We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host delves into more of the anti-gun measures passed by NY in the waning moments of the legislative session, including the body armor sale ban in NY which completely missed the type of armor the Tops shooter was wearing. Haste makes waste, and this shows you what it means in not letting a crisis go to waste. The lead ammo ban proposal from USFWS on their National Wildlife Refuges was also discussed, and you can submit you comment to the Federal Register before August 8, 2022. USFWS has no science that indicates lead ammo or fishing tackle is causing problems, so push back. Your humble host also lays out the truth about lead and toxicity, and folks, solid lead bullets or sinkers are not toxic, as they cannot be metabolized! But this is how the trickery works, take a general truth - lead is toxic - then claim there is an issue, while omitting the realities of what form of lead is actually toxic, and if you cannot metabolize it, then toxicity doesn't exist! Kinda similar to the CO2 claims where yes, CO2 does absorb infrared photons, but only holds the heat for 0.00001 second longer than other gases, while CO2 is consumed by plats to make cellulose! Levels in the atmosphere are a fraction of what you find in a greenhouse, and yet no issues in greenhouses with heat or anything else. In fishing news the DEC has released some survey updates for Lake Erie fishing in May 2022, which showed a tremendous uptick in angling effort not seen on at least 20 years! This was driven by walleye and yellow perch fishing, while May's bass fishing effort was about average for the month. Lake Ontario stocking has been completed, and stream surveys will now be done with Lake survey work, starting this September. NY also appears to have a new smallmouth bass record with an 8lb 5.8oz beast being caught, weighed and released during a bass tournament on Cayuga Lake. The record is pending certification from DEC. Finally, the wind zealots are getting desperate and a new liar has jumped up trying to get politicians to sign a letter that is full of falsehoods, which your humble host dismantles piece by piece. To get the facts, visit CAWTILE.com or come of the July 12 informational meeting at Southtowns Walleye Assn. clubhouse on Southwestern Blvd. in Hamburg, NY. State Senator George Borrello will be the keynote speaker. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host breaks down the anti-gun laws recently signed into law after the state legislature passed a series of pre-written, law-abiding punishing gun laws, just waiting for another tragic criminal event to use as the crisis to capitalize upon. One of the new laws requires a license top purchase and possess any semi-automatic rifle, not just the scary-looking ones, and to get the permit, you need to be age 21. DEC has issued some clarification to hunters educators, and we can expect more clarifications in the coming weeks and months, along with lawsuits over this latest attack on our God-given rights. The legislature also passed the county opt out bills pertaining to the Holiday Hunt, but that has yet to be signed. I believe all hunters should contact the governor and urge she veto this legislation. The statewide lead ammo ban also appears to have died in the Senate, but Jekyll and Hyde Commissioner Seggos recently endorsed the lead ammo bad, across NYS, despite zero science behind the move. Legislative session ended June 2, thankfully. New session doesn't happen until January, with hopefully a brand new senate under GOP control to get balance back to NYS. Several dates of importance coming up, including NYS opening of bass season, Great Lakes musky season, as they both open June 15. Family Fishing clinics are also coming up, timed with the free fishing weekend in NY, June 25-26. ECFSC holds a clinic at Chestnut Ridge Park, and the East Side Angling Assn holds free fishing days at Broderick Park, foot of Ferry St., Buffalo NY on both the 25th and 26th. Events are free to all to attend. SWA Walleye Derby is now on and runs through June 19. July 11 is the NYSCC Golf Tournament, deadline to sign up is July 1 July 12 - CAWTILE informational meeting at SWA Clubhouse on Southwestern Blvd, Hamburg, special guest State Senator George Borrello will be on hand to discuss Lake Erie Wind Turbines. And the Region 9 Waterfowl task force submitted a report to the WNYEF that really spells out the problems with waterfowl hunting in NY in a nutshell. This season and next round out the 5-year SDM experiment, but we must wait until the 2024/ 25 seasons for relief. While lead ammo may still be used in NY (for now) USF&W has proposed regulation to phase out lead ammo on federal refuges, which NSSF has lodged a strong objection to as without merit nd devoid of science. Truly is. Comment period for that proposed federal rule ends August 8, 2022. And the renewable energy front, the reality of electric vehicles is discussed, factors no one is talking about, but better be thought of and fast. After all, when all the negatives are weighed it becomes self-evident the attack on gasoline and diesel is an attack on our liberty that affordable, effective energy delivers. This is why they wish to move from gasoline stored in tanks to electric that can be controlled by government. Nothing to do with saving the planet. And finally, a 2050-foot armor stone berm is needed to protect the 5 turbines of Steel Winds II from storm damage from Lake Erie. According to DEC, the facility is being damaged by seiches and ice shoves, impacting the access road and causing harm to the turbine foundations. If turbines on shore cannot be protected from Lake Erie storms without a rock wall, how will they protect 50 offshore turbines from the wave energy and ice? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

Happy Memorial Day! In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host delves deep into the 2021 deer harvest report, to see what is behind the numbers, and what dynamics are revealed in this report. Although the total harvest was down, the buck harvest was down slightly, declines were driven by antlerless harvest and it appears a lower harvest during the archery seasons as well. With Memorial Day comes the unofficial start of summer, and the official start of camping season, and it is expected that parks will see another record year for visitors and overnight stays, as covid covid covid has reinvigorated many outdoors pursuits, not just hunting and fishing. Speaking of fishing, inland musky season is now open, and the walleye bite is starting to pick up during the day. Crappie re still active in the weeds at Chautauqua and Findley Lakes, but expect this to slow as the weeds really thicken up. Tragic events and acts of evil have once again brought semi automatic rifles and the 2nd Amendment back into debate, with communist Democrats predictably calling for punishing law abiding people through targeting inanimate objects we have a right to keep and bear, for the actions of one deranged teenager. Not very smart. The legislative session for the NYS Legislature ends June 2, 2022, and we hope nothing gets done so we limit the damage being done to our state by the radical left. The county opt out bills did pass the legislature and are now on the Governor's desk for signing or veto. Please reach out and ask Hochul to veto this legislation as it is unneeded and unenforceable. And the energy debacle in the USA is going to get a lot worse before it gets better, as more states that are walking the renewable energy road are warning of rolling blackouts this summer! And don't be fooled by the meatballs saying we should have moved to renewables years ago... No, we should have invested that money we wasted on unworkable notions in pursuit of greater efficiency and better mining and drilling techniques. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host reports the 2021 NYS Deer harvest estimates have finally been released, with a decline in this year's numbers showing of nearly 17% vs. last year's harvest. A statewide summary is provided, but a more detailed look into the numbers will occur next episode. The legislative session is winding down in NY, with June 2 slated as the final session day for this year's legislative work. Although much can happen within a week, many of the controversial bills will likely die in committee than become an election year issue. But governors may call special sessions, so we have our eyes on it. And it appears hunters could be used to help control the nuisance deer in the Village of Fredonia. Trustee Jon Espersen is putting forward such a plan that he hopes will begin October 1, using archery hunters in the Village that does allow archery hunting by statute. Fishing is hitting full stride, but gas prices have put a crimp on the SWA perch derby this year. But Sturgeon Point Marina is now fully open, although gas availability is questionable, but anglers may now launch and retrieve and slip holders can get into their slips. The Fishing Hotspot map for WNY will be getting a much needed update, as the Erie, Chautauqua and Niagara counties begin the work to update the information, with a target deadline for updates by July 2022. Implementation would occur shortly thereafter. And a new record continues the ongoing hot streak, as this time in NY a new channel catfish record has been set! And as we march to the drum beat of the fairy tale known as climate change, more bad news is hitting, this time in the form of far higher costs, and how these are being hidden from public review. This of course, impacts the costs to get noting from wind factories either installed on land, or offshore in the ocean, or heaven forbid, in our waters of life. Costs, which were staggering last year. have gone up 11%, not counting interest, which has doubled! Bad news for them, but the Democrats don't care, they are now showing as happy about these high record costs we have to pay and watch our abilities to live our lives goes down the tubes. But these costs cannot remain hidden, and as the Democrats continue to irrationally defend their agenda, what remains of their credibility is sinking fast! