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Last Thursday, renowned local flytyer Sam Scafidi and I took a run down to check on the water at the ..

I wondered, as I prepared for this day, who was to be made “aware?” Us or them? Us being John ..

Crossbows have been a hot issue lately. The newly formed New York Crossbow Coalition (NYCC) has been garnering support for ..

Well, I've been hearing that all my life, so this past Sunday, I did, literally. I met with the ..

Well, with little surprise, microstamping is back on the agenda in Albany. This time, because the vote in the Assembly ..

I conducted an unsolicited, unscientific survey of 100 outdoorsmen and women. The two questions asked were: “What does NYSCC stand ..

Since the beginning of the year, the DEC has been asking interested parties to partake in the Winter Wild Turkey ..

Most deer hunters in Central New York are familiar with Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) that was found here back in ..

Last week in this column I explained how through new language in the state’s 2011 budget, dollars earmarked for outdoor ..

By George Franke Sun Outdoors Writer Back in October, sportsmen and women lost a good friend, Bob McNitt. "The Voice of ..

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