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New York’s Gibson Brothers have a passion for bucks, brookies, bird dogs and bluegrass

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Among the success stories that have originated from New York in relation to artists, entertainers or even sports figures, are the Gibson Brothers – a Bluegrass music act from Clinton County, in Northern New York. Brothers Eric and Leigh Gibson, along with fellow bandmate Mike Barber, have certainly earned any notoriety they have gained and have become icons in the Bluegrass music industry. The music the Gibson Brothers play and the rural lifestyle it pays homage to is solidly ingrained in them. So, it’s only natural that sporting interests like hunting and fishing, along with numerous other outdoor activities, are part of their lives.

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Dan Ladd: Much to learn at a New York State Safe Boating Course

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Effective this year, New York residents who operate a motorized boat in New York State are required to take a safe boating course and earn a safe boating certificate. This applies to anyone who operates any motorized watercraft, including small boats and canoes powered by electric trolling motors.
This requirement is the result of Brianna’s Law, passed in 2019 in the name of an 11-year-old girl killed in a boating accident in 2005.

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Dan Ladd: Is more January hunting in the works in New York?

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Among the interesting topics readers have been discussing and debating as of late is one that revolves around any potential possibility that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation might expand deer hunting in the Southern Zone into January.
As we reported, on more than one occasion, DEC was encouraging hunters to harvest antlerless deer ahead of, and during the most recent deer seasons, in both zones, actually. We’ll see how those numbers pan out when harvest statistics are released this spring and if some of DEC’s antlerless harvest goals were realized.

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New York to get $32 million in federal conservation funds

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New York is poised to receive nearly $32 million in federal conservation funds for the Fiscal Year 2025. The funding is among $1.3 billion in apportionments nationwide though the Wildlife Restoration Act, better known as Pittman-Robertson and Dingell-Johnson funds thanks to  excise taxes paid by sportsmen.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service recently announced the apportionments to support states, commonwealths and territories in its efforts to fund conservation and connect people with nature.

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Dan Ladd: Might there be a normal ice fishing season in New York?

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I used to really be into winter. In fact, as soon as deer season was over, I would be breaking out the ice fishing gear, tuning up the cross-country skis and watching the weather forecast hoping for the snow and cold, all the while keeping in touch with my fishing and skiing partners as we awaited the arrival of winter conditions.
There hasn’t been too much of that in recent years, at least in my neck of the woods here in the Southeastern Adirondacks. However, there is snow in parts of New York, and as we’ve previously reported, some ice as well.

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New York DEC issues 413 bass tournament permits through new system

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Bass fishing tournament organizers wasted no time in reacting to a new regulation requiring them to obtain a permit to hold an event on a New York water. And the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Bureau of Fisheries likewise was quick to get the new system up and running.
The bureau recently announced that as of Jan. 1, 413 permits had been issued for 2025. They also provided online resources for applying, reporting on, and keeping track of them.

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New York ECOs, Forest Rangers rescue ice-stranded moose on lake in the Central Adirondacks

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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation reports that Forest Rangers and Environmental Conservation Police Officers teamed up to rescue a moose that had broken through the ice on Lake Abanakee, in Hamilton County.
On Jan. 16, Division of Law Enforcement Lieutenant Robert Higgins and ECO Alan Brassard responded to Lake Abanakee, just outside the Hamlet of Indian Lake, in the Central Adirondacks, after receiving a report that a moose had broken through the ice. The Officers arrived and observed the moose in the lake, surrounded by ice, and unable to get out. 

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