Hunting

It's almost time for small game hunting in New York State. There are some changes to the season. Here's everything you need to know about dates, bag limits, and new rules this year.

Pat yourself on the back hunters, you made history!

Bringing friends to go hunting from out of state? Will they need to get a hunting permit for NYS if they already have one in their home state? The answer might surprise you,

There has been a change in the size ammunition that you can use to hunt turkey's in New York State? Why did they change it, and what's the new size?

Can you help the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation record the turkeys in your area? The documentation of wild turkeys in New York state is a vital part of understanding how the turkey population is doing in our area.

Wild turkey hunting season began this week and runs through May 30th. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation is proposing some changes that may make hunting the feathered species more challenging. There are more than a few hunters already concerned with by the scarcity of the wild prize. The NYDEC wants to hear from those anxious hunters by June 5th.

In order to prepare for the 2022-23 hunting and trapping season in the state of New York, here is everywhere in Albany County where you can get a hunting license.

You may be seeing more and more coyotes in neighborhoods and wooded areas across the Capital Region. Even though their mating season doesn't begin until February and runs through March, they are hunters and are looking for food now.

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.

A deer smashed through the window of a business called "iSMASH", and for all we know, the deer in question may have just had a stressful day.

New York State deer hunting season in the Northern Zone, of which we belong in the Capital Region, began the second week of September and will run through the end of January. According to the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation, the 2020 deer harvest was more than 253,000 white tail deer, a 13% increase over 2019. Those are exciting numbers for the field sports community. Hunters and guides have been scouting the woods since the summer months, planning for their big game opportunities and maybe a shot at that deer of a lifetime.