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host laments about the waiting game that has become the 2021 deer harvest - let's hope the numbers are released before the end of the 2022 season. The 2022/ 2023 waterfowl season dates are set, and in NY we have 5 waterfowl zones, or duck hunting zones, but far more than that for goose hunting zones. Check the DEC website for specifics and maps sowing where each hunting zone is. A tragic and heinous event occurred last weekend in Buffalo when a deranged punk from Binghamton decided to drive to Buffalo to shoot up a supermarket, apparently targeting black patrons, resulting in shooting 13, with 10 being killed. This is the failure of the legal system and especially the NY SAFE Act, as this disturbed individual last year proclaimed the desire to shoot up a graduation ceremony. That was taken up by the police, and a mental health referral was issued for the kid to get checked, yet strangely, despite the SAFE Act demanding such mental health issues be disqualifying for firearms, this was never reported to NICS, and the punk was able to purchase a rifle lawfully, not to mention military-grade body armor, all of which if the laws were enforced, should never have happened. Let's Go Brandon and Gov Hochul will be in town this Tuesday to fear monger and use the blood that is now on their hands as a call for more gun control. They should try criminal control instead. The legislative session is winding down, and the crossbow bill has once again been stymied, as the Assembly EnCon committee voted to hold the bill for further consideration. All GOP committee members voted to bring to the full floor, along with two Democrats joining in, but 17 Dems and one Independent on the committee voted to hold the bill. Go figure. Democrat showing they are anti-hunting, anti-youth, anti-senior and anti-disabled. Other bills are being watched but the session does end June 2, but that doesn't mean the governor couldn't call a special session as well. Watching closely. Fishing is starting t0 heat up, although the perch bite is winding down, the crappie bite is peaking, and bass and walleye are picking up as well. And although summer has yet to arrive, it may be a good idea to look further into the future when considering your gear needs, as Let's Go Brandon's economy and product shortages could result in delays in getting that new pair of boots, ice fishing gear, new hunting rifles, and ammo, etc. But his appears part of a plan to push the US into Bankruptcy and communism. We really need to change direction come November. And energy policy is at the root of it all, and while we now fully know about the idea to stick wind turbines in the Great Lakes, deafening silence from Albany shows they are aware of the opposition, and apparently they will wait until after election day before they start the full push. But the Democrats have proven to be anti-freshwater and are acting like what they claim the GOP does - putting special interest profits ahead of our environment. The problems with offshore wind in the Great Lakes is documented, with many known terrible problems, and many more unknown terrible problems. This should never be considered again. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host reviews the latest fishing news, which is walleye has opened, while the yellow perch are on fire on Lake Erie, and the dredging has finally begun at Sturgeon Point Marina! An event was held this past Saturday, April 30, called the Perch Master's Tournament, where 50 boats/ teams of anglers competed to bring in their 5 largest perch by weight. With 50 boats playing in the event, most centered on Wendt Beach, just west of Sturgeon Point, but the marina wasn't open, and anglers had to run from either the Catt or Buffalo. Lost revenue for the town.... During April this year, without the port being open, the town lost up to an estimated $560,000 in angler activity. Hopefully once the marina is repaired this will be a thing of the past. The bill seeking to ban fishing and hunting tournaments in NY is once again in committee, as are a number of other bills unfriendly to outdoors concerns. This would impact a lot of economic activity, including the upcoming Walleye Professional Tournament Championship slated for Dunkirk Harbor at the end of August 2022. Make calls to your representatives and urge them to vote no on this frivolous bill. The record-setting fishing continues, this time with a new saltwater record for bluefin tuna in Florida, when team "No Name' captained by Jake Matney reeled in an 832 lb. 2 oz. monster, breaking the old record of 826 lb. 8 oz. caught in 2017. Wow! The political landscape in NY shook with a recent court decision by the highest court upholding two lower court rulings voiding the newly drawn US Congressional and NYS Senate districts as gerrymandering and unconstitutional, which is now forcing the primaries back to August instead of June. The Assembly redistricting has also been challenged just before the deadline, which will further mess things up for the Democrats this coming November. This year NYers have the chance to restore some balance in government, as the one-party rule has been an utter disaster for the people, and that's an understatement. The flurry of bills being introduced is on steroids again as we approach the end of this year's legislative session. We can only hope no action occurs, as June 2 appears to be the last session day for 2022. Many important dates coming up and are covered in this episode, including family fishing clinics, meat and ammo raffles and opening days of note. Free fishing weekend in NY is last weekend in June, where no license is needed to freshwater fish for those 2 days. And the Democrats have inadvertently made protecting freshwater a political issue for 2022 when they voted down the moratorium sponsored by George Borrello in the NYS Senate EnCon committee, where all GOP members voted for the moratorium, which would have protected all freshwaters in NY, including the Great Lakes from Industrial Wind Turbine industrialization, while all 7 Democrats opposed the measure, citing "premature" and "wait for the science" as their reasoning, yet the science, in the form of the NYSERDA feasibility study was already done in 2010, and was panned then, while Borrello noted environmental concerns that are not being studied by NYSERDA at all. SPread the word far and wide, as clearly the Democrats are opposed to protecting our freshwater for the kids not yet born, and everyone else. And Congressman Chris Jacobs has sponsored a bill to protect the Great Lakes from these schemes and also to pull federal subsidies from wind development in total. The battle is now fully joined, yet no project has yet been applied for nor solicited yet. And the darling of the Sierra Club, Block Island wind, has proven to be an unmitigated disaster, as they haven't generated any power since summer 2021, and now ae leaking oil into the ocean! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host talks the fickle spring weather, with one day bringing warm temps and the next a snow storm. However, this weekend the weather finally moderated for the youth spring turkey hunt, and hopefully those kids that got out had a successful hunt. Well, last week we lost another icon in WNY Outdoors circles with the passing of Captain Mark "Sparky" McGranahan. The Lake Ontario waters will be emptier with his loss for certain. He was a friend, a mentor, and was one of the first onboard with WeLoveOutdoors when we first launched. Trout are still running in the streams, but that won't last much longer, especially if temperatures remain in the 70's as they were this weekend. And the NYSDEC is launching a shoreline angler survey effort this year to gain better insight into this overlooked group of fishermen. Sturgeon Point Marina will see a dredging after all, as the town awarded the bid to a local contractor during the April 20, 2022 town board meeting. The dredging will begin as soon as possible, with the marina set to open May 18, 2022 at the latest. Although still not in line with contract terms, which demand the marina be open starting ice out, this is the earliest the marina will open in the past several years. And another freshwater fishing record has been broken, this time in Tennessee, with a 121 lb paddlefish being caught from Cherokee Lake. The trend keeps on trucking! May 1 marks the spring turkey opener and the walleye opener, and many have taken to the outdoors, rediscovering nature after covid covid covid, and this year plenty will be hiking and camping and enjoying the myriad of trails in our parks and localities. The rails to trails program has been one that has shown to be fairly popular, converting old, abandoned railways into hiking, walking and biking trails. But these projects aren't suitable everywhere, providing much greater benefit to urban and suburban areas, but not so much in rural settings, where many parks and trails already exist. A project that has been dormant for the past 8 years has been resurrected, but the opposition remains. Nevertheless, these groups are pushing for this to happen, which could spell the demise of the West Falls Conservation Club. A deeper look into this project and the number of landowners and homeowners that would be affected truly makes this particular effort no good. Interested folks may contact the STB, or surface transportation board, 395 E Street SW, Washington, DC 20423, and ask them to kindly deny this project in its current form. With spring turkey season about to commence, not to mention hiking and gardening season hitting its stride, people are advised to practice good tick exposure prevention, as a relatively new tick-borne illness is on the rise, an allergy to red meat called alpha-gal syndrome. Carried by the Lone Star tick, this life-altering illness happens with exposure to the common carbohydrate known as alpha-gal, and exposure, even once can cause an immune system response to this molecule. The result is allergic reactions to steak, pork, even venison and rabbit. And with this week being the big one for climate alarmists, expect a heavy dose of alarmism and little connected with reality. But NOAA has released temperature data indicating the planet is actually cooling, and Scotland is rethinking its rush for offshore wind. NY wanted a behind closed doors intrusion into Lake Erie, but that was met with fierce resistance, and now all are silent, even the touted feasibility study, Part Deux is late in its release. No one wats to touch this in an election year, so we must get them on record before election day. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

