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The National Rifle Association has a new leader. Doug Hamlin is the new executive Vice President and CEO. Doug went on to say, “We have new leadership, and we are resolute. We know our mission, …
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Jack Danchak
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7/26/24
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Bill Connors 78, of Pleasant Valley, New York recently passed away. Bill will be tremendously missed by New York’s Sporting Community.
He was a regular outdoor columnist with the …
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Jack Danchak
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7/19/24
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As the weather gets warmer, officials from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and the State Department of Health are encouraging the public, especially those who are …
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Jack Danchak
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7/12/24
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Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) continues to spread in Pennsylvania, in both numbers and geographic range, according to just-released data from the Pennsylvania Game Commission.
Since July …
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Jack Danchak
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7/5/24
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The Pennsylvania Game Commission again is seeking input from the public in surveying Wild turkeys. This summer, the annual Pennsylvania Wild Turkey Sighting Surveys runs from July 1 through August …
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6/28/24
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The Pennsylvania Game Commission announced the expansion of several Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) Management Areas (DMAs) due to new detections of the Disease.
DMA 2 will expand following …
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Jack Danchak
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6/21/24
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Pa State Game Warden Mike Yeck said he gets about a dozen calls a year regarding waterfowl with fishing line entangling their feet.
Yeck said, “It’s usually geese more than ducks, …
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Jack Danchak
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6/14/24
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Virginia Governor Glenn Younkin recently stood tall and strong for the rights of law-abiding gun owners by vetoing 30 bills that would have imposed more laws designed to undermine the 2nd Amendment, …
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Jack Danchak
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6/7/24
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The New York DEC Commissioner has announced upcoming academies for the newest classes of Forest Rangers and Environmental Conservation Police Officers (ECO’s). The 6-month training …
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Jack Danchak
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5/31/24
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The New York State DEC recently released the deer harvest statistics from the 2023-24 hunting season. The estimated harvest reflects a statewide decrease of 9.8 percent.
In 2023, 209,781 deer …
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Jack Danchak
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5/24/24
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In an effort to protect wildlife habitat, the Pennsylvania Game Commission plans to spray over a 123,000 acres of state game lands this spring to control a non-native invasive insect, the gypsy moth. …
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Jack Danchak
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5/17/24
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The Pennsylvania Game Commission has modified the antlerless deer license sales schedule, and additionally is guaranteeing most resident hunters will get an antlerless license in the wildlife …
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Jack Danchak
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5/10/24
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In New York State, the spring turkey season started on Wednesday, May 1 and will end on Friday, May 31. You may take two bearded gobbler turkeys, but only one per day.
You do need to take …
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Jack Danchak
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5/3/24
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This April will be my 46th consecutive year of writing the Sportsman Outdoors column for the Democrat newspaper.
Back in 1978 I called Freddy Stabbert’s father and said to him that I would …
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Jack Danchak
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4/26/24
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The Pennsylvania Game Commission reported results from the 2023-24 deer seasons, which ended in January.
Hunters harvested an estimated 430,010 white-tailed deer. The statewide buck harvest was …
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Jack Danchak
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4/19/24
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The trout opening day of April 1 is not what it used to be. Driving around Sullivan County on the opening day of trout season and checking out many trout streams, it was very disappointing not to see …
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Jack Danchak
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4/12/24
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The Mosquito Creek Sportsmen’s Club recently completed its 33rd annual coyote hunt. For the first time in their contests, the top three entries of coyotes all weighed over 50 pounds.
With …
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Jack Danchak
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4/5/24
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The National Shooting Sports Foundation recently released the Firearm Production in the United States including the Firearm Import and Export Data 2023 Edition.
The report consists of the most …
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Jack Danchak
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3/29/24
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New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil M. Seggos, who has held the Commissioner’s position for over eight years, announced he would be stepping down once the …
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Jack Danchak
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3/22/24
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The National Deer Association (NDA) recently released their annual deer report. An average of 41 percent of North America’s deer hunters successfully harvested at least one deer during the …
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Jack Danchak
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3/15/24
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Wayne LaPierre, Executive Vice President of the National Rifle Association (NRA), is resigning from the NRA. He addressed the members of the NRA in the latest issue of the American Hunter Magazine.
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Jack Danchak
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3/8/24
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The state’s bear hunters remain as loyal in their pursuit as ever to hunt bear, but there is a tremendous increase in bear hunters.
Pennsylvania had fewer than 130,000 bear hunters …
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Jack Danchak
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3/1/24
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Two men were arrested in Montana for killing about 3,600 birds, including bald and golden eagles. This took place on Montana’s Flathead Indian Reservation and elsewhere, then they sold eagle …
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Jack Danchak
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2/23/24
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The Pennsylvania Game Commission recently honored wildlife biologist Dr. Gary Alt. Alt, 72 years young, formerly from Moscow, PA and now living in California, received the John C. Oliver Lifetime …
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Jack Danchak
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2/16/24
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Jeff Mulhollem, editor of the Pennsylvania Outdoor News newspaper, wrote about some facts about coyotes and coyote contests. He said Pennsylvania has more organized coyote contests than any other …
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Jack Danchak
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2/9/24
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