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Youth hunting weekend whitetail take up 20% in New York

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Perhaps it’s the new e-tag reporting system or another factor? Either way, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said that reported whitetail harvests from the three-day youth hunting weekend, which took place Oct. 11-13, saw a 20% increase over 2024.
“Likely this reflects a combination of factors, including a minor increase in the number of eligible youth hunters, and possibly an increase in (the) number of deer taken and rate at which youth hunters reported.”

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Wait is almost over as New York’s Southern Zone deer hunting opens Nov. 15

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Deer hunting season in New York reaches its zenith when the Southern Zone regular season begins Saturday, Nov. 15. It is the state’s busiest hunting day of the year, and busiest hunting weekend overall.
With the opener comes a series of changes for hunters this season. Most notably, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s conversion to E-tags. No longer do big game (deer, bear) and turkey hunters need to attach a paper tag to the carcass as long as they remain in possession of it in their residence or vehicle.

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Black River Wild Forest extends over four New York counties

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When it comes to land classifications, Wild Forests in the Adirondacks and Catskills tend to be more accessible and thus more people-friendly than those classified as Wilderness. But that does not necessarily mean that a Wild Forest is any less remote.
That could be the case with the 127,135-acre Black River Wild Forest, in the southwest corner of the Adirondack Park, near the popular community of Old Forge.

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Here’s how to make small deer drives in big timber

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Our hunting crew, the Iron Sight Gang, had some serious plans for the Saturday before Thanksgiving.
What is typically a productive time in the woods for us would feature eight or 10 hunters putting on two, three or maybe even four deer (and perhaps bear) drives over some rugged, but certainly accessible public land hills and swamps in the eastern Adirondacks. But when we gathered that morning at a roadside pull-off, there were just five of us. For one reason or another, there were drop-outs.

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Youth hunters kick things off as hunting, trapping seasons highlight fall’s progression in New York

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Hunters across New York continue to have a multitude of opportunities for both big and small game, and as October morphs into November that will only accelerate. Trapping seasons, too, are just getting under way in parts of the state.
Following the state’s annual youth hunting weekend, which took place Oct. 11-13, deer season intensified in the Northern Zone as the early muzzleloading season is taking place Oct. 18-24, followed on Oct. 25 by the Northern Zone regular season opener, which runs through Dec. 7.

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Deer tests positive for rabies in New York’s Columbia County

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For the second time this year, a white-tailed deer has tested positive for rabies in New York, and recent reports say the animal interacted with a raccoon, a species that is a more common carrier of the disease.
On Sept. 26, a New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Police Officer (ECO) responded after a deer had reportedly ran into a school building in Copake, in Columbia County. Basic precautionary measures were taken and the animal was euthanized. Rabies can only be detected by examining the brain of a potentially infected animal.

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Dan Ladd: Hand-loaded ammo ready for whitetail season

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When I got into hand-loading a few years ago, like any hunter, the idea was to eventually make my own hunting ammunition. It’s taken awhile, but if I’m fortunate enough to get a crack at a deer or two this season, the ammo in not one, but two of my deer rifles will have finally come from my own reloading bench.

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