Hunting

Changes to New York's gun laws have a lot of hunters confused about the rules this hunting season, so the Department of Environmental Conservation has answers.

Deer harvested from the age group totaled just over 1500.

Hunting season for firearms owners in NYS starts October 23 and hunters are seeking clarification on new gun laws in order to avoid arrest and felony conviction.

There's a feature on the NYS DEC HuntFishNY mobile app called Tacklebox and there are some cool new features for this year.

It wasn't the best season for deer hunters in New York, but just how many did they take down this year?

If a hunter or outdoorsman could dream up the perfect place to wake up in every morning, this would be it.

Illegal is illegal. Littering also is illegal and led authorities right to the poachers and left them red-handed.

The first case of COVID in a Canadian lynx has been discovered in the United States and the NYS DEC says eighteen percent of deer tested have COVID antibodies.

If you have yet to be vaccinated for Covid-19, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has an incentive for you.

You would think that as a person who grew up in a home with hunters who hunted during small game season and deer season, that I would have an awareness of when popular hunting seasons were happening since I like to get outside and explore. NOPE. As a non-hunter, any hunting season is way off my radar.

An avid New York hunter has bagged the biggest buck of his career and he's been hunting for a long time.

From the deer hunting season dates to a disease that have been killing deer, here's what New Yorkers need to know before hitting the great outdoors.

A deadly disease in white tail deer that has been detected in parts of New York is being found in other parts of New England.

A dead deer on the side of the road.  It might be commonplace in most areas throughout the Capital Region but still, it's never an easy thing to see when you're taking a road trip.  In most cases, you're able to chalk it up to a hungry deer that wandered too close to the road, or one that simply got seduced by the headlights of oncoming traffic. But h...