Episode 27 — First Anniversary with Steve Piatt
The Great Northeast Podcast celebrates its first year with its
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Bear season may see slower start for New York hunters
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation remains confident that the state’s bear hunters will have a successful fall hunting season, but the action may come later rather than sooner.
DEC biologist Brendan Quirion said early season hunters likely will have difficulty crossing paths with a bruin.
“With ample food in the woods, it may be difficult for bear hunters to key in on specific food sources that bears are utilizing consistently,” Quirion said.
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Compact tractors are worth every penny for outdoor users
My life changed for the better about a decade ago. That was the year I made the decision that I was going to do something I should have done 15 years sooner: purchase a compact utility tractor.
If you own and/or have to maintain a considerable chunk of property, you owe it to yourself to take the plunge and buy a tractor. Once you do, you will wonder how you ever did without one.
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Sportsmen just want to be left alone, but that’s not how this works
Those of us who hunt, fish and trap, by nature, are a passive bunch. We just want to go sit in a treestand, hit our favorite trout stream or bass pond, and be left alone for a while. It’s where – luck, or no luck – we do our thinking, perhaps solve our problems, and simply become one not only with nature, but with ourselves.
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Bonus fishing all around central Adirondacks’ Bug Lake in New York
As the corner turns on summer, the sun gets further away from the Earth, and the days get shorter and shorter. That means trout waters start to once again cool down and trout anglers begin making plans for backcountry excursions.
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Sporting license sales under way in New York; rifle hunting allowed in Onondaga County
Sporting licenses in New York officially went on sale Aug. 3, just days after hunters were able to begin applying for Deer Management Permits on Aug. 1.
One change that recently occurred that will not be reflected in the new regulations guide is the fact that Onondaga County hunters will be able to use centerfire rifles, rather than shotguns, for big game hunting beginning this year.
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Archery, hunter-ed programs threatened by removal of federal funding
Sporting groups across the U.S. are heavily criticizing the Biden Administration following a July 31 report that the president and Secretary of Education Miguel Cardona intend to remove federal funding for hunter education and archery programs in public schools.
The de-funding stems from the administration’s interpretation of language in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act (BSCA) – a law passed by Congress and signed by Biden in 2022 following mass shootings in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas. The BSCA includes language prohibiting funding from providing “training in the use of a dangerous weapon.”
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New York’s Fulton County wildlife sports museum doubles in size
When the Wildlife Sports and Educational Museum opened in Vail Mills, near Amsterdam, in Fulton County back in 2006, it seemed like a sizable operation. Bob Kazmierski, a life-long taxidermist, had years earlier secured a former grocery store and helped organize a non-profit group to establish a 13,000-square-foot museum that would represent nearly every aspect of hunting, fishing, trapping and shooting sports, and much more.
Now the museum has doubled its space, as well as its displays.
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Ingenuity (and fun) abound at TearUp the Adirondacks gathering in New York
Last month Adrienne and I spent a weekend camping at Fish Creek Pond Campground (see back page, June 30) during what is called TearUp the Adirondacks.
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