"I was in Oneonta the other day getting some needed supplies for a project that I’m working on when a fellow wanted to share a story about coyotes and sheep."
"Sheet1 GEOID10, County, Town, Square Meters, Square Miles, 2016 Bucks, 2016 Bucks Harvested per Square Mile, 2016 All Deer, 2016 All Deer Harvested per Square Mile, 2017 Bucks, 2017 Bucks Harvested per Square Mile, 2017 All Deer, 2017 All Deer Harvested per Square Mile, Chg. Bucks, Chg. Deer 3..."
This interactive Google Map shows the number of bucks per square mile that were harvested by town in 2017.
The data to make this map can be found on this spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mxcpRrOWF0n22ajyLxkv-Xm9GsRNrtnIVXc-ktAlma4/edit#gid=0
Data Source: NYSDEC 2017 Deer Harvest Estimates. http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/42232.html
"It doesn't take a smart person to guess it would be a bad idea to shoot your steel-toed boot with a .45."
I was reading that the city is once again talking about selling the Coeyman’s Parcel they bought from several land owners to the DEC for a new wildlife management area. I think it’s a good idea, as there really isn’t enough land near Albany for opportunities for people to hunt and trap who don’t have their own land.
There are many parks and privately owned preserves, and obviously the Albany Pine Bush, but really a darth of largely undeveloped public land near Albany, until you get well out to the hill towns in Albany or Rensselaer Counties.
Now I get that the city is working to recover its sunk costs in buying the land as a ruse to expand the landfill further into the Pine Bush, but so be it. I think if the city and state can come to an agreement this land should be put in the public domain for all to use. Government is not a for profit business, it’s fine for it to lose money in its transactions, it doing so serves the public interest.
"It's unclear exactly how many activists have entered the license lottery, but their effort has infuriated hunters who have funded the bears’ recovery via licensing fees and spent more than 40 years watching the population slowly rebound. While most of Wyoming is highly conservative and supports the grizzly hunt, opposition is centered around the generally liberal and wealthy Jackson Hole. Hunters who win licenses will be informed shortly before the start date, and only a small number will be allowed to hunt at a time, to avoid accidentally killing more bears than permitted."