Ep. 21 — Pat Guyette of Huntstock
The second annual Huntstock – a three day gathering of
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After a year on the job, New York Fish and Wildlife Director looks back, and especially ahead
Early in 2022, Dr. Jackie Lendrum was appointed as the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s Director of Fish & Wildlife, coming from DEC’s Division of Water. After more than a year on the job, she recently took some time to sit down with New York Outdoor News to talk about what’s transpired in the past year-plus, and also what New York’s sporting community can expect in the future.
New York’s 2022 whitetail harvest: a deeper look at the data
Starting in the Southern Zone, the 2022 take of 199,319 whitetails is up from 181,750 in 2021, like the statewide harvest this is a 10% increase.
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The good and bad coming out of the New York State legislature
Gov. Kathy Hochul was finally able to bring Congress together and pass a state budget, and there’s good news, but at the same time – and not all related to the budget – there some questions remaining.
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New York State Police hiring ammo database manager
The realization of an ammunition background check system in New York is getting closer.
On April 24, the New York State Police listed a job posting seeking candidates for a position listed as State Police Operations Specialist 3. The listing is posted on the State Police website.
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Youth deer hunt survives in New York, included in budget
While lawmakers in Albany haggled over the eventual $229 billion budget – and things like a minimum wage increase, bail laws and unlicensed marijuana shops – New York’s sporting community awaited word on the fate of the Pilot Junior Hunting program, one of many one-house bills they hoped would be included in the final budget. It was.
Also, parks, summer camps, CCIA limitations clarified, lead ammo ban gains steam.
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Episode 20 — Late Season Gobblers
New York Outdoor News Editor Dan Ladd tackles this episode
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New York’s Northern Zone turkey hunts have their challenges and rewards
One spring turkey season opener a few years back, I had spent the first two hours of the morning hunting a new and promising spot in the farm country of the Southern Zone. Because of the drive to get there, I didn’t roost any birds the evening prior, but my scouting efforts indicated plenty of turkeys in the area.
That sunrise hunt turned out to be uneventful and as I sat on the edge of a big cornfield I could not help but let the inevitable urge to move overcome me.
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Episode 19 – Great Lakes Preview
In association with the May 5 edition of New York
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