This year is Super El Nino year, as in 2015 and 2006, so expect mild temps and lots of rain. Take advantage of any good weather in mid-October to early November when the first of two 2026 spikes in rutting will peak no matter what, according to 50 years of data.
New York Outdoor News rut tracker: How will Super El Nino impact things? Read More »
The big buck strode down the trail next to posted signs, invisibly and unconsciously misting scent from multiple glands, the way of his kind. Every one of his thousands and varied epithelial tissues were expelling pheromones, all and each eloquently explaining to any member of his tribe who he is.
After all, the whitetail rut was nearing a peak.
Oak Duke: The whitetail’s social media Read More »
There is just something about 10-point bucks…
And this summer, three of the properties I monitor have 10-pointers crowding SIM card space! Feels like a lottery win. Never seen anything like it. One 10 is great, two 10-pointers… unbelievable…but three? Wow!
Oak Duke: 10-pointers to monitor in New York, but first a doe Read More »
With deer season now on the horizon, a hunting buddy skeptically asked over a grill at a cookout, “How can the moon affect the rut?
Deer hunter talk. Sure… he was baiting, knowing full well that I’ve been a proponent of the theory that the moon indeed has not only an effect on the timing of the whitetail rut, especially here in the temperate latitudes, but can be used as an indicator, a prediction model.
Oak Duke: The moon and the deer Read More »
The other day on the trout stream…contemplation was shattered by a young man yelling downstream. Arguing. Loud yelling on a trout stream…unheard of!
The times are changing all right…and not for the better. “A trout stream is one place for peace and quiet,” says the grouchy old man.
Oak Duke: Never trust a hungry bear (and bears are always hungry) Read More »
Some of us who fish may not like to admit it when we get caught by our own hooks.
Embarrassing, but we are not alone. According to national medical statistics, well over a million self-inflicted hookups occur annually in the U.S. and Canada.
Oak Duke: Hooked on fishing, quite literally Read More »
As New York’s spring gobbler season rolls along, you can bet your best call that a frustrated hunter will say that the season dates need to be changed.
“Birds done gobblin’ now by the first week.” “Can’t buy a gobble.”
New York’s traditional opening day for gobblers is May 1. That date was chosen for the month-long season back when it first started in 1968 in just a couple counties.
Oak Duke: Time to change New York’s gobbler season opener? Read More »
A Lake Ontario Rainbow trout was hooked and reeled in near Point Breeze, N.Y.
Big deal? Lots of Great Lake Rainbows are caught each year. Thousands. But this steelhead’s downstream journey logged 140 miles starting near the Pennsylvania line. This itinerant trout’s trip had its genesis at the Randolph Fish hatchery.
Oak Duke: Rainbow trout becomes a steelhead Read More »
Good news for archers and for those of us who carry firearms into the deer woods too, here in the northeast and the Midwest. Not only will the 2026 whitetail rut unfold earlier than last season but it will feature a second high point, thus two high activity periods.
Oak Duke: Looking ahead to New York’s 2026 whitetail rut Read More »
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