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Bath, N.Y. — DEC recently announced the late-season pheasant stocking of approximately 670 additional adult ring-necked pheasants released on public lands open to hunting in Chemung, Steuben, Livingston, Ontario, and Yates counties. The stocked pheasants were provided by DEC’s Reynolds Game Farm in Ithaca.
Pheasant hunting at the end of the season is a great way for new hunters to get involved in the sport, allows experienced hunters to leave after deer season closes, and gives new and experienced hunters a chance to gather outdoors with family and friends.
DEC Region 8 implemented the pheasant releases at the Big Flats Wildlife Management Area (WMA), Chemung County; Helmer Creek WMA, Steuben County; Hemlock-Canadice State Forest, Livingston County; High Tor WMA, Ontario County and Yates County; Honeoye Inlet WMA, Ontario County; and Pinnacle State Park, Steuben County.
A complete list of pheasant release sites throughout the state can be found on the DEC’s pheasant hunting webpage.
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Syracuse, New York — Some of New York’s biggest sports exhibitions are about to get underway, starting with Wight Ox Enterprises’ Great New York Sportsman’s Expo, taking place at the New York State Fairgrounds from the 24th to the 26th. of January. New York Outdoor News will have a booth at this show where readers can renew or purchase a subscription. For more information about the Expo and to add an updated seminar schedule, visit: www. newyorksportsmanexpo. com.
At the State Capitol, the Albany Gun Show returns January 25-26 (not January 24-25 as reported in NYON’s January 10 section) at the Empire State Plaza Convention Center in Albany. The exhibit is now promoted through the New York State Sportsmen’s Association, which can be found on Facebook.
The following weekend, Sandy Ackerman, former promoter of the Midstate Arms Collectors’ Albany Gun Show, will host the Sidney Gun
Lake Placid, New York — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation and The Nature Conservancy recently announced the acquisition of a 768-acre conservation easement in Herkimer County through the state’s Water Quality Improvement Project program. (WQIP). The WQIP budget projects that directly water quality or habitat; announce flood threat reduction, recovery and greater resilience to floods and climate change; or protect a source of drinking water.
Known as the Ton-Ka-Wa property, the land was conserved through a conservation easement, allowing the property to remain under private ownership while being managed to protect clean drinking water. The conservation easement will be held and stewarded by the Tug Hill Tomorrow Land Trust.
The Nature Conservancy received over $500,000 from DEC’s WQIP grant program to conserve properties for source water protection in the Black River Valley. A portion of the grant has been used to conserve a property within the town of Ohio to protect Hinckley Reservoir, a drinking water source for more than 125,000 New Yorkers.
Albany — The DEC Bureau of Fisheries a survey of anglers (fishermen) on the Mohawk River extending from Rome to Waterford, which took position from May to October 2024.
DEC staff conducted just over 2,000 interviews from more than 3,500 anglers at 42 fishing access sites. The most targeted sportfish was smallmouth bass. Walleyes, carp, northern pike, channel catfish and freshwater drum were also popular targets. Data from the survey are currently being analyzed, and a summary report of the survey should be finalized and available by summer, 2025.
Montpelier, Vermont – The maximum number of deer hunted in the 2024 hunting seasons in Vermont may not be known for a few weeks, but the Vermont Department of Fish and Wildlife says the final count will be just over 17,200 deer. The dollar harvest will be just over 9,200, which will be lower than that of 2023 (9,848) and the average of the last three years of 9,533. The final harvest of antlerless deer will be approximately 8,000, which will represent an increase from the average of 7,188 over the past three years.
“The overall season was combined in 2024. The November regular season harvest was down about 10% from 2023, and this explains all the decline in the overall dollar harvest,” said Array, Nick Fortin, leader of the deer allocation. “Harvests in each season increased compared to 2023. “
The 2024 White-tailed Deer Harvest Report with final numbers will be on Fish and Wildlife’s website in early March. Beginning in late March, the department will be holding informational hearings to share biological information and to listen to any information people wish to share.
A look at upcoming events in New York published in the January 24, 2025 issue of Outdoor News.
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