Wildlife management: balancing short-term requests with long-term goals
Russ Mason
June 12, 2023
Almost 20 years ago, Shawn Riley wrote: “decision-making is the core work of wildlife managers.”
Hunting
New York Crossbow Coalition President, Rick McDermott, dies in vehicle accident
Dan Ladd
June 11, 2023
Rick McDermott, founder and president of the New York Crossbow Coalition, died unexpectedly on June 10 as the result of an automobile accident. He was 66. His wife, Annemarie, 64 also perished in the accident,
New York City Department of Environmental Protection eyes fall repairs of Delaware Aqueduct
Jeff Murray
June 11, 2023
The final phase of a project to repair an aqueduct system that provides New York City with about half its drinking water is scheduled to begin this fall, meaning the system will be shut down
New York sporting bills quiet as 11th hour loomed
Dan Ladd
June 9, 2023
It appears that New York’s sporting community will see neither favorable or unfavorable legislation passed during this year’s legislative session, unless it took place at the eleventh hour.
At press time, with just
How to tame your shotgunning kick factor
Phil Bourjaily
June 7, 2023
Shotguns kick. Some kick more, some kick less, but almost any shotgun and load capable of making a clean kill hits the shooter, too. Too much recoil corrodes good shooting, building bad habits like head-lifting
A guide to understanding your long-range hunting rifle options
Ron Spomer
June 5, 2023
Shooting beyond 300 yards is fun. Hitting targets beyond 300 yards is even more fun. And you don’t need expensive rifles and scopes to do it.
Tricked out PRS-style rifles (Precision Rifle Series) and 6-30X56mm
Examining the foundation for food-plotting success
Site Staff
June 4, 2023
If you tune into any hunting programming on television or YouTube, you won’t have to watch long before you see deer piling into a food plot at some point. Destination food plots, and kill plots,
A record by a beard hair (or feather)? The story of a gobbler to remember
Dan Ladd
June 3, 2023
Every once in a while a turkey hunt goes exactly as you want it to. That’s what happened on May 2, the morning I bagged what is perhaps my best spring gobbler to date.
Afternoon turkeys: Should New York follow Pennsylvania’s lead?
Mike Raykovicz
June 1, 2023
I’ve hunted spring turkeys in both New York and Pennsylvania ever since there was a spring season. Up until 10 years ago, hunting hours in both states ended at noon and that was fine with
