using a mix of
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$20M could be withheld due to state budget’s Conservation Fund ‘sweep’ language Albany – New York is at risk of losing millions of dollars in federal funding because of language in the state budget that would allow the state to raid the Conservation Fund for uses other than supporting the state Department of Environmental Conservation. The
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Western District Highlights Illegal training fires (Oswego County) In November 2010 while on patrol, ECO Matt Dorrett noticed the remains of a recently burned structure that was still smoldering in the Oswego County town of Volney. A short distance up the road the officer encountered an assistant fire chief of the local fire department. The
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Compiled using reports from conservation officers, hunting guides, and the following sporting goods stores: North Lake Michigan: The June lull didn’t seem to make an appearance, but instead it has raised its ugly head in the month of July. The fish are still being found, but the bite is not as hot and heavy as
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Springfield – A new state-record bighead Asian carp was among nearly 12,000 fish taken by participants in the Bowfishing Association of Illinois’ second-annual Director’s Shoot on the Illinois River near Starved Rock State Park on July 16-17. The new record for bighead carp taken by bow – a 59-pound, 4-ounce fish – was brought in
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Banquets/Fundraisers July 30: DeWitt Co. Longbeards Banquet, Elks Lodge. For more info call Shawn Evans, 217-521-8148. Aug. 5: Jasper Co. Wild Turkey Banquet, Knights of Columbus. For more info call Jason Meyer, 618-562-2345. Aug. 5: Vermilion River Longbeards Banquet, 6 p.m., Pontiac Elks Club. For more info call Steve Billerbeck, 815-689-2250. Aug. 6: Ford Co. Turkey & Cons. Chapter
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Springfield – When DNR rolled out its annual waterfowl hunting proposals earlier this month, the state’s duck hunters may have been more focused on changes to hunting zones than actual season dates. So here they are: DNR has asked the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for 60-day duck seasons in all zones, 85-day Canada goose
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Sparta, Ill. – Tara Short would like to eliminate the heat – but that’s the only thing American Trapshooting Association member and staff would change about the 2011 Grand American. The largest shooting tournament in the world returns to the World Shooting Complex in Sparta this year for its sixth run at the Illinois site.
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