
New York Letters to the Editor: Deer season is way too long in some parts of the state
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Feb. 7, 2025, edition of New York Outdoor News.

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Feb. 7, 2025, edition of New York Outdoor News.

Among the interesting topics readers have been discussing and debating as of late is one that revolves around any potential possibility that the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation might expand deer hunting in

As a turkey hunter, I never get tired of hearing the early morning hoot of a barred owl. It’s even more fun when two or more of them hoot to each other. The “who– who–who-cooks-for-you”

The actual temperature was in the mid-teens and the wind chill took it into the single digits. It was cold!
I found myself on the back patio, despite the frigid temperatures, grilling a

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 24, 2025, edition of New York Outdoor News.

I used to really be into winter. In fact, as soon as deer season was over, I would be breaking out the ice fishing gear, tuning up the cross-country skis and watching the weather forecast

Every hunter needs a good pair of hunting boots but to have happy feet they must have certain features and they can’t fail to keep feet dry. Mine did.
I have several types of

I’m not sure what happened to deer hunting and I’m also not sure I like it. I’m an old deer hunter right now, but I started deer hunting when I was 16 or 17 years

For Ed Hatten of Hastings, N.Y., he would be quick to agree with the phrase “knowledge is power.”
Hatten put that knowledge to use on Nov. 24, 2024, when he reeled in a
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