New York’s statewide fishing and hunting report on May 10, 2024
Staff Report
May 10, 2024
Turkey hunting flying by. Fishing continues to pick up. A look at the New York fishing and hunting report on May 10, 2024.
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Fly-fishing gear works just fine for warmwater species like bass, too
Tori McCormick
May 10, 2024
Largemouth bass fishing is synonymous with many things in America’s freshwater fishing culture.
Tricked out specialty boats that scream second mortgage. Tournament anglers dressed like walking advertisements. Slick, glossy magazines devoted to the craft.
Trip to Lake Erie’s Eastern Basin proves worthwhile for jumbo perch
John Hageman
May 10, 2024
After seeing favorable reports for years about the spring yellow perch runs in Lake Erie’s Eastern Basin, I finally got the chance to go on April 16 to see for myself.
Accompanied by fellow
Conservation groups report progress on U.S. Farm Bill
Staff Report
May 9, 2024
While the odds that a fresh, new federal Farm Bill will have been established by the time an extension to the current bill expires this fall are debatable, conservation groups nonetheless expressed approval of recent
New York’s whitetail harvest data shows antlerless take down big in 2023-24
Dan Ladd
May 8, 2024
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently released white-tailed deer harvest statistics from the 2023-24 hunting season. The estimated harvest reflects a statewide decrease of 9.6%.
In 2023 (which includes early 2024),
Star Watch: Famous astronomers (and an eclipse recap)
Bob Drieslein
May 7, 2024
Aristotle (384-322 BC) and other early Greek astronomers thought that the Earth was stationary and at the center of the universe with the Sun and other planets rotating around it. Historians tell us that this
A quick chat with Scott Kovarovics of the Izaak Walton League
Mike Moore
May 6, 2024
Scott Kovarovics, executive director of the Izaak Walton League of America, has been with the conservation organization for nearly two decades.
Kovarovics, 54, came to the IWLA in 2008 in the position of conservation
Agency Profile: Here’s how the Natural Resources Conservation Service helps landowners with conservation solutions
Dan Small
May 6, 2024
In March of 1935, high winds swept a massive dust cloud from the Great Plains all the way to our nation’s capital, just when Congress was considering legislation on a proposed soil conservation law.
Call like you mean it to attract mid-season toms
Site Staff
May 4, 2024
There’s a reason you don’t see really good turkey callers shun mouth calls. While it’s possible to cover the turkey’s vocabulary with slates and box calls, the diaphragm call is the best option if you
