Deer hunters should learn a bit about food sources in the forest
Site Staff
August 27, 2018
You don’t have to be a biologist with a degree in forestry, but some basic knowledge can go a long way in the deer woods.
Steve Piatt
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
Shape up for hunting season – and a physical isn’t a bad idea, either
Site Staff
July 20, 2018
Make it hurt now and it will hurt a little less when it’s time for that future hunt of a lifetime.
This summer, fishing takes a back seat to time on the rifle range
Site Staff
June 18, 2018
It’s been a bit of an unusual spring and early summer for Paula and me, since we haven’t done much fishing, although I did make a western New York swing earlier this month for some
Porcupine encounters become a prickly situation
Steve Piatt
May 29, 2018
For dogs’ sake, this writer is keeping porky numbers in check.
For the tired spring gobbler hunter, keep at it
Steve Piatt
May 14, 2018
We’ve pretty much arrived at that point in the spring gobbler season where it’s easy to come up with an excuse to turn off the 3:30 or 4 a.m. alarm and go back to sleep.
Missing a gobbler: It happened today, and it will probably happen again
Site Staff
May 7, 2018
Still, the excitement surrounding turkey hunting is the very reason we arise in the middle of the night and head out into the turkey woods.
Experience crucial to spring gobbler success
Site Staff
April 16, 2018
And other simple things to remember as we begin another season in the turkey woods.
Tough times for turkeys, and don’t expect that to change anytime soon
Steve Piatt
March 26, 2018
While turkey numbers are clearly driven primarily by production in the spring and Mother Nature, there are other factors playing into the decline.
