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New York crossbow bill advances in ENCON committees

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Bipartisan legislation to expand crossbow hunting in New York is working its way through both the Senate and the Assembly. If eventually passed, the bill, which amends environmental conservation law, would allow the potential use of crossbows during any big game season and in any area longbows are permitted.
The bill, A08330A/S06360-A, cleared the Environmental Conservation Committees in both the Senate and the Assembly, where it has hit a roadblock in the past.

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Adirondack brook trout plan proposed, with public invited to comment

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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Adirondack Brook Trout Pond Management Plan is getting closer to being realized. DEC recently released a draft version of the plan, which is now available for review and for public comment through June 13.
Among the key regulation proposals in the plan is that the season for Adirondack brook trout ponds will remain April 1 – Oct. 15, and the catch/creel limit will be five fish per-day, of any size.

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Joe Rist, New York Outdoor News’ Person of the Year, helps veterans find some peace on trout streams

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Joe Rist, owner of Trout Town Flies, in Roscoe, in the Catskills is the 2025 New York Outdoors News Person of the Year.
The accolades and anecdotes shared by Rist’s colleagues are not just stories of a guy who ties flies that catch big trout, or one who even has a habit of helping a new angler put fish in the net (something Rist loves to do). Rather they celebrate his underlying support of military veterans and his innovative approach to using fly-fishing as a means of healing one’s mind.

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Dan Ladd: Keep an eye on fire danger despite New York’s recent rain

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I admit, I’m a weather geek and it’s something that dates back to a meteorology course I took in college. In fact, because of my broadcasting background – also primarily in college – my wife often jokes that I should have considered a career as a TV meteorologist.
With that, looking back to March I’ve unfortunately realized that it has rained each of the past six Saturdays (and looking like seven at press time) in the northern and eastern regions of New York, which has resulted in a lot of cussing from weekend anglers and now, turkey hunters, too (including this one). But the fact is, we need the rain.

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Remains of hiker missing since Thanksgiving weekend found on New York’s Allen Mountain

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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has confirmed the remains of missing hiker Leo DuFour were found off the Allen Mountain trail in Essex County, in the Adirondacks.

On the morning of Saturday, May 10, DEC received a report about remains found by a hiking party and deployed Forest Rangers, a DEC Division of Law Enforcement Bureau of Environmental Crimes Investigator, and New York State Police to the location. Recovery of the subject was coordinated with the New York State Police.

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New York lawmakers to focus on bills after budget delay

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On April 28, nearly a month after the April 1 deadline, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced an agreement had been reached with the state’s legislative leaders on key priorities in the Fiscal Year 2026 New York State Budget, which was poised to tally $254 billion.
But at press time, negotiations with the state legislature were still occurring and the budget had yet to pass, making it nearly six weeks late, and the latest since 2010. However, there was anticipation that passage was close to being realized as several items in the anticipated $254 billion budget continued to be negotiated. Among Hochul’s budget proposals was $357 million to be directed toward gun violence in New York.

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New York’s turkey hunters battle some wet conditions to bag their birds

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While some areas of New York remained dry to the point where wildfires continued to be a risk this spring, rainy weather has plagued many parts of the state as of late, and surely played a role during the state’s annual youth turkey hunting weekend, as well as the first week of the spring gobbler season.
The regular turkey hunting season began May 1, and for many hunters their first outings were Saturday and Sunday, May 3-4. Once again, wet weather greeted hunters, especially in eastern and northern New York.

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Dan Ladd: Be safe on New York’s waters this spring

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It’s been an interesting spring – or lack thereof – for nearly all of New York thus far. The thermometer has been riding an up-and-down roller coaster-like pattern and nearly everyone I’ve talked to, especially boating anglers, are wondering if the wind will ever quit blowing.
Should the long-term weather forecast I’m looking at around press time hold, things are about to change for the better and just in time for the May 1 spring gobbler opener and of course, fishing seasons for walleyes, northern pike, tiger muskies and pickerel.

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