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Battling for the bay: Chesapeake Bay cleanup likely heading to court

The Chesapeake Bay takes in water from 150 major rivers flowing from six states, including the Susquehanna here in New York. It is an invaluable estuary from which a dying breed of watermen still make their living, but it is getting harder for them to do so.Pollution of the bay’s waters is a product mainly to unsanitary stormwater runoff, over-fertilization and […]

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Thoughts on neighboring Pennsylvania’s Saturday deer opener

Home Page News, Hunting, Opinion / Mike Raykovicz

A Saturday opening day has its merits as well as its drawbacks, but if more hunters can get to go, then why not? For this hunter, keeping it to a Monday would prove far less frenzied.

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Preserving the memories: affordable options exist

Home Page News, Hunting, Opinion / Mike Raykovicz

A good taxidermy mount can be an expensive option, but for this blogger, there’s a more practical and far less expensive way to make the memory last.

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It’s not the size of the deer, it’s the size of the memory

Hunting, Opinion / Mike Raykovicz

Let’s face it. Deer season is about memories, both good and bad. I can vividly remember the morning a beautiful 10-point cautiously walked across an overgrown gas line that bisected the farm on which I was hunting. I was about 100 yards above him and the shot was easy. His antlers now grace a wall in my office. On the flip side,

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Hanging up the bow, sighting in the rifle

Hunting, Opinion / Mike Raykovicz

Archery season has come and gone and it remains to be seen as to how the next few weeks will play out now that the firearms season has opened. After chasing deer with a bow and arrow in two states for over six weeks, I remain deerless. Sure, there were those two small four points I could have arrowed, and the two

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Don’t knock lighted nocks

Hunting, Opinion / Mike Raykovicz

Few can argue about the impact technological developments have had on archery in the past decade. From broadheads to bows, these advancements now allow many of us to shoot straighter and to achieve better results both in the field and on the range. Lighted nocks are one of those developments, and the first ones were developed by brothers Eric and

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Preparation is key for archery hunters

Hunting, Opinion / Mike Raykovicz

September is now a memory and archery season here in New York’s Southern zone is already open. Pennsylvania’s archery season opened on Oct. 5t and I believe this is the first time the New York season opened before the Pennsylvania season. I’ve always felt extremely lucky to be able to hunt two states because there’s no Sunday

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Pennsylvania CWD regs could impact New York hunters in the Keystone State

Hunting, Opinion / Mike Raykovicz

Chronic wasting disease is an untreatable and fatal brain and nervous system disease found in deer, elk, and moose and it’s of grave concern for biologists around the country. Fortunately, there have been no cases discovered in New York since 2005. However, that’s not the case with 24 other states, including Pennsylvania, where CWD has been discovered in both captive and free-ranging deer

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States, including New York, continue to grapple with CWD fears

Hunting, Opinion / Mike Raykovicz

Chronic wasting disease is an untreatable and fatal brain and nervous system disease found in deer, elk, and moose, and it’s of grave concern to biologists around the country. Fortunately, there have been no cases discovered in New York since 2005. However, that’s not the case with 24 other states, including Pennsylvania, where CWD has been discovered in both captive and free-ranging

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Battling for the bay: Chesapeake Bay cleanup likely heading to court

Thoughts on neighboring Pennsylvania’s Saturday deer opener

Preserving the memories: affordable options exist

It’s not the size of the deer, it’s the size of the memory

Hanging up the bow, sighting in the rifle

Don’t knock lighted nocks

Preparation is key for archery hunters

Pennsylvania CWD regs could impact New York hunters in the Keystone State

States, including New York, continue to grapple with CWD fears

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