Glenn Sapir, Author at Outdoor News

Glenn Sapir: Your greatest day outdoors can come right out your back door

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If you are busy in the outdoors during the early days of the new year, good for you. For many, however, January begins a slow period, with much of their leisure time spent indoors. It is a time to look forward to upcoming months and activities and a chance to look back on the year that just passed.
In those moments of contemplation, here is something to toss around in your head: What was the best hunting day and the best fishing day you ever experienced?

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When it comes to empty stringers and unfilled tags, there’s always an excuse; here are some of the best

Fishing, Hunting, National Fishing, National Hunting, New York, Opinion / Glenn Sapir

How was the autumn foliage in your area this year? If it was spectacular, no excuses are needed. If it wasn’t, the “experts,” that is, everyone and anyone on the street with whom you might discuss the disappointing, monochromatic leaves, has an opinion.
One might proffer that the temperatures had been too warm. Another might say it had been too cold. I’ve noticed that fishermen and hunters use similar excuses for lack of success. In fact, I might be guilty of going that route once or twice.

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Logging your outdoor adventures is worth the effort

Featured, Features, Fishing, Hunting, National Fishing, National Hunting, New York / Glenn Sapir

When I was an editor at Field & Stream Magazine, I would often travel on assignment to somewhat exotic fishing and hunting destinations.
At the end of each day afield or on the water I would retreat to my tent, cabin or wherever else I was lodging and write down copious notes of the day’s activities. From those notes I could later write articles that captured the details of the trip. Furthermore, from time to time I would later read those notes, allowing me the joy of reliving those special experiences. Unfortunately, I didn’t take the same notes for my much more plentiful local outings. Oh, how I wish I did!

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Nobody Asked Me, But…: Quick-hit thoughts on New York’s outdoor issues

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…From personal observations, the effects of Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD) in my part of the state really took a toll on the whitetail population two years ago, and the deer herd does not seem to be recovering quickly. I hope the DEC has not over-allotted Deer Management Permits for the affected Wildlife Management Units.

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Hunting and fishing licenses: The backbone of New York’s fish and wildlife management

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When I hung up the phone after making my annual license purchases, I felt very pleased. First of all, I was legal for the coming year, a status I have enjoyed since I was 16. Second, I had drawn both Deer Management Permits for which I had I requested, including one for New York’s 3-H Wildlife Management Unit. A DMP for that unit had been a seemingly nearly impossible draw in recent years.
I had another reason to feel good. In the process of purchasing my license, I had also purchased a Habitat Access and Improvement Stamp and made a contribution to the Venison Coalition. I was paying my dues.

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New York’s early goose season offers hunters a fine start to fall

Featured, Features, Hunting, National Hunting, New York / Glenn Sapir

For me, the coming of September brought sad thoughts when I was growing up. For one thing, it meant an end to my delightful stay at our family’s summer home, where I could fish, stalk flying insects, and hunt frogs. It also meant that it would be the last month to fish for trout until the following April, as you then weren’t permitted by law to target trout in the offseason, even if you fully intended to release the fish. Of course, it also meant the start of school, a dreadful realization indeed.

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Here’s how to make the most of fishing during the dog days of summer

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We are in the midst of the dog days of summer, when the weather is uncomfortably hot and humid. For me, that means fishing in early morning or late evening, when the waters are at their coolest and torrid sunshine isn’t beating down, raising beads of sweat to the surface of my skin.

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How lessons from “summer school” helped shape me as a sportsman

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When I was a kid, to me summer began in July. That’s when school had ended, perhaps later than in any other state, and good times in the country would begin, free of a classroom. At the time, however, I didn’t realize or appreciate that those summer months also provided a school for me.

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A wacky way of bass fishing that works wonders

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On the occasion of fishing with Virgil, we rigged his purple 6-inch worms Texas style, with the hook point embedded in the worm. Throwing his bait into inviting shoreline cover, Virgil came out with a 9-pound Florida largemouth.
“Throw in there and catch his grandpa,” Virgil encouraged me, and with the same worm setup as his, I made a perfect cast toward the blowdown lying in the water. In seconds I was bringing in a 7-pound hawg.

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Glenn Sapir: Your greatest day outdoors can come right out your back door

When it comes to empty stringers and unfilled tags, there’s always an excuse; here are some of the best

Logging your outdoor adventures is worth the effort

Nobody Asked Me, But…: Quick-hit thoughts on New York’s outdoor issues

Hunting and fishing licenses: The backbone of New York’s fish and wildlife management

New York’s early goose season offers hunters a fine start to fall

Here’s how to make the most of fishing during the dog days of summer

How lessons from “summer school” helped shape me as a sportsman

A wacky way of bass fishing that works wonders

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