We bet you will be surprised by some of these numbers! Deer & Deer Hunting has meticulously documented each state’s deer population and annual deer harvest every year since 1992. This wasn’t an easy job. It required weeks of phone calls and email phone tag with biologists from each of the 42 states with reportable […]
Today we’re highlighting hunters from New York. Check out some awesome hunt moments!
The final version of the state budget includes a provision to lower the minimum age for deer hunting with a firearm or crossbow from 14 to 12.
Three New York men allegedly used elaborate means — including a trap door — to hide their deer poaching activities earlier this year. According to a published report, the men were arrested and charged for a string of illegal deer kills in Herkimer County, NY. During an investigation, New York wildlife officers discovered the men […]
A deer management program that involves performing vasectomies on thousands of Staten Island whitetail bucks is grossly over budget and is only wrapping up year two of a three-year program.
UPDATED: Late last week, we broke news of a possible record nontypical buck taken in New York. (See the post below) However, it now appears the hunter was attempting a hoax with a game farm buck. Earlier today, the hunter’s brother, who tipped us off to the buck in the first place, e-mailed us to […]
by Daniel E. Schmidt New York – “First Winter” Actor Paul Manza was officially charged today by the New York Department of Environmental Conservation Law Enforcement Division with the illegal taking of a whitetail deer — a misdemeanor. The ticket is returnable in Town of Hamptonburgh Court, Orange County, on May 23, 6:30 p.m. “The […]
Breaking news on the story we brought you earlier this afternoon. Just hours away from its red carpet premiere, the movie “First Winter” has been pulled from the lineup at the Tribeca Film Festival because the film allegedly includes footage of two deer being poached in upstate New York. Also, as noted in Dan Schmidt’s […]
by Daniel E. Schmidt Do you think your state game agency would look the other way if you decided not to buy a deer license (much less take the required hunter’s education course) then grabbed someone else’s gun (in February) and shot two deer, butchered them, ate them … and made a movie about it? […]