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Removing the statewide closed season restriction on lake trout and Atlantic salmon.This rule will increase the longevity of stocked brook trout that are highly vulnerable to ice fishing. Waters managed for these species and purpose are proposed to be open all year, while brook trout ponds, which are largely managed for self-sustaining wild populations, will be closed to fishing between Oct. Most inland ponds and lakes stocked with brown trout and rainbow trout are managed for put-and-take or put-grow-and-take fisheries.

The proposal seeks to better align regulations with intended outcomes. New rules for trout management in ponded waters, which consolidates 143 waterbody and 33 county-wide special regulations (PDF) into a new statewide regulation that permits anglers to harvest five fish per day, only two of which can be greater than 12 inches in length.The proposed rulemaking also includes a limited number of waterbody-specific regulation changes to support improved management of these waters. New York State Department of Environmental Conservation has announced the release of a proposal to clarify and simplify sportfishing regulations based on public feedback and DEC fisheries manager reviews of rules associated with the management of the StateвЂ™s fisheries. D anвЂ™l Read BuckвЂ™s Blog in NY Outdoor News Also, the new regulations guide is only available online at this time but printed copies should be out soon. Meanwhile, trout season is here and stream anglers (not pond fishermen) need to know thatВ DEC has a new trout stream plan that begins this season. ItвЂ™s a great program just for you! Click here to learn more.

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Outdoor News for our Readershots, you can do so here.While youвЂ™re at it, you young hunters and anglers should consider joining the Outdoor News Junior Pro Team. Good luck to all of our young hunters and mentors out there and be sure to send us a photo! And, if youвЂ™d like to send a photo to NY I wish all my fellow hunters a safe and successful hunt.With some time constraints and new duties at NYODN, IвЂ™ll do my best to get your Adirondack hunting photos postedВ We also encourage hunters, anglers and trappers from all over New York to share your stories with New York Outdoor News, where we have regular Reader Shots and the Best Buck contest. We need the rut to stand a good chance of nailing a buck since there's no resident herd on the property, but since we're the only ones hunting over the 125 acres, it's pretty quiet around us and we're hopeful for a successful hunt this year. For some reason, the rut hasn't come about at the normal time for last 3 yrs. If the antler is under 4', it's considered 'antlerless' so it wasn't legal for us to take and I wouldn't shoot a small deer like that anyway. I had a buck only tag and the only buck I saw was a little spike horn. Last year, my buddy shot a nice doe on the first day. We normally manage to get at least one deer in the 2 weeks. Between my buddy and I, we have one doe and one buck tag. To get an 'antlerless' tag, also referred to most commonly as a doe tag, you have to enter a lottery system and apply before the end of June.

I've never personally encountered or harvested a sick animal, and our area is awash in doe but the bucks seem to be elusive.

We don't have blue tongue, but there are scattered cases of CWD (Chronic Wasting Disease). Up here (Ontario, Canada) depending on the area, bow season for whitetail is open where I'll be at the end of the week. Large-scale outbreaks typically occur every 5-10 years. Hemorrhagic Disease is generally reported in late summer and early fall. Although elk have been exposed to these viruses, there is no evidence that elk are ever affected by the disease. After the first hard frost kills the biting flies, reports of sick deer rapidly diminish and few are observed thereafter. Hemorrhagic Disease is fatal to some deer, whereas others develop resistance and pass that on to their offspring. Affected deer seek out water to drink or cool off, which is why many deer are found near streams or ponds. Populations of these biting flies peak in summers with a lot of early rainfall followed by dry weather, creating ideal environmental conditions for their reproduction. Hemorrhagic Disease in white-tailed deer (often called 'blue tongue') is caused by viruses transmitted by small, biting flies.

Click to expand.The severe drought here is directly related to blue toung, the cougar problem could be controlled but the weather can't.

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