Opinion
Jeff Thomas: Making the AR platform New York compliant
Jeff Thomas
July 15, 2024
Since 2013 New York gun owners have had to deal with the confusion that ensued after the passage of the NYSAFE Act. Like many residents of New York, I was unsure if I had just
Bill Hilts, Jr.: Outstanding fishing on Lake Ontario incites debate
Bill Hilts Jr.
July 11, 2024
“Fishing is off the charts! Incredible, like nothing I have ever seen,” said Karen Evarts at the Tackle Barn and Boat Doctors in Olcott, N.Y. That was a text I received from her on July
Dan Ladd: Another era in sporting licenses about to begin in New York
Dan Ladd
July 11, 2024
We’re about a month away from entering yet another new era in regard to sporting licenses in New York. When they go on sale for the 2024-25 seasons, which is typically in early August, it
Mike Raykovicz: A week on the salt marsh provides a new appreciation
Mike Raykovicz
July 9, 2024
I will freely admit I never could abide flat. I’m an uplander, always was, and always will be. The mountains have an effect on me no flatland territory could ever have. When I’m hunting or
New York Letters to the Editor: State should provide sportsmen, license dealers with paper
New York Letters to the Editor
July 9, 2024
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the July 12, 2024, edition of New York Outdoor News.
Commentary: 2024 report shows public support of hunting, sport shooting seeing a decline
Site Staff
July 9, 2024
The Council to Advance Hunting and the Shooting Sports (Council), in collaboration with Responsive Management, has unveiled the much-anticipated report, “Americans’ Attitudes Toward Hunting and Sport Shooting 2024.”
This extensive study provides critical insights
Dan Ladd: A lifetime of camping together is a life well-lived
Dan Ladd
June 29, 2024
Adrienne and I are not summer people. Neither of us are fans of the heat. I’ll take plowing snow over mowing a lawn any day of the week and both of us prefer the change
Glenn Sapir: Are bass tournaments facing discrimination with permitting proposal from New York DEC?
Glenn Sapir
June 28, 2024
My brother Don is a nationally renowned labor lawyer, specializing in discrimination cases. But when it comes to the proposal to implement a black bass fishing tournament permitting system, Mike Cusano presents his concerns in
Dan Ladd: Scholastic shooting sports are too good to let go
Dan Ladd
June 26, 2024
Coming up July 10-14 nearly 130 New York student athletes will head to Michigan to compete in the USA High School Clay Target League national competition. As you’ll see from this story, the New York
