trapping

New York hunters and trappers now have a new way to show off a successful season, and it’s coming straight from the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation.

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.