Happy Easter! In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host discusses the current yellow perch bonanza happening on Lake Erie, and although temperatures are still low, and we were greeted by snow this morning, spring has sprung, and the open water fishing is heating up. The cool, wet spring has served to prolong the trout runs in the Great Lakes tributaries, while the lower Niagara River has been hot for big steelhead, brown trout and lake trout. Niagara Bar is also seeing good action, with Chinook Salmon also showing up in advance of the spring feed. Inland lakes like Chautauqua Lake, are seeing crappie heading shallow in advance of the spring spawn to feed, and Ashville Bay is once again welcoming anglers, for $3.00 per day, to fish before the boats go in. The Great Lakes Sportfishing Commission has reported that the Lake Erie Committee has set the 2022 walleye and yellow perch quotas, with both species seeing an increase to their respective total allowable catch (TAC). Walleye, which has a quota expressed in numbers of fish, has a quota of 14.533 MIL walleye, predominantly applicable to Ohio, Michigan and Ontario. This represents an 18% increase from 2021 quotas. Yellow perch, saw a modest uptick in the TAC, which is expressed in pounds, with 3 of the 4 management units seeing an increase, but the east-central unit saw a decline in TAC. NY's catch of both walleye and yellow perch is 100% recreational. And NOAA will have their deep water hydrographic vessel, the Thomas Jefferson, in the waters of the Great Lakes in 2022, predominantly in Lake Erie, off Ohio and Presque Isle, updating the bottom mapping from the 1991 efforts. And another freshwater fishing record has been broken, this time in Mississippi, when angler Gene Cronley caught a 131 lb Blue Catfish from the Mississippi River on April 7, 2022. In hunting news, youth hunters took center stage during the 2021 big game season in NY, with over 9800 12 and 13 year olds securing a big game hunting license for the first time, and in promoting this activity to the youth, the Region 9 Youth Archery Camp, a longtime staple for summer in WNY, has undergone a makeover, and is now operated by the new non-profit Region 9 Youth Archery & Sportsmen's Camp, a 501c3 corporation dedicated to this endeavor. This year's camp, which runs August 5-7, 2022 at Elma Conservation Club, will offer intensive training in archery techniques, conservation principles, ethics and sportsmanship, as well as archery safety training for the bowhunter's certificate and, new this year, the NY Hunter's education course, a requirement to secure any hunting license in NY. Date of interest coming up include the spring youth turkey hunt April 23-24, 2022, and a turkey hunting proposal has been announced by NYSDEC which will extend spring turkey season to Suffolk County, although the season will afford only 1 bird per season as the limit. It has also been proposed that hunters may use #9 shot starting next season, vs. minimum size of #8 shot this year. Comment period ends June 5, 2022. Town of Evans will hold a public meeting on April 20 to discuss, among other things, Sturgeon Point Marina and the dredging bids. Town supervisor Hosler is playing the media game of maybe the marina will be closed for repairs, but no permits have been secured, no project out for bid, and funding isn't totally in place. It is recommended anglers attend this meeting, which starts at 6:30PM at the Evans Town Center, and make sure the town board opens the marina up. This and so much more in this week's episode. Happy Easter! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host jumps right in with the busy week that has gone by, from saying farewell to an outdoors legend, to development at Sturgeon Point Marina, to the NYSCC Spring Legislative meeting held on April 9, 2022. Friends and family gathered last week to say goodbye to longtime Dunkirk Observer Outdoors writer Gene Pauszek. He passed away on Friday, April 1, 2022 at home surrounded by his loving family, and he leaves a big hole in WNY as his dedication, oftentimes at his own expense, brought so much information to the goings on in the great outdoors that endeared him to his loyal readers and colleagues. The Town of Evans held a board meeting on April 6, 2022 with the resolution to put to bid this year's dredging needs for Sturgeon Point Marina passing unanimously. Some additional funding to help this effort out is coming from Erie County, legislator John Mills, and if all goes as planned, the marina will be open between May 16-18, 2022. The NYSCC Spring Meeting was held April 9, 2022 at SUNY Cobleskill, and was well attended, both in person and virtually. DEC brought a lot of information from most of their fish and wildlife personnel, starting with Steve Hurst from DEC Fisheries, providing news that happened over the past year, and plans coming up this year, which should keep this unit busy. Wildlife reports followed, with Big Game Biologist Jeremy Hurst providing updates to the bear harvest, while letting all know that the 2021 deer harvest still is not complete, but should be soon, after some challenges with updating the scripts and algorithms to account for reporting compliance variances from year to year didn't go as smooth as hoped. Moose numbers, too, were discussed as well as the big talk that was the success of the youth pilot lowering the deer hunting age to 12 with a firearm. Updates to the EHD outbreak were also given. Small game program leader Mike Shiavone provided some great insight into wild turkey, and the challenges presented to turkey chicks from West Nile Virus, while grouse don't seem to be impacted as much, with that being thought to be du to higher elevations they occupy, and lower temperatures which do effect mosquitoes. Discussions on the recent outbreak of avian influenza were also brought to the NYSCC. After the DEC portion, the NYSCC conducted their spring business, which included a heavy dose of discussions on the lead ammunition ban and the opt out legislation and proposed regulations. In response, after the committee reports, the boy deliberated the emergency resolution submitted by the Erie County Federation, with Chautauqua, Onondaga and Wyoming counties signing on. Time was the emergency, and the NYSCC took up this resolution immediately, voting unanimously in favor of the resolution, and adopting it as policy. Finally, it appears wind developer ESI Energy has been ordered to pay significant fines after disclosing many of their wind factories have combined to kill over 150 bald and golden eagles, despite never applying for an eagle "take" permit. This one is just the latest in a long line of problems that beset this industry which brings no public benefit, as no reliable energy is delivered for the high cost in money, ecosystem damage and dead wildlife. And finally, Pertnear Outdoors has organized a raffle in support of SWA initiative to install life ring safety statins along the upper Niagara River. Tickets cost just $20.00 and the luck winner will win a six hour walleye charter with Ultimate Adventure Sportfishing out of Sunset Bay, NY, for up to four anglers. Drawing will be on July 10 at the Southtowns Walleye Derby Awards Picnic. Bill Harvey, host of Pertnear Outdoors Log Talk Outdoors Podcast, heard about this effort here, and decided to help out! Find them on Facebook folks! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host reviews some of the goings on in wildlife, while also reflecting on the loss of longtime Outdoors Writer and friend, Gene Pauszek. His life was about sharing the outdoors lifestyle and he was a fixture at every Chautauqua County fishing or hunting event ever held. Fishing season is hitting full stride with the opening of NY's Inland Trout season on April 1, and along with the trout opener came new regulations taking effect, including the increased minimum size statewide for crappie from 9" to 10", as well as changes to sunfish regulations, trout ponds and lakes, and season opening dates as well. Steelhead runs are in full swing on the Great Lakes streams, and Spring Turkey season is also right around the corner, opening May 1. Be sure you remember to treat your outerwear with Permethrin, as the ticks are very active, and this time of year brings no shortage of them. Use Picaridin on your skin to help keep the ticks away too, while also keeping some black flies at bay as well. The NYS budget is late year, but suddenly this isn't a big deal, as the delays are a result of Democrat in-fighting, as no GOP elected representative can be blamed. Still, despite no paychecks for correction officers, public meetings are scheduled to provide "educational sessions" concerning climate justice and what a disadvantaged community is, as NYSDEC and NYSERDA celebrate their suddenly too cozy relationship, the adversarial relationship these two are supposed to take. Finally, your humble host deviates from the norm with a final segment touching on youth hunting recruitment and retention, as some believe it is the changing times that are driving lower youth interest in the great outdoors. The real reasons may actually surprise you. