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β€˜This is the best time of year to be doing it’ – newyorkupstate.com

Upstate NY coyote hunter talks about his passion: β€˜This is the best time of year to be doing it’ – newyorkupstate.com

SCIPIO CENTER, N.Y. -- Josh Saville said he shot his first coyote in 2007 “by chance.”

“I got it with a bow while deer hunting,” he said. “It just became an addiction after that. I also hunt deer and waterfowl, but mainly I hunt coyotes because it’s outside my business hours and I can do it uninterrupted.”

Saville, 39, is a taxidermist whose shop, Taxidermy by Josh Saville, is run out of his home.

“When you deer hunt, you usually hunt in the morning and afternoon. I like to head out for coyotes after I shut down my business for the day, usually after 6:30 - 7 p.m. and stay out to about 2 a.m.” he said.

Coyotes Kill Buck on Camera | Deer & Deer Hunting

Coyotes Kill Buck on Camera | Deer & Deer Hunting

Documented in extreme detail — more than 200 photos — was the grisly death scene of a record-class buck at the jaws of some blood-thirsty coyotes.

Smith, a northeast Texas resident, had placed his Moultrie camera on his 4,800-acre lease in nearby Oklahoma. The property he hunts is owned by a large timber company is located in some foothills far removed from paved roads and county highways. This is the third year he has been hunting the property.

Wildlife Management Units (WMUs)

Wildlife Management Units (WMUs) are the geographical units DEC uses to set hunting and trapping seasons in New York State. This map is similar to the online one on the DEC website, however I added random colors to make the different WMUs stand out better. Updated 9/19/17 with the Northern Southern Zone line, shown in red. You may need to zoom in to see the Northern-Southern Line clearly. Updated 1/24/21 with Town, County lines along with DEC Lands shown on a Topographic Map. You can switch to alternative layers in the right hand corner. Data Source: http://www.dec.ny.gov/outdoor/8302.html

Where’s All the Damn Ammo? Federal Premium’s President Has Some Answers | Outdoor Life

Where’s All the Damn Ammo? Federal Premium’s President Has Some Answers | Outdoor Life

Last week I was riding around South Texas with Jason Vanderbrink, the president of ammunition for Vista Outdoor. In other words, he’s the big boss for ederal Premium Ammunition, CCI, Speer, and now Remington ammunition. This is a pretty wild time to be running an ammo company: There are an estimated 7 million new gun owners in the U.S. this year, consumers have been panic-buying rounds in everything from .22LR to .300 Win. Mag., and retailers are backordered for months; plus, there’s the global pandemic complicating supply chains and workers’ safety.

So, we know the question that’s on the minds of every hunter and shooter: Where’s the ammo?

Praveed Abraham is the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s first warden of color

Praveed Abraham is the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s first warden of color

Abraham, 32, is the first full-time warden of color in the Pennsylvania Game Commission’s 115-year history. His path to conservation law enforcement was an unlikely one — he once planned to become a doctor — and it began in the unlikeliest place: Yonkers, N.Y. Abraham, of Indian and West Indian descent — his father was born in India, his mother in Guyana — grew up there with his family. Wildlife in Yonkers consisted of pigeons and squirrels.