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State and DEC failing to make critical, needed changes

The Department of Environmental Conservation – and the old NYS Conservation Department that preceded it – has historically depended on ..


Outdoor writers find Lake Placid ‘ablaze’

I know most everyone reading that title is thinking fall foliage, but in this case it was additionally a small ..


The media’s assault on ‘assault weapons’

Each time I read or hear the general media referring to “assault firearms,” I cringe. Why? Because many of them ..


The instinct of the hunter is in all of us

When we hunters set forth to pursue wild game, is it for recreation, species management, to gather food, or simply ..


Variety of small game available to hunters keeps shrinking

In many ways it’s rather sad that the most realistic small game hunting in our area has been reduced to ..


Archers, muzzleloaders offer joint deer season proposal

I recently learned of a joint proposal to DEC Commissioner Pete Grannis and the Bureau of Wildlife by the New ..


‘The Guns of Autumn’ revisited, then and now

As we head toward autumn and the initial opening of several hunting seasons, I’m reminded of a special anti-hunting program ..


Youth hunting can get ‘squirrelly’

This touch of cooler drier weather is seen by some as a harbinger of the approaching autumn. Considering the lousy ..


Still time for seniors to save on lifetime licenses

The news from the Department of Environmental Conservation that all sporting license fees will be increased for the 2009-2010 season ..


New Jersey says yes to crossbows, New York stubbornly says no

Come September, hunters in New Jersey will have a new weapon to shoot — one that has been ..


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