Wyoming had one of the worst winters on record this year, resulting in an abnormally high winterkill. Some estimates reported that the states mule-deer population could have been deleted by almost …
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7/14/23
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The NY Senate passed bill (S4099) earlier this year, and now bill (A2917) passed in the NY Assembly. Both bills will ban coyote hunting contests, which are popular in agriculture areas throughout New …
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Jack Danchak
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7/7/23
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The Pennsylvania Game Commission reported that a bear in Luzerne County, PA attacked a 14-month-old toddler and a 5-year-old child that were playing in their front lawn of their home.
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6/30/23
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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is reminding boaters to exercise Clean-Drain-Dry practices to battle aquatic invasives.
Boaters should regularly clean, drain, …
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Jack Danchak
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6/23/23
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The Pennsylvania Game Commission recently released an update on Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD), stating they have found more deer carrying CWD this year than the one before. CWD is an always fatal, …
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6/16/23
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The opening day of the bass fishing season used to be a big deal. Anglers could hardly wait for the third Saturday in June to go bass fishing. But since the NY DEC now allows anglers to fish for bass …
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6/9/23
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In an effort to protect wildlife habitat, the Pennsylvania Game Commission is spraying nearly 110,000 acres of state game lands this spring. Spraying will start in late May and June.
The Game …
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6/2/23
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University of Massachusetts conducted a study about Lyme disease. The study demonstrates that the blood of the whitetail deer kills the corkscrew-shaped bacterium that causes Lyme disease. The …
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5/26/23
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Elizabeth Handy, a student senior at Mohawk Valley Christian Academy in Little Falls, NY was crowned the national champion of the Air Rifle Competition Tournament. Handy said, “Coming in …
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5/19/23
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The Pennsylvania Game Commissioners, at their quarterly meeting in April, voted to increase the number of antlerless deer licenses available to hunters this year by 147,000.
The commissioners …
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5/12/23
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