Hunting

Albany – Early indications are that New York’s youth turkey hunters had a pretty successful two-day season last month. DEC officials said harvest reports following the April 24-25 hunt for 12- to 15-year-olds were running

Albany – DEC is tightening its regulations to impose a statewide ban on feeding black bears to eliminate what the department calls “a mixed message” in which bears can be fed under certain conditions. The

Albany – A series of fishing regulations changes set to take effect this fall include the elimination of a rule that allowed trout anglers to keep five additional brook trout under 8 inches in length.

Albany – After nearly five years without a new case of chronic wasting disease in New York, the DEC is scaling back its intensive testing effort in the Oneida County area where CWD was first

Albany – New York’s spring gobbler hunters had a great season in 2009, recording one of the highest harvest totals in the past six years. But back-to-back poor nesting seasons across much of the state

Albany -_DEC’s top fish and wildlife official says it’s the state’s cash flow problems, and not the solvency of the Conservation Fund, that has forced the department to make numerous program cuts. Director of Fish,

Albany – New York sportsmen often contend that thousands of deer are being killed each year through the state’s much-maligned Deer Management Assistance Program (DMAP)_and Deer Damage Permit plan, commonly known as nuisance permits. A