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host provides the latest news in the world of archery, as the NYS NASP Championship was held at the State Fair Grounds in Syracuse, with the event being sponsored by the NYSDEC. Over 400 elementary, middle school and high school kids competed in this state championship bullseye format event from across school districts from 16 different counties across NYS. You can visit the NASP website (https://nasptournaments.org, search for tournaments) to get the full results and standings, both individual boys and girls, and by school. Three categories, elementary, middle and high school separated by boys and girls (really!), wit the top 10 finishers receiving an award to recognize the accomplishment, winners received the championship trophy, a new NY Champion Genesis Bow with bow case and they qualified for the National Championship event slated for May 12-14, 2022 Louisville, KY. Coyote season is winding down, with the close of the season today not March 26, as I previously reported. I apologize for the error. Nevertheless, Coyote have been very active this late winter/ early spring, and several folks on social media noted some brazen behavior being observed. Also seemed like some didn't realize the season ran through end of March, probably thinking the season either closed end of December, or closed with small game on Feb 28. With some late season snow, the coyote hunt should show solid right up until the very end at midnight tonight. And while this seasonably screwed up weather shows, areas in the Northern Zone, especially the high peaks in the ADK are once again showing avalanche dangers, and DEC has once again issued an announcement reminding those planning a hike or snowshoe, or a downhill skiing trip to be aware that the melting snow creates unstable snowpack ripe for deadly slides and avalanches to occur. Recently, Forest Rangers and volunteers recovered a missing hiker that was sadly found deceased, under 4 feet of snow, and although evidence suggests he was caught in an avalanche, no real way to confirm if that was the case, or the snow accumulation was the result of snow drifts. Opening Day of trout season is coming up April 1, and with the wet spring and periodic accumulating sow, the inland streams should be running well with good flow, if now a bit high. Trout stocking is now underway, which actually kicked off 3rd week in March, and runs through May across most of the state, with a few special waters seeing stocking into June. Remember, season have changed with the new fishing regulations, and crappie minimum length is also increasing from 9" to 10" on April 1. Sunfish regulations change as well, along with lots of changes governing inland trout lakes and ponds. 2022 continues to the record breaking trends of 2021, with not one, not two, but three new state records recorded this month across the USA. Maryland has a new muskellunge record when Kyle Mullenix caught a 49 inch, 33 lb musky while fishing from the banks of the Potomac River. It broke the previous record that was set in 2017. Then, in Missouri, an angler from Illinois, Jim Dain, who was on a family trip to Lake of the Ozarks, landed a 140 lb. 10 oz. Paddlefish, which he didn't know could be a state record until another angler at the boat launched advised him to get it weighed. And finally, Rachel Harrison of Adairsville, GA set the longnose gar record with a 31 lb. 2 oz. beast caught while fishing the Coosa River. This is the 3rd state record to fall in Georgia in the last four months! This and much more in this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport. Tune in to get all the latest and stay up to date on the great outdoors news and goings on! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host ushers in Spring with advice on the upcoming time when bears are moving about. DEC's Living with Bears program provides outstanding insight into how to live bear smart and reduce human- bear conflicts, which boils down to not offering easy food for hungry bears to find. And while the last hunting season is winding down, coyote closes on March 26, 2022, those heading afield are reminded that ticks are becoming very active right now, so treat your outerwear with Permethrin, spray exposed skin with Picaradin, and make sure your pets are up to date with flea and tick prevention. DEC has announced the new fishing regulations adopted as part of two regulatory proposals made late last year. Changes simplify the trout regulations for lakes and ponds, matching those for inland stocked streams. Ice fishing is now permitted except in special brook trout waters predominantly in the Adirondacks. Season openers are also changes, as has sunfish creel limits adn the crappie minimum keeper size. Visit https://dec.ny,gov for more information. Meanwhile, anti conservation groups are using a tactic known as sure and settle with the willing folks at EPA and USF&W Service. The latest attempt, by Centers of Biodiversity, center on 2,3 million acres President Trump ordered open to public hunting and fishing. The settlement seeks to ban use of lead fishing tackle and ammunition on these lands, despite science not supporting the move. And World Water Day is March 22, 2022, and I wonder how DEC and others reconcile the damage caused to underground aquifers by industrial wind turbines. It will be interesting to see how the hypocrites handle these truths. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host reports that spring is here, clocks have now been set to reflect Daylight Savings Time, and the ice season is winding down, although old man winter isn't done with surprises just yet. Coyote season closes March 26, 2022, while all other small game and fur bearer seasons closed Feb 28. NYSCC is holding their Spring meeting at SUNY Cobbleskill on April 9, 2022 from 9AM-4PM, and will be a hybrid format. Committee chairs are advised to hold their committee meetings prior to this day, as no time will be available for the individual committee meetings. The first annual Golf Outing information has also been released by NYSCC, which will be July 11, 2022 at Seneca Falls Country Club. $500 per foursome, with a limit of 20 foresomes, which includes greens fees, carts, beverages and a late lunch and awards. Registration starts 10AM, shotgun start at 11AM, lunch 4:30PM. Sponsorship levels are available, and deadline to register for the outing is July 1. Meanwhile, in Vermont, wildlife officials are working to reduce moose numbers due to tick infestations and how ticks easily winter in large numbers on moose. Looking to add another 100 tags to the mix. And in North Carolina, the return of bear hunting in three bear sanctuaries, as populations are rising, as are conflicts. The ice is still nice, but not for much longer. Winners of the first Chautauqua Lake Ice Derby were awarded their winnings on March 12, with the big winner, also receiving a free walleye charter on Lake Erie from Mostly Muskies Charters. Thank you to Mike Sperry of Chautauqua Reel Outdoors for his tremendous partnership in this event, and to Capt. Larry Jones for donating the charter. Next years' event will be much bigger, and as Angler Tom Cermak remarked, "If you ice fish Chautauqua Lake, you'd be crazy not to enter. With 6 categories, all it takes is one drop of the line and you could win something. It isn't just about walleye!" We are still waiting for the fishing regs to be codified, and should hear something any day now. And the record breaking trend continues as a new Hickory Shad record has been set in Georgia, breaking the old record set last year from the same river. With Spring in the air, bears are moving about - so be bear smart and keep the food away. Spring also means migratory birds are returning, and DEC announced the opening of the Long Island portion of the NYS Birding Trail. NYS DEC also announced the transfer of 34 miles of old rail beds from DOT has been finalized between Tupper Lake and Lake Placid, which marks the start of design and construction of this Tupper Lake to Lake Placid to Sanarac Lake trail corridor for hikers, bikers and snowmobilers. Finally, the renewable green energy fairy tale, something adults should know better than to believe, got another release when Jeckyl and Hyde Basil Seggos and his cadre of zealots released their disadvantaged communities criteria for Climate Justice, and all that is missing is Once Upon a Time. Yet none of what they claim will come to pass, and what is important is what they don't tell you, the truth about electrical energy distribution and delivery. Their climate justice is nothing more than a massive redistribution of wealth, proving the green scheme is only to achieve communism in the name of saving the planet. Time to wake up folks! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

