Hunting
CWD discovered in wild deer herd
By Steve Piatt Editor Westmoreland, N.Y. – Chronic wasting disease has found its way into New York’s wild deer herd, weeks after five cases were detected in a pair of captive herds in the central
Crossbow use may get another push
By Steve Piatt Editor Albany — Legislation that would allow the use of crossbows for hunting purposes has been labeled a “priority” item for the New York State Conservation Fund Advisory Board. The board’s strategy
New lake trout proposal surfaces for Lake Ontario
By Bill Hilts, Jr. Contributing Writer Lockport, N.Y. — A new lake trout proposal was unveiled at the State of Lake Ontario meetings held in Lockport and Mexico last month that could help improve lake
State ‘hunts’ CWD outside the fences
By Steve Piatt Editor Westmoreland, N.Y. — Five confirmed cases of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) inside the fences of two deer farms in central New York have prompted DEC officials to begin a controlled “hunt”
Saturday opener set; other changes pulled
By Steve Piatt Editor Albany — What began last fall as a proposed major overhaul of the Southern Zone hunting regulations has, apparently, ended with a plan that carries only one significant change — a
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“Bob Putney, of Mukwonago, was our first state president,” Burke said. “When we first got started, Wisconsin was in the throes of a new turkey program, and we assisted the Department of Natural Resources (DNR)
