OUTDOOR CALENDAR
Today
n Iroquois Arms Collectors Gun Show at AMVETS Post 26, 600 Ward Road, North Tonawanda starting at 9 a.m.
n Pheasant season opened this weekend and will continue to be open, along with the Southern Zone archery big game season. Consult the hunting regulations guide or the DEC website at www.dec.ny.gov for closing dates and other details.
Monday
n Niagara River Anglers Association will hold their bi-monthly general membership meeting starting at 7:30 p.m. at the LaSalle Sportsmen’s Club, 2445 Tuscarora Road, Niagara Falls. Guest speaker will be Tommy O. giving a talk about his recent trip to Alaska.
n Firearms hunter safety training class at Little Ridge Archery, 8862 Ridge Road, Gasport from 6 to 10 p.m. Parts 2 and 3 will be held Oct. 21 and 23, also 6 to 10 p.m. Class size is limited to the first 35 students. You must attend all three classes for certification. Pre-register by phone. Call Roy Alvord at 772-7598 between 1-8 p.m.
n Town of Wheatfield Firearms Safety & Education Committee will meet at 2800 Church Road in Wheatfield starting at 7 p.m.
Tuesday
n Fin-Feather-Fur Conservation Society (3-F Club), 904 Swann Road, Lewiston will be holding their monthly general membership meeting starting at 7:30 p.m.
n DEC Deer Management Meeting at the Randolph Fire Hall, 70 Main St., Randolph from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Call 372-0645 for more info.
Wednesday
n Shooters Committee On Political Education (SCOPE) will hold their monthly meeting at the B. Leo Dolan American Legion Post 410, 42-44 Niagara St., Lockport starting at 7 p.m. For more info contact Ken Mottorn at 434-7110.
n Middleport Rod and Gun Club, Freeman and Mountain Road, Middleport will hold their monthly general membership meeting starting at 7 p.m.
Thursday
n Wilson Conservation Club Auxiliary monthly meeting at 2934 Wilson-Cambria Road, Wilson, starting at 7:30 p.m.
n DEC Deer management meeting at Sheridan Parkside Community Center Auditorium, 169 Sheridan Parkside Drive, Tonawanda from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. For more info call 851-7010.
Friday
n First duck blind drawing for the first half of the waterfowl season at Beaver Island State park. This will be for 10-24 through 10-26. For more information contact 773-3271 between 8:30 a.m. and 4 p.m.
n Fall Foliage evening hike from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Wilson-Tuscarora State Park. For information and to register, call 282-5154.
Saturday
n Ducks, coots, mergansers and Canada/snow goose seasons open in the Western Zone for waterfowl and the South Zone (which includes Niagara County) for geese.
n Northern Zone regular big game season opens.
n Artpark History Walk from 1 to 4 p.m. For more info call 282-5154. You must register in advance.
Sunday
n Bobcat hunting and trapping opens in the Adirondacks and Catskills.
n Trapping season for raccoon, fox, skunk, opossum, coyote and weasel opens for Western New York.
n Furbearer hunting season opens for raccoon, fox, opossum, and weasel.
n Lake Ontario plains turkey season opens (including Niagara and Orleans counties). This is open through Nov. 6.
Outdoors
OUTDOOR CALENDAR (Published Oct. 18)
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- It's tourney time on local waterways
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Outdoors Calendar published March 28
A listing of outdoors-related events for this week.
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Lake Ontario is top destination for Empire anglers
There were 78,000 boat trips on Lake Ontario in 2009, according to the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
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Outdoors Calendar published March 21
Outdoors-related events for this week.
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HILTS: Dealing with public perceptions not easy to handle
Ever since those stocking cuts, it’s been a constant battle to deal with that one issue — the perception that people had that all stocking was eliminated in the lake.
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Clearing of creeks should make for better fishing
Many of the smaller streams are already fishable and the larger creeks will probably be on fire by this weekend.
- FISH FORECAST: Mild weather, rain bring in fresh fish
- OUTDOOR CALENDAR: Published March 7
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HILTS: State releases deer, bear figures
While I don’t have any first-hand experience from last year’s big game season due to some health issues, I heard enough comments from the peanut gallery to think that hunting action for whitetail deer was off, down and marginal at best.
- OUTDOOR CALENDAR: Published Feb. 21
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