<![CDATA[syracuse.com]]>https://www.syracuse.comTue, 25 Nov 2025 10:39:45 +0000en1hourly1<![CDATA[Central NY hunters shoot some big bucks]]>https://www.syracuse.com/outdoors/2025/11/central-ny-hunters-shoot-some-big-bucks.htmlhttps://www.syracuse.com/outdoors/2025/11/central-ny-hunters-shoot-some-big-bucks.htmlSat, 22 Nov 2025 12:00:00 +0000

It was blowing rain and getting dark in Otisco when R.J. Shaver, of Apulia Station, gave a few bleats on his doe call. With a great crashing sound, a big 8-pointer burst through the thick brush about 50 yards away. He put on quite a show, grunting, scraping, and shreddding a tree with his antlers.

]]>RJ Shaver <![CDATA[Jacklighting poachers caught redhanded during traffic stop in Upstate NY]]>https://www.syracuse.com/outdoors/2025/11/jacklighting-poachers-caught-redhanded-during-traffic-stop-in-upstate-ny.htmlhttps://www.syracuse.com/outdoors/2025/11/jacklighting-poachers-caught-redhanded-during-traffic-stop-in-upstate-ny.htmlFri, 21 Nov 2025 16:51:34 +0000

Two poachers in Steuben County were caught redhanded after a New York State trooper pulled their truck over during a traffic stop at around midnight on Nov. 3.

]]>NYS DEC<![CDATA[Rangers twice rescue unprepared New Jersey hikers lost in Catskills]]>https://www.syracuse.com/outdoors/2025/11/rangers-twice-rescue-unprepared-new-jersey-hikers-lost-in-catskills.htmlhttps://www.syracuse.com/outdoors/2025/11/rangers-twice-rescue-unprepared-new-jersey-hikers-lost-in-catskills.htmlWed, 19 Nov 2025 01:09:34 +0000

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation forest rangers last weekend rescued two ill-prepared hikers from New Jersey on separate occassions in the heart of the Catskill Mountains.

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