This week your humble host ushers in the start of meteorological spring, although astronomical spring is still a couple weeks away. With the changing seasons some dates of importance, such as March 15, the close of walleye season, or April 1, the opening of inland Trout Season. Several regulatory proposals are still sitting in limbo, with 2 fishing proposals potentially set to take effect April 1. While we wait to see whether walleye will reopen on the 1st Saturday May 8th, or on May 1, we do know that May 1 starts the spring turkey season, with the special youth hunt happening April 23-24 , 2022. Hunting hours are from 1.2 hour before sunrise to 12:00 PM, high noon. Season is for bearded birds only, or Toms and Jakes, and hunters are limited to two birds per season. You must report your harvest within 7 days of the date of kill. Even though NY had the safest hunting season on record in 2021, the calendar has flipped and HRSIs don't just occur during deer season. Remember, never stalk a turkey, as chances are you're stalking another hunter. Avoid wearing red, white and blue colors. Don't use a turkey gobble call, the fighting is over, the mating has begun, and they want to hear a new hen. Meanwhile ice fishing and snowmobiling appear to be coming to an abrupt end, as weather patterns continue to bring warm, wet weather, eating rapidly away at the ice cover. We may still have another week on lakes like Chautauqua, but the season is coming to an end and fast. Winners of the 2022 Chautauqua Lake Ice Derby were as follows: No entries for largest Crappie White Perch: We had one entry (well one angler entered two fish, but only one per angler counts), Tom Cermak, angler #6 of Northeast, PA 13.5 inches! Sunfish This category also had one entry, from Bill Lescynski, Jr., angler #3, from Ashville, NY,. 7 inches Silver Bass 2nd Place entry 15.75 inches, angler #6, Tom Cermak 1st place entry 16.5 inches. Angler12 John Stow, of also of Ashville, NY Yellow Perch 3rd Place – honorable mention was an 8.5 inch fish entered by angler #4, Jay Seekings, Ashiville, NY 2nd Place – 10.5 inches – angler 6, Tom Cermak 1st Place – Angler 3 - Bill Lescynski, Jr with an 11.25 inch fish Walleye 3rd Place – honorable mention was Angler 6, Tom Cermak 24.5 inch 2nd Place – 25.5 inches – angler 12 John Stow 1st Place with a 26” beast, angler 3 Bill Lescynski, jr. And another state record appears to have fallen, this time in Delaware, with a 7 lb 13 oz chain pickerel was caught by Gerry Mack And while NYers gear up for spring steelhead fishing, Washington State has closed the spring season across the coast due to far lower numbers than expected in the returns to the streams this year. This, and so much more inside this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport! Follow this podcast today! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host decided to release this podcast a day early, as he will be traveling next week, and wanted to make sure the audience has the updated true information and news that has happened in the past week NYS has announced that the 2021 hunting season was the safest in recorded history in NY, as 9 Hunter Related Shooting Incidents occurred, with one sadly, being fatal. This despite more hunters in the woods, new hunting opportunities, lowering the hunting age from 14 to 12 and expanding big game hunting hours by 30 minutes on the beginning and end of each day. Two of the HRSIs were self-inflicted, one happened during pheasant hunting, and none of the incidents occurred during the new hunting hour periods. No youths were involved in any of the incidents, again, as it appears complacency is the cause, as the shooters all had at least 40 years of hunting experience. Elevated Hunting Incidents, former treestand incidents, came in at 10, with one being sadly fatal. All but one incident shared the common theme of no safety harness, and the one where the hunter did have a harness on, it wasn't attached to the tree. In other news, comment periods for Access and Public Use plans for Canadaway and Hanging Bog WMAs close March 2, 2022, while comments on the updated State Forest Management plan closes March 4. Submit your comments and participate in this! And DEC has also released another propsal, amendment to DEC Campground and day use areas to address aquatic invasive species. Some of the language in the press release seems pretty offensive, as recreational vessels do not introduce the invasives, that would be foreign shipping vessels! Recreational watercraft can certainly help spread them once they are introduced. The inaugural Chautauqua Lake Ice derby wraps up today at high noon, with entries accepted until 1:00 PM. Weather during the last part of February softened the shore ice to the point where it was nearly impossible to get on the lake. A cold spell coming up could tighten everything up for some March fishing. However, in a preview of open water fishing, Connor Cinelli, son of charter captain Chris Cinelli, has won the Roger Toby steelhead tournament with a 12.58 lbs beast! Congrats young man! And in record catch news, bass tournament angler Stephen Tyson, Jr. caught a monster striped bass while fishing an Arkansas Bass Fishing league tournament on Hamilton Lake near Hot Springs. He released the fish before weighing it and it was most likely a new Arkansas state record. The one that got away! In other news, more propaganda is being peddled concerning eagles and lead bullets. Your humble host gives you the actual truth of this, as the claims eagles are being poisoned by hunter's lead bullets when eagles scavenge shot, and unrecovered carcasses, is pure bunk and emotion. Many sources of lead contamination exist, and inorganic solid lead is not toxic. Atomized, colloidal and alkylated, or organic lead is what presents the problems! This is another continuation of anti-hunter, anti-2nd Amendment efforts with great emotion and deception being played yet again. Push back folks. And the news gets worse for offshore wind, while today's anti-American Democrats double down on stupid, completing a bid on the NY Bight and roughly 400,000 acres of ocean bottom to 6 wind developers for $4.37 BIL. Sets up a circle jerk of money laundering for sure, to get nothing, while conducting no environmental impact studies and ignoring lawsuits moving through the courts. And Vlad Putin has made his move to cement his energy dominance over the EU with his invasion of Ukraine, enabled by the inept energy policies of Let's Go Brandon and allowing Russia to control prices. Way to --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host provides some additional updates on the trail camera issues, as Ohio has chimed in stating they will remain out of this debate and not entertain regulating these devices, for now. Utah and Arizona both have made moves to ban use of trail cameras during the hunting season, due to fair chase violation concerns. Ohio has opted for letting hunter's decide, which is the good way to go. Coyote are starting their annual breeding season, and NYSDEC has issued guidance regarding how to be "coyote smart" and avoid conflicts during the breeding when coyote become more aggressive and bold while searching for a mate. The fun and games don't begin and end with the hunting season for DEC wildlife, as they are currently conducting banding efforts of mallard hens for a breeding telemetry study to help discover what is driving their numbers down. Fisher surveys are also underway, and data collection from winter turkey survey work is also ongoing. The first free fishing weekend is now in the books, and ice fishing is in high gear, although the weather does start to change to give glimpses of the spring to come. Anglers have about a week left in the 2022 Chautauqua Lake Ice Derby, which ends on Feb 27 at high noon. A big blizzard came through on Feb 19, Saturday which created some dicey conditions for fishing, and the Mayville Ice Festival. I swear they can't catch a break - first a light ice year, and a castle made of snow, then covid covid covid, and now they have great ice, great conditions, came back to life, only to get a blizzard on the big day of the event. We are all waiting on decisions from a couple regulatory proposals from DEC, both the Big Panfish regs and the streamlining and simplifying efforts including changing opening and closing to hard dates vs. a specific Saturday. DEC fisheries manager Steve Hurst states comments are being evaluated, and over 400 comments were received on the latest round of proposals, a record for any proposals since the 2005 VHS baitfish rules, which included many public meetings where comments were collected in person. In fact, fisheries has been very active in survey work, and now has collected enough valid email addresses to get some seriously detailed and fairly accurate insight from this work, reducing margin of error to 0.75%! Great job fisheries unit! Keep it up!! Your host also reports the 2nd record catch in as many months into 2022, a 12 lb 8 oz speckled trout from North Carolina. And that Lake Sturgeon season set to run Feb 5-9, 2022 on Black Lake in Michigan, was open for a grand total of 36 minutes. The season quota of 6 sturgeon harvested was reached in record time! Meanwhile in news across the land, it appears the western end of Lake Erie has been seeing increased earthquake activity, thought to be aftershocks from a 4.0 tumbler in 2019. And although covid covid covid is pretty much now endemic, and has been for a while, Blue States cling to covid rules like Linus clings to his blanket, and in NY Dept of Health is proposing new powers for quarantine rules when "dangerous" illnesses emerge, with a list to be decided by God only knows who, holding whatever definition of dangerous they make up. This will be more than covid covid covid, and is reminiscent of the VHS rules, which created a rule that your baitfish need health papers to transport overland, and the disease list was more than just VHS, but all are hatchery-related pathogens. How interesting, they will implement rules that will never come down because the define more than what is leading them to make the proposals in the first place. See how this tyranny works? And opposition continues to grow against offshore wind in the Great Lakes, as well as in the oceans. NY needs new leadership! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

