Grand Island gets a special new blind
Department of Environmental Conservation officials and Okawanda Wildlife Foundation members gathered at 11 a. m. Thursday to dedicate a universal-access blind in the Spicer Creek Wildlife Management Area on Grand Island. (Updated: 10/18/09 6:37 AM )
Re-tree group offering instructions
An area group is doing all it can to get up a tree … actually thousands of them, planted at
local sites. (Updated: 10/17/09 9:39 PM )
Grand Island gets a special new blind
Department of Environmental Conservation officials and Okawanda Wildlife Foundation (OWF)
members gathered at 11 a.m. Thursday to dedicate a universal-access blind in the Spicer Creek
Wildlife Management Area on Grand Island. (Updated: 10/17/09 9:39 PM )
Outdoors calendar / Events in the great outdoors
Meetings (Updated: 10/17/09 9:39 PM )
Batavia preserve offers fertile grounds
"We try to make things easy and comfortable," Joe "J.J." Valone said as we rode around in
his covered Polaris Ranger quad on Columbus Day afternoon. (Updated: 10/17/09 9:39 PM )
Lure stores enjoy sweet smell of success
Where does a hunter/shooter go to find good deer-scent attractants and shooting gear? Big box outdoors stores deliver quantity and fair quality for hunting and shooting accessories. But an expert owner operating a specialty shop or outlet gives hunters, shooters, and outdoors enthusiasts in general an abundance of tips, tricks, and techie help hunters need to get set up smoothly and more fully enjoy each day of the hunt. (Updated: 10/11/09 7:18 AM )
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Meetings (Updated: 10/11/09 7:18 AM )
Notebook
Sanborn outdoor writer Bill Hilts Sr. has scored a three-peat for lifetime achievement awards from major outdoors writers groups. (Updated: 10/11/09 7:18 AM )
Bemus Pointers rule Chautauqua tourney
For doubters believing Chautauqua Lake walleyes are few, far-between and hard to come by, New York Walleye Association members put on an impressive slide (drift) show last weekend. (Updated: 10/11/09 7:18 AM )
State hasn’t budged on bait sale rules
The great bait debate is still on the plate. A viral hemorrhagic septicemia (VHS) infestation of fish some three to four years ago prompted Department of Environmental Conservation officials to place severe restrictions on movement of all kinds of fish, including baitfish. (Updated: 09/27/09 6:32 AM )
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Meetings (Updated: 09/27/09 6:32 AM )
Orienteering group offers walks in the woods
Did you miss the Buffalo Orienteering Club’s Mini-Rogaine run held at Holiday Valley on Saturday? Have any lingering fears of woods and forest fringes? (Updated: 09/27/09 6:32 AM )
Notebook
Trouble faced the Venison Donation Coalition for upcoming hunting seasons. DEC funding of VDC programs had ended after 10 years. Coordinators asked farmers, hunters, and all state residents familiar with this food-providing effort to make a dollar donation. (Updated: 09/27/09 6:32 AM )
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Meetings (Updated: 09/13/09 7:11 AM )
Larson hooks a winner during LOC Derby
Roy Larson has found the tools to hammer steelheads. (Updated: 09/13/09 7:11 AM )
