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Steve Piatt: The sounds, and feelings, mark the true start of spring

Featured, Features, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, Nature Page & Night Sky, New York /

Sure, the calendar said March 20 was officially the first day of spring, but like any other year, I paid no attention to that designation.
Neither, too, do many wildlife species. Spring isn’t a date on the calendar each year. It’s a feeling, a sound, something that nudges me out of the sluggish state I typically settle into after deer season and the holidays.

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New York’s Dutch Hollow Brook a solid Owasco Lake tributary

Lake Profile, Lake Profile, New York /

It’s not easy being a rainbow or brown trout in Owasco Lake.
It’s been that way for about 20 years now, as Owasco’s lake trout and walleye populations soared and those fish had a field day preying on the browns and ’bows, particularly fall fingerlings stocked by the DEC in both the lake and Dutch Hollow Brook.

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New York NWTF chapter celebrates 50 years of boosting big birds

Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, National News, New York, News /

A 50th anniversary of anything is a big deal, and it was just that when the New York state chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation celebrated 50 years of existence.
The event was highlighted by the induction of three individuals into the New York State NWTF chapter’s Hall of Fame; updates on conservation and research projects focusing on the wild turkey; and a live auction of a rare turkey call donated by Quaker Boy Game Calls CEO Chris Kirby.

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Steve Piatt: The life of a Labrador centers around a routine

Featured, Features, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, New York /

Years of experience in Labrador retriever ownership told me to remove my glasses before exiting the truck and walking in the door after a six-day stint at the Great American Outdoor Show in Harrisburg, Pa.
I was about to get mauled, this time by a joyous Molly and Riley, who had been out of sorts during my absence, as they are also when Paula is on the road for any extended period, which in a Lab’s world is anything more than three hours, it seems.

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Queechy Lake: Stocked trout, and plenty of largemouths in New York’s Columbia County

Lake Profile, Lake Profile, New York /

And the water quality and temperature – the lake has a maximum depth of 40 feet – allow some of the trout that survive the early-season fishing pressure to hold over. Reports of catching browns and rainbows on either side of the 20-inch mark are credible and fairly common.

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Ohio father, son capture calling, call-making titles at NWTF Grand National Calling Championships

Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, National News, News, Ohio /

In the world of competition turkey calling and call-making, let’s just say it’s tough to keep up with the Joneses.
That was truer than ever this year as Dustin Jones of Beaver, Ohio, came home from the National Wild Turkey Federation’s (NWTF) annual convention and sport show with two major awards, and his son, Ethan, returned with a calling championship.

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Pennsylvania man’s box calls take top NWTF honors

Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, National News, News, Pennsylvania /

Ed Terefencko didn’t make the trip this year to the National Wild Turkey Federation’s annual Convention and Sport Show.
Fortunately, he sent his turkey calls to the event. Terefencko, of Pottsville, Pa., walked off with a trio of prestigious honors in the NWTF’s annual call-making competition, solidifying his reputation as one of the top callmakers in the country.

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Pennsylvania 15-year-old wins fourth NWTF calling title in junior division

Featured, Home Page News, Hunting, National Hunting, National News, News, Pennsylvania /

Bo Bartlebaugh won’t be competing in the Junior Division at next year’s National Wild Turkey Federation Grand National Turkey Calling Championships. He’ll be 16 years old, and that division is for callers ages 11-15.

That’s probably just fine with a lot of youths: Bartlebaugh, of Armagh, Pa., continued his dominance last month by capturing his fourth straight Junior Division title.

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Hemlock Lake in New York isn’t your typical Finger Lake

Lake Profile, Lake Profile, New York /

For starters, it’s one of the smallest of the 11 Finger Lakes at 1,800 acres. Honeoye Lake is just slightly smaller, and nearby Canadice Lake is the smallest at a mere 649 acres.
But Hemlock’s uniqueness goes well beyond its size, or relative lack of it. Along with Canadice, it’s one of two Finger Lakes with virtually an undeveloped shoreline.

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