Happy Valentine's Day to all you sportsmen and women out there across the fruited plain! Your humble host also congratulates the LA Rams for their Super Bowl win. In hunting news, NYSDEC has released their 2021 Black bear Harvest, which was down from 2020 and the 5 year average, but this was in part due to lower acorn and other tree nut crops this past season. It is thought the gypsy moths played a big role in diminishing tree nut production. Meanwhile, Ohio has released their final deer harvest numbers for the 2021/ 2022 season, and Ohio actually provides weekly updates throughout the season! Meanwhile, hunting is experiencing a resurgence and growth in the hunting ranks, as more women and minorities take an interest in the conservation lifestyle. In NY, in fact, women in 2020 accounted for 33% of all people taking a hunter's safety course, and with the advent of tandem treestands, more are now joining their boyfriend or husband in the stand during the season! In fishing news, the ice is nice and many hatcheries in NY will be getting much needed repairs, but in Washington State the failure of an aged rubber gasket led to the escape of nearly 250,000 young steelhead, escaping into the Snake River system. The balance of the fish that this hatchery raises are now being held in the Cottonwood Acclimation Pond near the Oregon border. The Great Lakes Commission has announced they are holding a series of webinars they dub the Great Lakes Coffee Hour sessions, starting Feb 28-March 4. Visit the Great Lakes Commission website for more information. Ice fishing is in full swing, and even Lake Erie is showing more ice cover than we see historically for this time of year, but things may not be safe quite yet in the Eastern basin. Inland lakes, meanwhile show great ice conditions, and this weekend is the first free fishing weekend in NYS. Everyone can fish without a license on Feb 19 and 20 this year, so get out and enjoy! The Ice Castle and Winterfest in Mayville, NY happens this weekend, starting Friday the 18th at 6PM, running through Sunday Feb 20 4PM. The Great Backyard Bird Count starts this weekend as well, Feb 18-21, visit birdcount.org for more information and how to participate. NY has also announced the opening of the WNY portion of the NYS Birding trail, and this section features 36 stations across several WNY counties. Birding has grown in popularity over the past 20 years, and this is a way you can share your love of birds with avian research teams across the globe. Feb 15 also marks the start of the Erie Canalway Challenge, which recognizes your overcoming this challenge to trek 15 miles along the Erie Canal from Feb 15-28. Visit Eriecanalway.org for more info. Finally, your humble host discusses even more problems with offshore wind energy and the efforts of CAWTILE to stop these schemes from destroying our waters of life. When we think about the birding and the life in the area today, we often lose the fact that in 1970 we did not have many birds, no fish, lots of insects, no waterfront dinners or activities, nothing. We don't want to see a return of this which will happen if greed is allowed and not defeated. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host reviews initial observations reported by DEC on the 2021 big game harvest for both deer and bear. Although reporting is down vs. December 29, 2020, this may not mean the actual harvest declines, we must wait for the estimates to be released. However, bear harvest does appear to show a downward trend, but still is higher than the 5 year average currently used to gauge current years' success. PA has reported that their 2021 black bear season was a success, and showed the 5th largest bear harvest in history! DEC has released 2 Access and Public Use Plans, or APUPs, for Canadaway Creek and Hanging Bog WMAs in Region 9. Comment period continues through March 2, 2022, and comments may be submitted by email or snail mail. I encourage everyone to visit the DEC website and participate in this process, as that is the only way to assure the best possible regulatory outcomes and realities. DEC has also released their prosed updates to the 10-year State Forests Management plan, with that comment period ending on March 4, 2022. And in Maine, officials have designated February as browntail moth awareness month, as this pest is causing headaches for people with their poisonous hairs causing rashes in humans. Winter is the best time to exercise control over these pests, and workshops on how to identify wintering browntail moths and eradication are being held in February and March 2022. The ice is nice across NYS, and even Lake Erie is now showing ice cover, and with the groundhog predicting 6 more weeks of winter, we may get on the Big E after all this year. Be advised that some open water exists near Canada, and if you do plan on venturing out, make sure you know the wind speed and direction, as in the western basin some unlucky anglers had to be rescued via helicopter when winds broke an ice floe off near Catawba Island. The Chautauqua Lake Ice Derby is in full swing and anglers can still enter this derby through Feb 12, 2022 at Chautauqua Reel Outdoors & Tackle. Leader board and photo gallery is now active on WeLoveOutdoors.org, look under events. The photo gallery is attached to the actual event detail page. Leader board is a separate page under events! Meanwhile Feb 19 and 20 are the free fishing weekend days in NY and the derby ends Feb 27, 2022. DEC has announced special license exams for falconry, wildlife rehabilitators and leashed tracking dog handlers are slated for April 1, 2022 - deadline to register is March 25, 2022. Your humble host gives you updates to an avalanche advisory posted for the ADK high peaks, and law enforcement efforts from the DEC ECOs during the hunting season, as updates are given at the close of deer season in NY, which ended Jan 31 for the special Long Island seasons. And in Colorado, a bill seeking to ban big cat hunting met its timely demise in the Colorado Senate Agriculture and Natural Resources committee when that deliberative body rejected the bill 4-1. Meanwhile the cost of renewable energy is raising eyebrows, especially in light of the high costs for little return as 63 renewable energy projects have been transferred from the old Article X process to the new ORES and 94c process, representing 9,902 MW of installed capacity, carrying an aggregate cost of nearly $17 BIL based on overnight kw capital expense. However, based on capacity factor, or what will likely be produced, these projects will add a measly 1500 MW to the grid itself, making the cost per megawatt produced in the tens of millions. Where is the sanity? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host extends a heart congratulations to the Buffalo Bills for a fine season, and to the Cincinnati Bengals who defeated the Chiefs in a bit of overtime karma. While winter is in full swing, its hard to think of our pollinator friends, but DEC has announced they will be adding regulatory oversight to Neonic pesticides to assure these are only used by trained commercial professionals. These insecticides work via attacking the nervous systems, and have terrible consequences for pollinators, and even songbirds. Rules won't take effect until January 1, 2023, to give retailers and makers time to adjust. And while winter activities like snowshoeing, snowmobiling, ice skating and skiing dominate - many small game seasons and opportunities remain available and open in NY through Feb 28, which is a great activity to take your youths and expose them to these other facets of hunting, which do not demand sitting still and making no sound, like big game hunting does. You can even hunt coyote in NY through March 26, so don't just rely upon deer hunting, as small game is really the place where kids learn how to hunt. However, speaking of deer, according to National Deer Association, 2020/ 2021 saw a record in both bucks and total deer harvested across the USA, disspelling the notion that hunting is a dying sport. 2022 has started off like 2021 left off, with yet another fishing record being broken, this time in New Hampshire with a 12 lb 8.53 oz cusk, which is related to the freshwater ling, or burbot, or eelpout. Gilmanton resident Ryan Scott Ashley caught the fish from Lake Winnipesaukee just a couple weeks ago. DEC is reminding folks you still have time to comment on the fishing regulation proposed changes, as comment period runs until Feb 6, 2022. And in Ohio, fisheries personnel discovered the longhead darter, not seen in Ohio since 1939, have been confirmed present in the Ohio River! On the ice fishing front, you can still enter the Chautauqua Lake Ice Derby until Feb 12, 2022. Most lakes and ponds are now covered with safe ice, but Lake Erie is freezing up fast, with now over 80% of the lake being ice covered as reported by NOAA. With the frigid temps coming up, we may be fishing the Big E by next week. Ice progress is well ahead of normal annual progression. Your humble host updates you to the many different upcoming events, including a golf outing planned by NYSCC and the Erie County Federation Awards banquet coming up on March 5, 2022. Day old chick cooperators also have until March 25 to submit applications to become a cooperating pheasant rearer. Finally, on the renewable energy front, the suppression and deceptions of massive support for these schemes is falling like leaves in November, as more people are standing and objecting to these schemes that gobble large amounts of land, forests and farmlands, while delivering very little usable electricity. Even thee deception games are being exposed for the manufactured deceptions that they have truly become. {ush back and stand for sound energy policy and principles, not death in the name of "saving the planet". