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How will the ‘great gas rush’ change our area?

A few weeks ago the subject of this column was about the growing deer density-related problems in many areas of ..


Writers meet in the ‘land of foliage and fun’

Old Forge and Inlet played host last week to the New York State Outdoor Writers Association Inc’s (NYSOWA) Annual Conference ..


Meetings with DEC stake-holders produce some solid ideas

With most of the small game hunting getting underway yesterday, Oct. 1, the opening day in our Southern Zone, we're ..


Deer or bear, both are now legal game this fall

I was in my office when the press release came in from the NYSDEC, announcing new areas for bear hunting ..


Sportsmen and women get “their day” and just due

The 2008 National Hunting and Fishing Day is Saturday, Sept. 27. New York's 1.2 million hunters and anglers, seldom considered ..


September – a great way to end the fishing season

There's a substantial number of avid sportsmen and women ready to head north to the Oswego area this month to ..


Skunks are becoming state's No. 1 rabies carriers

The past couple of weeks there's been a large mostly white skunk seen wandering around our neighborhood in broad daylight. ..


The problem is habitat, not deer

In case you weren't aware, last June the Pennsylvania Commonwealth Court rejected the preliminary objections of the PA Game Commission ..


Of Bigfoot and big cats – is the truth out there?

I was fishing in the North Country when all the Georgia Bigfoot hoopla was occurring, but when I heard about ..


New York readies for 14- and 15-year-olds to hunt deer

The state’s 2008-2009 hunting and fishing licenses will go on sale Aug. 18, and when they do, 14- and 15-year-olds ..


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