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Bow hunters in the Southern Tier will get the first crack when archery season opens Oct. 17, and they should find a healthy deer herd, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

Deer populations should be slightly higher than last year in many wildlife management units, the DEC reports.

"The deer herd came through winter fine. Early winter was pretty tough on them," said Mike Wasilco, DEC regional wildlife manager. "We did a reproductive study, and looked at the body condition of does. They were all in great shape. Most of them were carrying twins.

"We're predicting it should be a pretty decent herd this fall. The harvest was down a little bit last year because of terrible weather the first weekend," Wasilco said. "We have those deer that made it through, and with not too hard of a winter we expect populations to be a little higher than last year." Continue reading New York Deer 2009 Forecast

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Missouri’s top deer biologist says hunters can expect to find more mature bucks when archery deer season opens Sept. 15.

Archers enjoy a long season, Sept. 15 through Nov. 13 and Nov. 25 through Jan. 15. Furthermore, resident hunters can buy and fill as many archery antlerless deer permits ($7 each) as they want in all but 13 southeast Missouri counties.
For many archers, however, filling the freezer is not the point. The challenge of matching wits with a mature buck is what keeps these die-hards in tree stands for hundreds of hours each fall.

A set of large antlers is not so much a trophy as an affirmation of their woodscraft.

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A state law barring felons from owning firearms unfairly prevented a Garner man from owning guns, the N.C. Supreme Court ruled Friday, thrusting the court into the national debate over gun ownership.

The opinion applied only to Barney Britt, who was convicted of a drug crime in 1979, and it didn't have an immediate effect on the thousands of other felons in the state. Criminal defense lawyers who practice in federal courts said they don't know what effect, if any, the opinion will have on federal rules, which prevent felons from buying and owning weapons except when a state has restored that right. Full Story

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Resident Canada goose season begins in late August or early September for most US states. A resident Canada goose is known as a goose breeding locally and residing regionally. Sources indicate US resident Canada goose population continues to expand for 2009 with statewide distribution. Most golf courses, parks, farm fields, waterways both wild and suburban, are over populated with them. You can't hunt in all the places, but some you certainly can. Read more on Geese Hunting

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Tomorrow is the opening day of the New York squirrel season. The kid has his air rifle sighted in and is anxious to go.

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