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Steve Piatt: Planning – and shooting – for success this hunting season
It happens every year, usually when the calendar turns to August. I suddenly realize I haven’t done nearly enough fishing this summer; that both the dogs and I need to get in shape for the hunting season; and it’s time to shoot something – rifle, crossbow, shotgun – as often as possible over the next couple months.
Summer tends to blitz its way into fall around here, and while this year did, in fact, involve some Lake Erie walleye, Lake Ontario salmon, and plenty of camping, I’m embarrassed to say that we haven’t hit the Susquehanna River for smallmouth
Mike Raykovicz: Winter prep happens long before the snow arrives
Here we go again. Winter is several months away but I feel the need to
Two days sampling the Adirondack’s cherished, but vulnerable, brook trout
Throughout the summer months, DEC’s Region 5 and 6 fisheries staff performs surveillance on several
Steve Piatt: Planning – and shooting – for success this hunting season
It happens every year, usually when the calendar turns to August. I suddenly realize I haven’t done nearly enough fishing this summer; that both the dogs and I need to get in shape for the hunting season; and it’s time to shoot something – rifle, crossbow, shotgun – as often as possible over the next couple months.
Summer tends to blitz its way into fall around here, and while this year did, in fact, involve some Lake Erie walleye, Lake Ontario salmon, and plenty of camping, I’m embarrassed to say that we haven’t hit the Susquehanna River for smallmouth
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Steve Piatt: Planning – and shooting – for success this hunting season
It happens every year, usually when the calendar turns to August. I suddenly realize I
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