Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Aug. 8, 2025, edition of New York Outdoor News.
Great Lakes states revolves around habitat. The number of acres of older, more mature forests that turkeys might prefer are increasing in public and private forests, while the young forests grouse and many other wildlife
Crossbows have been a topic of conversation among archery hunters for years. Some hate them while others love them. Regardless of how anyone feels, it appears they will become a permanent part of New York’s
A line of ducklings following their mother is a familiar sight on summer’s lakes and ponds, but look more closely at the group in Bob Hilbert’s photo. He named this photo “Woodies and Hoodies,” because
On July 25, the Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals ruled that California’s requirement for background checks on ammunition purchases – in place since 2019 – violates the Second Amendment. Basically, the ruling stated that
An initiative that could bring direct benefits to duck hunters by bolstering mallard and other duck populations in areas that produce the birds that migrate down the flyways each fall has taken wing.
The
Anglers have been doing well fishing for brown trout on this famed fishery.
Sporting licenses go on sale Aug. 4, and hunters can apply for Deer Management Permits, used to take antlerless deer across much of New York.
And for the most part, New York State Department
Joe Greco, a longtime charter boat captain on Lake George, frequently sees them lurking on several of the lake’s islands, waiting to gobble the sportfish that Greco and his clients are chasing – double-crested cormorants,
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