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host discusses another casualty of covid covid covid, as the NYSDEC has announced the cancellation of BOW in the Snow in Allegany State Park this year, which was slated for Feb 4-6, 2022. And alarm bells are now sounding over the potential for a ban on wood burning in New York, specifically upstate, as the Climate Action Council's desire is reducing wood burning by 40% across all of upstate NY, citing fictitious studies and grandiose claims of benefits that will never materialize. They believe their own delusions, folks. Some of the claims are reminiscent of Obamacare lies over saving $2500/ yr! Darned near similar $$ too! And in other news, starting Feb 1, 2022, people may no longer use the shooting range at Tonawanda WMU, as DEC has moved to permanently close use of the berms/ mounds that were placed there years ago specifically for target shooting. This comes on the heels of adopting the recently proposed rules of use for WMAs/ MUAs and UAs in NY. The ice is finally nice across most of NY's inland lakes, and the Chautauqua Ice Derby is now in full swing. The Clam Trap Attack finished up last weekend, congratulations to the winners. You can visit fish donkey and search for Clam Trap Attack 2022 to get all the results. While the ice around NY is good, that snow storm on MLK,Jr day did cover most waters with a good amount of snow. Although much is settling down, pressure cracks could present an issue, so use that spud bar until the ice is healed up and thickened up. Concerns are rising over the timing of the season opening day changes proposed by DEC in their latest round of regulatory activity. Some believe a delay in effective date to next year would suffice, and I have heard other work arounds are being considered. Make sure you submit comments before the Feb 6 deadline! Around the Great Lakes region, the Great Lakes Sportfishing Council advises Michigan anglers that creel limits for the spring steelhead season, March 15-May 15, has been reduced from 3 fish per day to 1, as populations have shown a steady decline over the past year. The Black Lake Lake Sturgeon Ice season is set, with a 6 fish harvested per season set to prevent overfishing. Anglers must sign up by Feb 5 to participate in this 4 day season (Feb 6-Feb 9), and the hours to fish each day is 8AM - 2PM only. Mercury is a terrible problems in many waterways, but good news is that it seems this contamination abates quicker than thought, as a 15 year study has shown levels of mercury in waters, sediment and plankton abate quickly once the source of pollution is curtailed. Better news for the younger fish, as the rapid decline helps keep exposure up the food change low. Older fish that are contaminated will remain so, sadly. The NYSCC has release action alerts to the membership. They call for the members to support A1299/ S7747, which will give full inclusion to crossbow while tying its use to archery. NYSCC calls on members to oppose A5728/ S5058, which is the revisit of the lead ammo ban on state lands and in the NYC drinking water areas, which is huge as that encompasses the Catskills, the Delaware River watershed and Cohocton Rservoir, and A7785/ S6510, which is the predicted county opt out law for late ML season in southern zone. Get busy, folks. Finally, your humble host brings you a blast from the past, as the renewable energy scam and claims of the planet in crisis have been part of the Democrat Communist lexicon for a long time. What is different is the people's connection to history. Same crises and claims were made on the first Earth Day, April 22, 1970. The more things change, the more they stay the same! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host reports on updates from the DEC concerning wildlife work done over the fall and early winter with deer, bear, upland birds and more. DEC law enforcement was busy and in region 9 an anti-poaching effort led to the apprehension of 2 poachers who decided to take a couple whitetail bucks from the Town of Tonawanda, an area where big game hunting is prohibited. On the fishing front, the ice is finally nice on Chautauqua Lake, just in time for the start of the Inaugural Ice Derby. The wicked cold over the weekend put 4+ inches of crystal clear ice just about everywhere on the lake, although the winds picked up Sunday shortening teh fishing time a little bit. Chautauqua Lake shows its incredible fishery quality in a review of the fall electrofishing survey work done by DEC. Walleye and black bass both show very strong, while 2022 permit application for aquatic herbicide treatments are being carefully reviewed. A fisheries master plan is being developed for Chautauqua Lake, which should be released for public comment at some point in 2022. Meanwhile, sauger surveys in the Allegheny River show strong representation of multiple year classes, and stable catch rates. And Lake Erie is seeing some emergency action being considered, as another strong spawn has walleye numbers at overly abundant levels, and to start addressing this, fisheries officials across all areas of Lake Erie seem to agree to lowering the minimum size from 15" to 13", to start this season. Stay tuned to WeLoveOutdoors for more information as it breaks! Several events are coming up, including Southtowns Walleye Assn general meeting on Jan 20, which is open to the public. They will be holding a gun raffle on March 19, cost per ticket is $20. The Erie County Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs has their January meeting on Jan 27 at Elma Conservation, also open to the public, and their awards banquet is March 5 at Kloc's Grove, cost is $45/ ticket. Evans Rod & Gun Club has their winter trap league running now, and a rotational 3-D Archery league is also going on, rotating each week between Glen Coe, West Falls, Evans and Collins Conservation, culminating with the shoot off on March 27 at Glen Coe, with the banquet slated for April 9. And in breaking news, sportsmen are urged to get active in contacting your Senate and Assembly reps to push back on the upcoming wood burning ban, proposed lead ammo ban (A5728/ S5058) on state lands for hunting, and the resurrection of the opt out legislation (A7785/ S6510) as well. In the final segment, hypocrisy from the radical environmentalists is now being fully revealed, and new lawsuits have been filed in Federal Court over auctioning off 800,000 acres of the NY Bight area of the Atlantic Ocean for wind factories. The lawsuit states that environmental laws have been ignored and the process expedited through denying the people their right to provide input. And locally the Sierra Club continues to embarrass themselves with their own hypocrisy, concerned over transmission lines re-exposing toxins in the Hudson, but not in the drinking water for millions in Lake Erie. Go figure! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host brings you up to speed with old man winter and how to maximize your enjoyment while in the cold, choosing the right outerwear, and avoiding or preventing frostbite and hypothermia. The EHD outbreak of 2021 also has updated information released from the DEC, and most of the state was somewhat impacted by this event, with the exception of Region 9, which appears to have escaped this outbreak. The National Deer Association also announced last week that the NYSDEC was named 2021 Agency of the Year for their new Deer Management plan, which addresses over-abundant deer populations and expands hunting opportunity to address the growing populations. Dr Krysten Schuler was named 2021 Professional Deer Manager of the Year for her works on CWD containment and reduction. The ice is getting nice across NY now with single digit temperatures in the forecast, and the Ice Fishing Derby on Chautauqua Lake is set to commence January 15. The Greater Niagara Fishing Expo sadly has been cancelled due to covid covid covid rules from NY, and Southtowns Walleye Association pushed their Outfitter's Fair back a month to Feb 19 as well. The Cattaraugus County Trappers is holding a raw fur auction on Feb 19 at Hinsdale Fire Hall, and of course the free fishing weekend coming up is Feb 19 and 20, 2022. Lake Erie Fisheries unit reports the yellow perch fishing in 2021, especially in April 2021, was incredible with some of the highest catch rates ever recorded. A record average size perch was set at 11.6 inches! WOW! Walleye also showed the 6th highest catch rate, and young of the year in the fall trawl surveys nearly doubled the record set in 2003! Lake Ontario Fisheries Unit was able to complete many studies and tasks this year after covid rules hampered works in 2020. Many hatcheries also received upgrades and renovations in 2021, with more to come in the next few years. The global warming front continues to numb smart minds, with the evolution of sensationalized and still not very accurate weather forecasting being touted as "evidence" of climate change". This is nothing more than propaganda to instill fear, with a government having the solution, conveniently. And our tax $$ are now being used to push even more propaganda with the target being the younger generations not connected with history, like the storms of the 70's and 80's, before we started naming snow storms, and coming up with scary terms like polar vortex and bomb cyclone. NY's arbitrary and capricious climate change really starts kicking in starting this year, and it appears wood burning boilers and furnaces will be targeted for banning this year. Expect backyard barbecues and grills to also face limits if not outright bans in the name of "clean air". --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

