Episode 99: Debbie Brosen — the New York Outdoor News 2026 Person of The Year
After summarizing the DEC’s new hunting regulations centered around harvesting
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New York DEC adopts antlerless deer proposals, including earn-a-second-buck program
A month after the comment period closed for a series of proposed hunting regulations designed to entice hunters to harvest more antlerless deer, the package has been fully adopted by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and will be in place for the fall hunting seasons.
This includes the much-debated earn-a-second buck program, which will require hunters to harvest an antlerless deer before they can obtain a second buck tag.
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New York Outdoor News’ 2026 Person of the Year has talent she uses to strengthen the outdoors
Debbie Brosen’s talent as an artist is evident in the work she’s become renowned for, especially painting wildlife scenes on turkey feathers (top). Through the years, she’s contributed her artwork for the benefit of numerous conservation organizations and events.
Election day archery buck enters New York record book as non-typical
When Mike Betanzos Jr. arrowed the biggest buck of his life in Ulster County, N.Y., on election day last November, he knew it had record book potential. But, as so many hunters often attest, the buck meant much more.
Still, Betanzos, who lives in Wallkill, is pleased that his buck, which had 17 scorable points, will likely enter the New York State Big Buck Club’s record book at No. 12 in the bow non-typical category with a net score of 193-3.
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Hochul’s late FY27 New York budget includes new firearms provisions
New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s FY27 Enacted Budget was 57 days late, but it included further restrictions on firearms, particularly Glock-style semi-automatic handguns, and 3D printing.
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New York’s Concealed Carry Improvement Act sensitive places rule sacked by appeals court
A pair of gun rights groups claimed victory after a three-judge panel of the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals on May 18 ruled in their favor. The ruling strikes down a provision in Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2022 Concealed Carry Improvement Act that banned the carrying of firearms on private property open to the public unless the owner(s) displayed signage granting such permission.
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Dan Ladd: The harsh reality of ticks on the New York landscape
On our camping trip, Adrienne wasn’t exactly wandering around in the brush or woods. In fact, she does more of that on her daily walks around our home property. Still, she managed to have two blacklegged (deer) ticks embedded on her over the weekend. The reason, I believe, was her attire.
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Episode 98 — Ticks in the Northeast
After his wife had not one, but two tick bites
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Dan Ladd: Hoping for a successful late turkey season
Anyone who has ever played a sport of any kind, whether it was baseball or basketball in high school, or even bowling, billiards or golf (or more likely today, pickellball) knows what a slump is.
Those of us who hunt and fish know the same misery from time to time, and that has been the story of my spring turkey season thus far. And it began right away.
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