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Dan Ladd

Early muzzleloading season in New York’s Northern Zone: A perfect time to be in the woods

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

There is a watch on one of our Adirondack deer drives that produces a buck nearly every year, sometimes more than one. Uncharacteristically, it’s a small clearing surrounded on three sides by thick brush, which serve as pinch-points the deer will work their way through, and past the watcher/stander, when we tackle this drive.
For whatever reason, the deer are often well ahead of the drivers/pushers when we make this drive, even though these hunters are moving stealthily. Still, this makes it a perfect early-season push, including during the early muzzleloading season in the Northern Zone.

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Will hunters, shooters support New York’s new background checksystem?

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

The readers of this publication said it all, at least those who took the time to visit our website and take our by-weekly online poll. In the Aug. 25 issue we asked the question: Have you been buying ammunition out of state to avoid having your personal information collected by the state police? When we went to press with the Sept. 8 issue the responses were a whopping 93% “yes” and just 7% “no,” eventually tapering to 87/13 respectively just before the next poll was posted.
If these numbers reflect the intentions of New York’s hunting and shooting crowd, then the state’s new firearms and ammunition background check system may have a tough time generating the revenue its creators envision.

Will hunters, shooters support New York’s new background checksystem? Read More »

Mixing work and play in New York’s North Country

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

When I came on board here at New York Outdoor News in March of 2020, I envisioned that part of the job would entail a little time on the road. It might be chasing stories or spending some time in the booth at the occasional sports show.
It hasn’t been as frequent as imagined. The first thing that happened, just weeks after I began, was COVID. This year has been the busiest since. During the winter and spring months I set up a subscription table at a couple of sportsmen’s shows and also dropped by shows in Oneida and Johnstown to help man the bigger booth there with our sales folks. But, taking work on the road is yet another approach I’ve intended to explore.

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Construction progressing on 34-mile Adirondack Rail Trail in New York

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

On Aug. 23, dozens of recreationists attended a public meeting held by the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation to update the public on developments of the Adirondack Rail Trail.
The meeting was held at the Adirondack Park Agency headquarters in Ray Brook.
Currently under construction, the Adirondack Rail Trail is a future 34-mile recreational path being constructed on a former railroad corridor that will run from Tupper Lake to Lake Placid. It is a DEC-managed segment of the Remsen-Lake Placid Travel Corridor, the remainder of which remains as railroad and is managed by the Department of Transportation, 119 miles in all.

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New York’s Northern Zone bowhunters can expect a strong mast crop when deer season opens Sept. 27

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

Deer season in the Northern Zone officially gets under way with the opening of the early archery season on Sept. 27. And state wildlife officials are confident that hunters in the North Country will find not only a solid whitetail population during the Northern Zone hunting seasons, but one that is well-fed. 
Big Game Biologist for New York State, Brendan Quirion, with the state Department of Environmental Conservation said that with a few exceptions, mast crop production is strong across New York, including up north.

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Pheasant season on tap in New York: DEC recovers from March Avian Flu outbreak at Reynolds Game Farm

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

Pheasant hunters across New York are gearing up for a fall hunting season that just a few months ago remained questionable regarding if it would happen or not. 
In March, an outbreak of the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) devastated the breeder flock at the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Reynolds Game Farm in Ithaca. The outbreak, at what is New York’s only such facility, resulted in the entire flock of breeding pheasants – approximately 6,600 birds –  being depopulated and most of the facility being placed under quarantine. 

Pheasant season on tap in New York: DEC recovers from March Avian Flu outbreak at Reynolds Game Farm Read More »

Dealers face challenges on day one as New York State Police background check system debuts on firearm, ammunition sales

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

Although it was initially uncertain if it would happen as scheduled, on Sept. 13 the New York State Police began processing background checks for firearm, shotgun, rifle, and ammunition transactions in New York. 
The new system, which replaces federal NICS checks, is part of the 2022 Concealed Carry Improvement Act legislation, which mandates the State Police to perform background checks on ammunition purchases. On it’s first day, at least, dealers and consumers alike found the new system to be challenging. 

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Thoughts on New York’s “blaze orange” law and reader-submitted hunting photos

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

We’re about to embark on our third hunting season where big game hunters in New York are required to wear a hat or upper body clothing item that is at least 50% hunter orange or pink. The change was implemented just before the 2021 hunting seasons, and at the same time when hunting hours were adjusted to include 30 minutes of legal shooting time at each end of the day.
Being primarily a Northern Zone hunter, for so long I seldom thought about orange. That was until a friend of mine was shot by his brother-in-law when they were hunting together in the Adirondacks. After that – and especially after conducting an interview with him about his ordeal – I changed my tune and began regularly wearing an orange hat.

Thoughts on New York’s “blaze orange” law and reader-submitted hunting photos Read More »

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