
Bill Hilts, Jr.: What does 2026 hold for Lake Erie anglers in New York and beyond?
As we kick off a new year, it’s time to look forward and speculate on what the next 12 months have in store for us.
One question that must be on everyone’s mind if

As we kick off a new year, it’s time to look forward and speculate on what the next 12 months have in store for us.
One question that must be on everyone’s mind if

I’ve lost track of the number of hunters I know who have bought a crossbow recently. With their approval for use during New York’s regular archery season, more hunters are embracing their use.
Their

Running into the depths of a box canyon, I figured I could cut off the screaming bull in a saddle between two ridges on the opposite side of it.
Nearing the top, I heard

Dark? You think you know dark? Dark is when you are waiting for your guide to pick you up; listening to the late summer/early fall night sounds when suddenly bait pile logs get knocked ‘cattywhumpus’,

They say even a blind squirrel finds an acorn, and this year, my acorn came in the form of a big-buck surprise.
I’d eagerly anticipated the regular firearms season in New York’s Southern Zone.

Water levels here are reportedly low and the chance for catching a brown trout is still available.

Like many hunters, at the time of this writing I’m spending the final days of 2025 reflecting on another deer season. Even though this one is still going on courtesy of the late (later) muzzleloading

The steelhead action by winter-time standards has been good.

slice – and a pretty big slice at that – of state-owned land located just a few miles from a moderately sized city pretty much guarantees the parcel will see plenty of visitors.
That’s
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