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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New York’s Sara-Spa State Park moving forward with bowhunting to control deer herd
More than 30 people turned out for a May 14 meeting at Saratoga-Spa State Park to hear and discuss a proposal to allow bowhunting on over 600 acres of parkland this fall.
Park officials and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation have determined that white-tailed deer are over-browsing many areas of the park and that the proposal is a “good start” to addressing the situation.
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Vermont celebrates its wild turkey restoration history
On a breezy Saturday afternoon in mid-April, over 150 people gathered in the tiny Vermont unincorporated village of West Pawlet – just 200 yards from the New York border – to celebrate the reintroduction and eventual hunting success of wild turkeys.
It was in Pawlet nearly six decades ago that a handful of turkeys captured in New York were released. They prospered to the point where they were used as a resource to stock other parts of the state and further beyond.
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Dan Ladd: New York’s lead-tainted venison bill is a head scratcher
It’s always something this time of year, especially when it comes to our state legislature and hunting and trapping legislation in New York.
A few years ago, it was banning coyote hunting contests, and most recently consideration to require hunters to report the taking of large canines and DEC to investigate them. Then there was a bill that would’ve put insurmountable requirements on gun ranges.
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New York DEC commissioner discusses crossbows, future projects with outdoor writers group
The New York State Outdoor Writers Association recently held its annual conference in Greene and Columbia counties, where one of the highlights was a chance to sit down for a discussion with New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Amanda Lefton.
Lefton joined the group at the Glencadia Rod & Gun Club, in Kinderhook. Also addressing the outdoor scribes was Steve Hurst, DEC’s Chief of the Bureau of Fisheries, along with Big Game Unit Leader Brendan Quirion.
Episode 97: New York’s antlerless deer harvest proposals
New York DEC’s recently proposed antlerless deer regulations have been
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New York DEC biologist, commissioner weigh in on antlerless deer proposals as public comment deadline looms
As the public comment period for a series of proposed hunting regulations, mainly involving antlerless deer, is poised to close, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said it will not rush to make decisions regarding the potential adoption of the proposals.
As of mid-May, with about a week to go in the comment period that ends Sunday, May 17, DEC Commissioner Amanda Lefton and Big Game Unit Leader Brendan Quirion said during a meeting with members of the New York State Outdoor Writers Association that there were over 900 comments to sort through at that time.
Dan Ladd: Like or don’t like New York’s deer management proposals? Let DEC know about it
I’ve mentioned a number of times how much social media has blown up over DEC’s recent deer management proposals that the agency hopes will encourage hunters to take more antlerless deer.
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