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Winter sports show season about to start in New York and neighboring states

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As 2026 gets off to a fresh start, so too does the winter outdoor trade/sports show season. In many cases visiting a particular show becomes the annual off-season ritual for sportsmen and women. In others, especially those outside of New York’s borders, the shows are actual destinations. 
What follows is a listing of some of the larger upcoming shows taking place from January through April.

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How did inclusion of crossbows impact New York’s deer kill? DEC releases preliminary harvest percentages

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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation on Dec. 30 shared preliminary data on New York’s white-tailed deer harvest, at least as of Dec. 14.
In its weekly Hunting and Trapping Newsletter the agency shared results related to the expanded crossbow hunting opportunities for deer and bear.

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Dan Ladd: Could this be the year snow creates conflict between hunters, snowmobilers during New York’s Holiday Week Hunt?

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My wife’s biggest hobby is crafts, particularly Christmas crafts, and each year in early December our house turns into a Christmas craft store for a very popular tour that she’s part of. And each year the weather situation seems to work out for her and others on the tour.
But I keep saying that one of these years a big storm is going to put a damper on things. I feel the same way about New York’s annual holiday week hunt, which is about to go down Dec. 26 through Jan. 1, 2026.

Dan Ladd: Could this be the year snow creates conflict between hunters, snowmobilers during New York’s Holiday Week Hunt? Read More »

New York DEC encourages beaver trapping on several State Forests, Wildlife Management Areas

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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is calling on trappers – primarily beaver trappers – to practice their craft at a number of State Forest Wildlife Management Areas across New York this season.

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2025’s top stories: another busy year for New York sportsmen

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There’s no such thing as a quiet year in New York’s sporting world, and 2025 was no exception.
Change is bound to happen and the year featured plenty of it, and on a variety of scales. A few new hunting and fishing records were achieved along the way, along with a handful of other notable milestones. Here’s a look back at the most compelling stories of 2025.

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Dan Ladd: Finally, a birthday buck nearly five decades in the making

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The first time I ever went deer hunting with the family hunting party in the Adirondacks was the day of my 10th birthday. On that mid-November Sunday morning in the mid-1970s, my mom bundled me up like Randy in A Christmas Story, (you know, the tick about to pop) and half-way through a three-quarter-mile-walk following my older brother Bill, I was just about done.
But our Uncle Duff, the patriarch of the hunting party at that time, shot a spike horn on that deer drive, the last he would ever tie a tag to.

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Dan Ladd: What might be the next change for New York hunters?

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Other than the upcoming holiday week late muzzleloading hunt in New York’s Southern Zone, and the January hunt on Long Island, another big game hunting season is just about in the books.
This was another year that saw some changes for New York hunters. Some of the discussions that took place around deer camp wood stoves and on social media this fall have questioned what could, or should, be next, if anything. And there are plenty of ideas and opinions.

Dan Ladd: What might be the next change for New York hunters? Read More »

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