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Jul

2024

RECAP: Archery Day for New Hunters

Author: New York BHA
On June 22, NY Hunters of Color (HOC), NY BHA, and The Nature Conservancy of New York hosted an intro to archery and deer hunting event at a TNC property in Westchester, NY.  We had roughly 40 new archers show up and spend the day learning to shoot archery as well as learning wilderness skills related to deer hunting.   This is the third year of this program, and it remains an amazing community building and learning experience. If you want to learn about this program email us HERE and sign ...
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Jul

2024

RECAP: Drink & Duck : Paint Your Own Duck Decoy Night at Filson

Author: New York BHA
This past June 27th, NY BHA hosted a ticketed event at Filson NYC to paint black duck decoys.   The chapter purchased the decoys and paint kits from Dixie Decoys and refreshments were generously donated by West Kill Brewing.  The attendees all did a great job at painting their black ducks and more than a few folks were inspired to want to hunt ducks this upcoming season!
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Jun

2024

RECAP: NY onX Pint Night with NYSDEC in Albany

Author: New York BHA
On Wednesday June 26th we met at the Common Roots Brewing Company, Albany Outpost for a great onX sponsored Pint Night with the NYSDEC Bureau Chief of Fisheries, Steve Hurst. Steve enlightened us with an informal talk about the latest management plan proposed for brook trout ponds in the Adirondacks. Did you know the brook trout is NY's state fish?! Did you know New York and Maine are the only places you can find heritage strain brook trout ponds?! These heritage strains are the same wild ...
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Jun

2024

NY sends comment into NYSDEC on OGC-9 Public Rights to Navigation and Fishing

Author: New York BHA
On June 14, 2024 The New York Chapter submitted a comment to NY Department of Environmental Conservation in regards to OGC-9 Public Rights to Navigation and Fishing.  Access to some streams and rivers in NY have been contested over the years as to who has the right to navigate or fish stretches of these rivers.  The original draft of the policy was published in 1991 and since then has been updated a few times.  The latest update appears to have NYDEC stepping away from a prescriptive ...
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Jun

2024

NY BHA June Newsletter

Author: New York BHA
Update from Chapter Chair I hope everyone had an amazing May out chasing turkeys, trout or just spending time outdoors! As we roll into the summer months, we hope to see you at one of our many upcoming events happening this summer, including Muster in the Mountains (Aug 9-11 in PA), and our own NY Chapter Rally in the Valley happening August 16-18.  Check out this month's newsletter for events happening near you and also some legislative news now that the legislative session has closed.  I ...
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Jun

2024

Recap: Western NY Allen Lake Trail Project

Author: New York BHA
On June 1st volunteers from the New York Chapter of Backcountry Hunters & Anglers assisted NYS DEC West Almond Foresters with the construction of a new foot trail around Allen Lake. The trail begins near the ADA compliant fishing dock and traverses through many different forest cover types before looping back to the parking area. In total, the project added 1.5 miles of trail to the 2,421-acre state forest in Allegany County. Future projects for this trail include constructing spurs to the ...
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Jun

2024

NY Wildlife Crossings Bill S4198B

Author: New York BHA
NY Senate bill S4198B has been passed by the NY Senate and NY Assembly and is now on its way to Governor Hochul's desk for signing.  The bill directs the New York Department of Transportation and the Thruway Authority to identify sites along all highways, thruways, and parkways in the state where wildlife crossings are most needed to increase public safety and improve habitat connectivity; and to create a priority list of wildlife crossing opportunity areas where federal grant monies may be ...
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Jun

2024

Recap: Annual Central NY Spring Pint Night

Author: New York BHA
NY held its second Annual Central NY Spring Pint Night May 30th '24 in Homer, NY and was sponsored by Sporting Lead-Free and onX! Folks brought a dish to pass and played conservation themed trivia at the historic Homer Center for the Arts. Put it on your calendar for next year!
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May

2024

RECAP: NY BHA Turkey Hunting 101 at Filson 2024

Author: New York BHA
NY Hunters of Color, the NY Chapter of BHA, and NY Department of Environmental Conservation got together May 15th at the Filson NYC store to support roughly new turkey hunters.   DEC gave a brief presentation on regulations and public lands around the city and then a panel of seasoned turkey hunters from BHA and HOC answered questions about all things turkey.   Attendees learned about turkey biology, scouting tips, hunting tactics, and saw some calling demos.   After the panel, some ...
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May

2024

NY BHA May Newsletter

Author: New York BHA
Update from Chapter Chair Taking a break from the turkey woods to put together this newsletter. My season is off to a great start with a nice public land gobbler taken on opening morning hunting a local state forest.  Hope everyone else is seeing luck out there whether your pursuits roost in a tree or swim under water. We have some great upcoming events and a new podcast to announce in this month's newsletter.  We have also started work on a statewide gathering for all NY BHA members for ...
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