Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the April 17, 2026 edition of New York Outdoor News.
Sadly, of the 54 counties eligible to be in the program Rockland County and Erie County have not signed up for it, as Dan states in his editorial. At least Erie County’s legislature approved it,
What follows are a few anecdotes from a topic I’ve covered in this space before, but they bear repeating.
Just like deer hunters on Long Island this past season, turkey hunters on state-managed lands in Suffolk County have a new reservation process.
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation said turkey
The turkey hunting season in New York officially gets underway with the annual youth turkey hunting weekend, April 25-26. Since 2004, the hunt has provided the opportunity for junior hunters (ages 12-15) to go afield
When weather has permitted, Lake Ontario brown trout action has been very good from the Niagara River to east of Rochester.
With another spring turkey season on the horizon, New York Outdoor News editor and host Dan Ladd touches on a number of topics pertaining to gobbler hunting. First, with several states holding youth hunting weekends,
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation, the State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation and Cornell University’s New York State Hemlock Initiative recently announced confirmation that Laricobius nigrinus, a predator beetle being
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation hosted 560 students from 43 schools during New York’s National Archery in the Schools Program state tournament held March 13 at the State Fairgrounds in Syracuse.
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