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Sportsmen Since 1968

Dan Ladd

Collegiate clay target league gaining steam in New York

As another New York State High School Clay Target League season concludes and competitors eye the upcoming state championships June 10-11, the opportunity is now there for New York high schooler’s to literally take their shooting sports to another level once they graduate. 
Three New York colleges participated for the first time in the spring season of the USA College Clay Target League, which wrapped up in May. Overall, 36 college teams are assigned to five conferences based on team size.

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Sporting interests monitor Albany as New York legislative session nears the end

As the 2023 legislative session is about to conclude in Albany on June 8, sportsmen are watching the clock to see what will develop surrounding legislative items that could affect members of the sporting community, primarily hunters.
After a break for Memorial Day weekend that began May 24, the legislature will reconvene May 30 for three days, and then four more days June 5-8. Here’s a look at five legislative items sportsmen are watching, and where things stand.

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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.

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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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