New York state sees dip in bear harvest
Staff and News Reports
March 13, 2019
Hunters took 1,295 black bears during the 2018 hunting seasons, down from 1,420 the previous year.
New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Wild moose chase: Taking a census from the air
Dan Ladd
February 21, 2019
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) recently issued a press release announcing that mid-winter aerial surveys of the Adirondack moose population had been completed. But there was still some work to be
Making sense of the crossbow confusion
Bill Hilts
October 24, 2018
Let’s all work together to make this happen, allowing for the use of crossbows and make the regulations and requirements more accepting for today’s standards. It’s time.
Is the Northern Zone deer season too long?
Dan Ladd
October 23, 2018
If writer had to make a choice, it would be to cut some time off the end, at least in years when the late season carries into mid-December.
Bull moose fight it out in Adirondacks
Site Staff
October 3, 2018
A pair of bull moose fight on a remote road on conservation easement lands in the northern Adirondacks (New York State Department of Environmental Conservation video)
DEC announces record-breaking fishing on Lake Ontario
Staff and News Reports
August 31, 2018
Survey reveals catch rates of chinook salmon double the five-year average during spring and early summer of 2018.
Tough times for turkeys: Poult numbers may point to poor nesting, brood-rearing season
Steve Piatt
August 7, 2018
Should the DEC’s Summer Sighting Survey confirm the writer’s observations, the low poult numbers this year will mean fewer jakes on the landscape next spring, and even more importantly, fewer 2-year-old longbeards in the spring
New York state expands popular grassland bird area
Associated Press
August 3, 2018
The state-owned area is within a 2,000-acre grassland recognized by the National Audubon Society as critical bird habitat.
New York offers pheasants for sponsored hunts
Associated Press
August 3, 2018
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York state is offering 2,000 pheasants to groups that sponsor hunts involving young people, women, novices, veterans or people with disabilities. The state Department of Environmental Conservation annually offers some of
