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September 29, 2025

Deer hunters in New York’s Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge offered lead-free ammo rebates this fall

New York’s Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge is among 13 such areas where the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is extending the Voluntary Lead-Free Hunting Ammunition Incentive Program for the 2025-2026 deer hunting season.

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New York’s Lake Champlain hosts Bassmaster Elite Series qualifier

Emil Wagner, a 27-year-old Bassmaster Elite Series pro from Kentucky, won the Bassmaster Elite Qualifier at Lake Champlain held Sept. 18-20 out of Plattsburgh.
Wagner topped the 105-angler field with a three-day total of 15 bass weighing 69 pounds, 2 ounces. That’s the heaviest three-day winning total on Champlain in B.A.S.S. history, which is saying a lot given how frequently B.A.S.S. has visited this 278,000-acre mammoth fishery that forms a large portion of the New York/Vermont border.

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New York Mixed Bag: Creel surveys return to pair of Lake Champlain tributaries

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently announced the third year of the river creel survey of the Saranac and Boquet Rivers, tributaries to Lake Champlain. This survey is a central part of Lake Champlain Fish and Wildlife Management Cooperative’s salmon assessment and restoration efforts.

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