New York’s Rut Tracker: Souther Zone opener
Oak Duke
November 12, 2025
The third of a four-part series in New York Outdoor News chronicling the whitetail rut.
Hunting
Webinar updates public on chronic wasting disease in New York
Bill Hilts Jr.
November 11, 2025
Big game experts from the New York Department of Environmental Conservation held an information webinar on chronic wasting disease (CWD) on Oct. 16.
After a brief overview of the disease by Kevin Hynes, biologist
DEC to operate check station in Region 9 for Southern Zone opening weekend
Site Staff
November 11, 2025
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation encourages hunters to visit the Region 9 deer and bear check station on Route 16 in the town of Holland, Erie County, during the opening weekend of
Dan Ladd: Looking into the factors that dictate a hunter’s harvest choice
Dan Ladd
November 11, 2025
A few editions back our online poll queried bowhunters on what they desired to harvest for an early season deer. This included mature bucks, antlerless deer, any buck or any deer.
The results weren’t
New York fifth grade students exposed to the outdoors on annual field trip
Dan Ladd
November 11, 2025
On a warm, early October Friday afternoon more than a dozen fifth grade students from the Granville Central School in Washington County were learning how to fish along the shores of a small pond at
Connecticut Hill WMA — New York’s biggest Wildlife Management Area
Steve Piatt
November 10, 2025
If you’re looking for a big-woods deer hunt, the Adirondacks are a great place to do just that.
But you don’t have to go there. Or to the Catskills. New York State’s Southern Tier
New York Mixed Bag: Paul Smith’s College Student Seeks Adirondack Black Bear Reports For Study
Staff and News Reports
November 10, 2025
A student at Paul Smith’s College, in Franklin County, is seeking sighting reports of black bears within the Adirondack Park from hunters and the general public. The data will be used for a study being
Dan Ladd: What’s the deal with trail cameras on New York state lands?
Dan Ladd
November 9, 2025
Hunters reading the New York 2025-26 Hunting & Trapping Regulations Guide made an interesting discovery that had not been in previously printed editions of DEC’s annual publication.
On pages 18 and 19 it says
New York’s Region 5 landowners missing out on DMAP permits
Dan Ladd
November 8, 2025
For several years John Dixson – a farmer, landowner and hunter in New York’s Southern Washington County – has utilized the state’s Deer Management Assistance Program to help keep white-tailed deer populations in check on
