Episode 58 — A conversation with The Deer Doctor, Peter Fiduccia
There’s no better time to talk about the whitetail rut
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A wilderness experience in New York’s High Peaks, but be prepared
If a serious back-country hunting or fishing adventure is what you seek, the famed High Peaks Wilderness Complex in the North/Central Adirondacks can offer it.
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New York’s Southern Zone crossbow season to commence as ADA permit usage continues to climb
The Southern Zone crossbow season begins Nov. 2, but more New York crossbow hunters have been afield already this autumn than during any other. That’s because of an Americans with Disabilities Act program that allows hunters with physical limitations to use a crossbow throughout New York’s archery seasons.
Although the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation began issuing the permits through the Reasonable Accommodation To Use an Unmodified Crossbow During The Regular Bow Season program as early as 2021, it began openly promoting and offering it last year, at which point roughly 3,800 hunters across the state had applied.
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signs six gun bills into law
Claiming gun violence in New York City has declined 47% since she took office, Gov. Kathy Hochul also signed package of six bills that she said will further strengthen New York’s gun laws.
Included in the package is a bill passed earlier this year by both houses that now requires firearms dealers to post tobacco-style safety warnings. Hochul also said in a press release that law enforcement agencies statewide have seized over 7,700 illegal guns so far this year.
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Dan Ladd: Still some confusion with New York’s new self-printed license format
Although New York’s bear hunting and archery seasons for deer have been open for a while, and there was the September antlerless deer hunt in parts of the Southern Zone, things amped up when the Northern Zone muzzleloading season began the weekend before going to print with this edition.
And of course, the talk, and even the misinformation, continues regarding the new plain paper, print-your-own tag system implemented this year.
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Episode 57 – How sportsmen can benefit from Soil & Water Conservation District programs
Jim Lieberum, of the Warren County Soil & Water Conservation
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Dan Ladd: Great New York deer hunting season coming? I’m looking forward to finding out
If you’ve been reading the articles in this publication, then you know that our friends at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation are optimistic for a solid deer harvest this fall.
Here in the Northern Zone, where I do most of my hunting, DEC biologists are encouraging hunters not to be overly hesitant when it comes to antlerless deer opportunities. Deer populations, they say, are robust. I consider them experts, trust their insight and I certainly hope they are correct.
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Wilson Hill WMA – Highly regulated and highly rewarding in New York’s St. Lawrence County
Waddington and Massena, both on the St. Lawrence River, have garnered a solid reputation in the world of professional bass fishing.
Both B.A.S.S. and Major League Fishing regularly hold top-pro bass tournaments here (although they’re taking a break in 2025). Along the shores of the big river, and almost within bird-shot distance of Canada, however, are some prime opportunities for hunters, especially waterfowl hunters, and even bowhunters too.
Dan Ladd: Here’s why print still matters in outdoors media
For nearly 30 years, before I came to New York Outdoor News, I worked for a media company, which in the beginning served primarily print customers. Over time, however that changed as the company found seriously profitable ways to market its data for digital platforms as they continued to develop.
About halfway through my career there I changed jobs, moving from what was considered a “cutting edge” electronic data department to one that serviced print clients. Some of my friends and co-workers thought I was delusional. “Print’s going way,” so many of them said, or something like “you’re going backward.”
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