Hunting

New York is reeling from a record number of car crashes caused by deer. What should you do if you accidentally hit one?

The new Bass Pro Shops location in Clifton Park generating excitement as it moves forward in development. This 70,000-square-foot store, expected to open in the fall of 2025, will serve the outdoor community in the greater Albany and Adirondacks region.

For the first time, hunters harvested more older deer in New York State. However, concerning numbers may force changes to the next hunting season.

Duck hunters are stepping up their duck blind game by adding full kitchens, TVs and even couches.

If you're going to break the law you should probably make sure there are no cameras around.

How safe was the hunting season in New York State? A lot safer than over 50 years ago.

Changes are coming for hunters and sporting enthusiasts in New York State.

If you hunt or fish in New York State, your licenses will be a bit different this year. You won't have to do anything but the NY Department of Environmental Conservation will be making some changes.

Wildlife officials are warning residents to not keep wild deer as pets as they continue to search for deer wearing a collar.

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.

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.