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July 21, 2025

New York Mixed Bag: DEC opens sponsored pheasant hunt host application process

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is currently accepting applications to host sponsored pheasant hunts, which are free, non-competitive events open to the public and organized by volunteer groups, clubs, individuals, or organizations.

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Dan Ladd: New York’s potential crossbow changes raise questions

Assuming Gov. Kathy Hochul eventually signs New York’s crossbow bill into law, there’s a few questions that remain to be answered.
First, is the timing of the potential signage, which is hoped and expected to happen in time for expanded crossbow use during the upcoming archery seasons. However, with hunting licenses set to go on sale in early August, and the annual hunting and trapping regulations guide already sent to the printer, any changes will not be reflected there.

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Nature Smart: The social woodchuck

I always am surprised when I point out a common animal and people have never seen one or even heard of it. This happened several times this spring while running my common loon photo workshops. I had a family of woodchucks, a mother and five young, living on my property, and just about everyone taking the photo tours has asked, “What is that?”

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