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

Featured, National News, Nature Page & Night Sky, New York, News /

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

Featured, Features, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, New York /

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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Dan Ladd: Like it or not, more changes welcome in a New York hunting season

Featured, Hunting, National Hunting, New York, Opinion /

As deer seasons continue to intensify across New York, especially in the Northern Zone where hunters are on the cusp of both the early muzzleloading season and firearms opener, hunters are once again deciphering changes in the way we go about things. Whether they are good, or bad, depends on whom you ask.

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Regulations allowing e-tagging, bonus youth tag and changes to DMAP program take effect in New York

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In time for the opening of the Southern Zone archery and various small game seasons on Oct. 1, including the Northern Zone fall turkey season, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation announced that hunting tag proposals put forth this past summer for public comment have been adopted as regulations and are effective immediately. 

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Pink salmon caught by New York angler not a record after all

Fishing, National Fishing, National News, New York, News /

Changes to the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Angler Achievement Awards Program made in 2024 came a year too early for a Herkimer County angler who regularly fishes the Salmon River, near Pulaski in Oswego County.
According to a DEC spokesperson, the agency received a report of an angler inquiring about the identification of a 6.5-pound salmon he had caught from the Salmon River on Aug. 30. The angler, Cliff Chamberlan, thought he might have caught a rare pink salmon.

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Dan Ladd: Drought conditions take a toll across New York

Featured, Fishing, Hunting, Nature Page & Night Sky, New York, Opinion /

Back in the spring, when rains were washing out fishing trips and turkey hunts, I mentioned in this space that I wasn’t too complacent in terms of potential future drought conditions.
The indicator at that time was just how dry I noticed the soil to be while tilling my gardens, despite the amount of rain that had been falling throughout the region. Not to say, “I told you so,” but the spring reprieve from dry weather didn’t last long.

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Junior big game hunt runs Oct. 11-13 in New York; here’s what to know

Featured, Hunting, National Hunting, National News, New York, News /

Another youth big game hunting weekend is about to take place in New York, as Columbus Day weekend, Oct. 11-13, marks the annual hunt for junior hunters ages 12-15.
During what is labeled a “firearms” hunt, junior hunters may use a rifle, shotgun, or muzzleloading firearm under the supervision of an experienced adult mentor with a NYS hunting license. They and their mentors must follow the state’s hunter orange/pink laws and cannot hunt from treestands.

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