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New York artist makes dress entirely from shotgun shells for holidays

Denise Moody’s artistic creation makes for a unique decoration during the holiday season at the Lakeside Vista Restaurant and Tavern on the western shore of Otisco Lake, the eastern-most Finger Lake.
It’s a dress made entirely of shotgun shells, displayed near the restaurant’s Christmas tree. The lower part of the dress is made from red-colored, shotgun shell casings. The upper part is made from the brass from the shells.

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Car-top boat launch, fishing pier set to open on New York’s Skaneateles Lake after eagle nest delays project

Construction is substantially complete on a new fishing pier and car-top boat launch at the southwest end of Skaneateles Lake.
The New York Department of Environmental Conservation has partnered with the City of Syracuse on the $330,000 project, which has been delayed for more than a decade due mainly to concerns about a bald eagle nest in a white pine tree across the road.

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Work on New York’s Skaneateles Lake boat launch and fishing pier slated for 2025

A New York State Department of Environmental Conservation fishing pier/boat launch project on the southwest end of Skaneateles Lake has been delayed for nearly a decade – primarily because of a nearby bald eagle nest.
Work finally started late last year, but stopped this year. Nevertheless, DEC officials say the project is still a go.

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Carp World Championship not coming to New York’s Onondaga Lake in 2027

A proposal to hold the 2027 Carp World Championship on Onondaga Lake in Syracuse has been scrapped.
“I’ll be careful with my words. All in all, it just didn’t work out,” said Mike McNett, treasurer and freshwater sports director for the U.S. Angling Confederation.
The competition, pegged as “the Olympics of Carp Fishing,” would have featured some 150 anglers from more than two dozen countries. It would have been the first time the event would have been held in this country.

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New York’s Middletown air rifle team wins American Legion title, continues dominant stretch

American Legion Post 151 in Middletown, N.Y., has a storied history of teenage shooters and state championships.
For the 32nd year in a row, the shooting team affiliated with the Legion post from Orange County finished first in the Sporter Air Rifle division of the New York State American Legion 3-P (three position) Air Rifle Championships.

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Leashed tracking dog comes home after being lost four days in the New York woods

Just before midnight on Nov. 2, Brenda Dixon heard something on her front porch. She quickly opened the door and there was Dachs, their small dog that had been missing in the woods for a little more than four days. She and her husband both burst into tears.

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New York Bowhunters founding member, Walt Dixon, reflects on accomplishments, and use of crossbows

Walt Dixon has been a long-time champion of bowhunting and hunting in general in New York State.
Dixon, 75, of Tully, in Onondaga County, is a charter member of the New York Bowhunters Inc. He played a key role in its original formation in 1991, was the group’s second president and did administrative work for the association for close to 20 years.

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New York hunters have venison donation options

Want to donate that deer you arrow or shoot this fall to a worthy cause?
Two organizations – Feeding New York State with its 10 regional food banks, along with the Venison Donation Coalition – are working separately with meat processors across the state to ensure donated venison is distributed to needy individuals.

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Illegally-introduced walleyes threaten salmon, trout fishery in New York’s Skaneateles Lake

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation’s war on walleyes in Skaneateles Lake had its start in 2016 when anglers first began reporting catches of the tasty and popular game fish in the Finger Lake.
DEC verified their presence in the lake the following year with a fisheries survey using gill nets, said Emily Zollweg-Horan, senior aquatic biologist at the DEC’s Region 7 office in Cortland.
“It is still unknown who illegally introduced walleye and DEC never authorized a stocking permit,” she said.
Skaneateles Lake, a deep, cold-water lake, has historically been one of the best rainbow trout and Atlantic salmon fisheries in the Finger Lakes.

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