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DEC Announces Spring Turkey Hunting Seasons Youth Turkey Hunting Weekend is April 24-25, Followed by Regular Season Opener May 1 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Basil Seggos today announced that spring turkey season opens May 1, in all parts of Upstate New York, north of the Bronx-Westchester County boundary. In addition, DEC's annual youth turkey hunting weekend will take place April 24 to 25. The youth turkey hunt for junior hunters aged 12 to 15 is open in all parts of Upstate New York and Suffolk County. "Turkey hunting has long been a sign that ...

Meanwhile, DEC will continue to offer totally online hunter and bowhunter safety courses at a cost.

In Person Hunter Education Courses Resuming in New York April 1 One more sign the hold Covid-19 has held over our lives is easing a bit.  In person hunter education courses are resuming with the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation. It's also a pretty good indication spring is near too. The DEC moved all their courses online when the pandemic struck shutting down all government agencies last year. Now as we creep ever so close to a return of normalcy, they will begin to resume holding in-person, instructor-led Hunter Education Program courses starting April 1. DEC Commissi...

Photo: Hunter-education graduate Sophia Raines, an eighth-grade student in Hallsville, demonstrates her proficiency in safely handling a pump-action training shotgun. Photo: Courtesy MDC JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — COVID-19 presented considerable challenges to Missouri schools, staff and students in 2020, including closures, cancellations, remote learning and more. The pandemic also presented challenges to schools and instructors teaching the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) hunter education courses. “Many schools were closed for much of the year, which reduced the number of kids w...

Outdoornews February 22, 2021 Discussion has started to allow 12- and 13-year-old junior hunters to take the next step to hunt big game with firearms here in New York. Currently, young nimrods can only hunt small game with firearms at that age class. However, 12- and 13-year-old archers can hunt big game with a bow, which does not include crossbow. That is because the crossbow is not considered archery equipment. You need a muzzleloading privilege to use a crossbow during the archery season. It has long been a big, convoluted mess and it is time to resolve it all. New York State is among the ...