
Dan Ladd: Winter has lost a bit of its luster for me
I used to love winter. I can remember a number of Januarys during the past few decades when I’d be highly disappointed if warm temperatures and/or wind kept ice formation on my beloved Lake George

I used to love winter. I can remember a number of Januarys during the past few decades when I’d be highly disappointed if warm temperatures and/or wind kept ice formation on my beloved Lake George

As I write this column for the most popular outdoors publication in New York State, I think about my relationship not only with New York Outdoor News, but also other sporting periodicals. Being 77 years

The more consistent action has been ice fishing at Wilson Harbor with pike chubs and wax worms.

A few anglers are scoring steelhead hook-ups at the dam each day on mostly small and light bait presentations.

This reader went to his local Department of Motor Vehicles to update his driver’s license with the intent of adding an icon showing proof he has a lifetime hunting license.

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Police Officers late in 2025 issued several tickets for the illegal harvest and selling of striped bass.
According to a DEC report, in Nov. 2025, ECOs

Although it’s not even close to being one of the state’s biggest counties, Washington County in eastern New York stretches 60 miles, top to bottom, and is 20 miles wide. And even though the northern
A look at upcoming outdoors-related events from across New York published in the Feb. 6, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.

New York cuffs and collars are field reports from DEC Officers. These reports are from the Feb. 6, 2026 edition of Outdoor News.
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