Youth hunt needs more discussion; Oct. 1 bow opener remains in place Albany – DEC’s much-scrutinized five-year deer management plan has been revised after public comments focused on several of its proposals. While the plan will guide the state’s whitetail management efforts for the next five years, it was, not surprisingly, proposals affecting hunters and […]
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(A reminder: All persons, regardless of age, aboard a pleasure vessel less than 21 feet must wear a Personal Flotation Device (PFD) from Nov. 1 to May 1.) Western New York Lake Ontario and tributaries: Tributary action has picked up considerably thanks to rain and cooling temperatures. Salmon and trout can be found in the
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Great fishing, but a tough economy Albany – Fishing license sales in New York declined again in 2010-11, but didn’t take the double-digit nosedive seen a year earlier on the heels of a fee hike. And while license sales dipped another 5 percent this season, the general feeling is that a sour economic climate was
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Season Dates Nov. 4: Fall turkey season opens (portions of state) Nov. 5: Duck season reopens (Southeast Zone) Nov. 9: Snipe, rail and gallinule seasons close Nov. 10: Beaver/mink/muskrat/otter trapping season opens (portions of state) Nov. 12-13: Youth Waterfowl Hunt (Long Island) Nov. 14: Woodcock season closes Nov. 18: Canada goose season closes (East Central and Hudson Valley zones)
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Albany – A abundance of apples is apparently responsible for a low bear kill during the early bear hunting season in the Adirondacks, according to DEC biologists. Harvest reports during the early bear season (Sept. 17-Oct. 14) are trickling in this fall compared to last season. “It’s down quite a bit from last year,” DEC
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Springfield – Firearms deer hunters should expect a challenge similar to last year when the first weekend season opens Nov. 18. Last season, there were 98,944 deer killed during the two gun seasons, slightly fewer than the 99,755 killed the year before. The three years prior saw a decrease from 114,722 deer in 2006 to
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Region I A CPO checked a fisherman at the Hennepin Canal. A cast net was lying on the ground and the fisherman was sitting on a bucket with a lid. An inspection revealed six baby bluegills in the bucket, but there was no evidence showing the 2-inch bluegills were caught by hook and line. The
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Raymond, Ill. – Darin Richard son pulled the butt plate off an 1897 Winchester and discovered Illinois hunting history in the shotgun’s stock. “For an outdoorsman like myself, it’s a really cool thing,” the owner of Scattergun Sports in the small central Illinois town of Raymond said. Tucked inside the wooden stock were five Illinois hunting
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Springfield – Slowly, but surely, Illinois’ deer population is reaching equilibrium. There have been a lot of factors, but a better harvest sex ratio is a primary factor. “I would have to say the sex ratios of our harvest the last couple years have been really, really good, and that has gotten us where we
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