Happy New Year from We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport! The second season officially kicks off with your humble host recapping the inaugural Holiday Deer Hunt in NY's Southern Zone, which ended January 1, 2022. The first Holiday Deer hunt was marked with a virtually snow-free season, making the concern and controversy over snowmobiling and loss of revenue a laughable point. Instead, the added economic push was delivered by hunters, a welcome development in the face of zero activity from the trails. Hopefully some due diligence is being done by the DEC to separate any reported deer harvests during this 7 day season, as to paint a picture needed of success, impacts to the herds, and also numbers taken during this 7 day season in EHD afflicted areas, as to better relay population impacts to concerned hunters across NY. The second split of duck season in the western waterfowl zone also ended this weekend, on January 2, 2022, which continued the frustration many waterfowl hunters have since the new season setting SDM process was adopted 3 years ago. Two more seasons to suffer through, as the process took everything into account except waterfowl migration timing! If you still wish to chase deer, Westchester and Suffolk Counties continue their archery only big game hunting, with Suffolk also offering a special firearms season through end of January. And the House of Reps has passed a law providing Federal help on the CWD containment and prevention front. Waiting for passage in the Senate. While big game hunting is winding down, small game hunting still is a great option through end of February, with coyote hunting open through March 26. But most are turning their attention to ice fishing, waiting for Mother Nature to do her thing. Segment 2 is sponsored by Chautauqua Reel Outdoors, and they have a full line of ice fishing gear, live bait and auger blade sharpening service, now we need some ice. Several ice fishing derbies and tournaments are either starting up now, or about to get started, which will offer anglers a fun chance to win some money while ice fishing this year. Open water fishing although still a ways off, is also gearing up for the 2022 season, with the Sunset Bay Walleye Shootout Tournament info being released just before New Years. This event will by July 15 and 16, 2022. Captain's meeting on July 14, and awards breakfast July 17. Southtowns Walleye tournament runs from June 11-June 19, 2022 and registration for that derby has just commenced. 2022 also brings some important dates and events, as well as several comment periods for regulatory proposals. Be sure you comment on the fishing regulation proposed changes, and submit comments by February 6, 2022. Additional proposed changes include updates for PFOS and PFOA in Super Fund regulations, and the draft scoping plan from the Climate Change morons is also released for comment. Finally, ill winds are blowing for the wind industry, as a new Federal Lawsuit has been filed against Vineyard Wind Project, over improper siting and environmental impact studies and endangered species, ignoring laws that protect these endangered species, laws that protect commercial fishing, and much more. Even public trust is violated by these acts, as costs to get nothing but damage are an astronomical waste of money. Right whales, a species that only 400 are estimated to be left in the oceans, will be forced into extinction, to get electricity that will cost nearly $21,000.00/ kW once construction and output realities are factored. We have far more effective and less costly options to pursue, and no, folks, Carbon Dioxide is not a problem, it is plant food! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host offers a year in review, reflecting on the many changes seen in hunting, fishing, environmental and energy changes that 2021 brought. NY hunters saw the Holiday Deer Hunt created, proposals to let counties opt out that got shelved mid-December. Hunters saw the deer hunting age with firearms lowered to age 12, standardizing the hunting age in NY, at least through 12/31/2023, but counties had to opt in to allow parents to decide whether their son or daughter was ready to join them in the deer stand. Of course, Erie County's executive decided to veto the local law, and Rockland county didn't even consider their own measure. The rest of the state passed their local laws by end of June. The new deer plan was adopted, and to carry out that plan, several regulatory changes occurred, including expanding the hunting hours for big game to 1/2 hour before sunrise, to 1/2 hour after sunset. Hunters in pursuit of big game with a firearm, or accompanying one hunting big game with a firearm saw mandatory safety orange or pink rules for the first time ever. Fishing changes in 2021 included the adoption of the new Inland Stream Trout Management Plan, changes in trout stocking strategies, proposed changes to sunfish and crappie rules, as well as a litany of end of year proposals meant to reduce confusing regulations while moving certain season openings to a hard date vs. a Saturday opener. 2021 was also the year of fishing records being set, with 7 new freshwater records and 5 new marine records set across the fruited plain. We saw many changes on the environmental front, with NY passing the Environmental Rights Act, a vague and dangerous proposal, while the US passed the 30x30 conservation legislation, which seems good, but could allow government to shut down access to public lands if they deem our activities are causing global warming. More attention was focused on emerging contaminants, PFAS, with new drinking water standards, a drinking water restoration plan for Hoosick Falls, Maine implementing a do not eat advisory for deer in the Fairfield area of ME due to PFAS contamination, and proposals to update the NYS Super Fund regulations to account for PFOS and PFOA contamination. Locally, two Super Fund settlements were reached, one with Tecumseh affecting 500 acres near Smoke's Creek, and Honeywell affecting areas of the Buffalo River, which will include preserving 70 acres of undeveloped stretches along the Buffalo River for fishing and recreational purposes, forever. 2021 also brought perhaps the worst energy year for the United States since Jimmy Carter and the OPEC oil embargo, with bad policy resulting in skyrocketing gas and diesel costs, astronomical freight costs and resulting inflation across the board. NY got well on the way back to 1825 with the move to ban use of natural gas in NYC, while the state pursues wind and solar energy that never delivers anything but the lifestyles of the Amish, without the farms and forests. Happy New Year, everyone! May 2022 bring less covid, less stupid, and more enjoyment and may true science see a big come back, as the junk science used currently is serving no one but the tyrants. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, we celebrate the Christmas season with a special holiday version of the podcast. Five days left before the jolly old elf brings toys and goodies to all the good boys and girls, and with supply chain problems due to policies of Let's Go Brandon, perhaps St. Nick will bring that new ice shanty or set of tip ups with him from the North Pole. With the winter solstice just a couple days away, nights are long and temps are chilling the surface waters of all lakes and ponds, and it won't be long now before we're jigging walleye and perch through the ice. Meanwhile, the extended big game season in NY's Southern Zone sees the final day tomorrow on 12/21, but the Holiday Deer Hunt, not big game hunt, will open Dec 26 and run through Jan 1, 2022 this year. Doesn't appear we will have a whole lot of snow on the ground, and it does look like a more green Christmas for the 2021 holiday, making the concerns the snowmobilers had for lost economic activity due to the Holiday Hunt a funny and moot point. In other states surrounding NY snowmobiling and muzzleoader deer hunting coexist simultaneously without issue, and has for a long time. NY can do the same things. In other news, it looks like NY has set a record with overnight stays at our parks and campgrounds, with over 787,000 overnight stays recorded from Jan 1, 2021- end of October. This breaks the old record set in 2019 of 685,000 stays, an increase of 15% over the old record. Since NY has been renovating and upgrading at great capital expense the parks, the cabins and cottages and yurts to include more modern amenities, NY has witnessed an uptick of 45% in visits and overnight stays over the past decade. Adjusting the big game hunting rules in the parks to allow for Sunday hunting and other changes have also contributed to more active fall cabin rentals, especially in Allegany State Park. And Moreau Lake State Park has added another 860 acres to the parkland, expanding the size to over 6200 acres, putting this park in the top 10 largest parks in NYS. And a tradition which started in 1992 in Massachusetts, the First Day Hike event, will be held in 75 locations across NY parks and state forests and campgrounds, historic places, etc. Hikes ranging from 1 mile to 5 miles are planned, and you can get more info on this new tradition from parks.ny.gov, or dec.ny.gov, search on first day hike. And with snowmobiling season just around the corner, now is the time to enroll in a snowmobile safety course, which is required for kids to be allowed to ride the state trail system. The inaugural Chautauqua Lake Ice Derby is now taking entries, $25/ angler and you can enter at Chautauqua Reel Outdoors in Lakewood, NY. Derby starts Jan 15- Feb 27. DEC has also announced new fishing regulation proposals with comment period ending Fe 6, 2022. Efforts are to streamline some regulations, while making some changes to fishing seasons. You can read the proposed changes at dec.ny.gov. Expos are coming up, kids fishing clinics see a return to more normal operations in 2022, and also the schedule for licensed NY guide exams has been released. Maine meanwhile has recorded their largest deer harvest since 1968, and Montana has added a CWD management deer hunt through Feb 15, 2022. The folly of wind turbines in Lake Erie now has a shill organization drumming support up, but with 19 followers of their Facebook Group, vs 3700 for CAWTILE, looks like WNY is rejecting soundly the notion. We have more cost-effective, working alternatives that must be pursued, but stupid is stubborn, as NYC announced ending natural gas use for even heating. Stupid is as stupid does, and when you vote for stupid, you get stupid. Merry Christmas everyone! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host reports the Regular Big Game season in NY's southern zone has ended, with the extended season now open through 12/21. The holiday hunt will go on unimpeded across the southern zone as well, as the regulation providing county opt out was shelved by DEC this year. In other news, Governor Hochul has vetoed the antler restriction bill that would have added 3H and 3K to the mandatory buck harvest restriction, harming DEC's ability to more effectively manage deer. Her veto was issued December 10. DEC has also announced another round of regulatory proposals aimed at Freshwater Fishing and streamlining the fishing regulations, with a 60-day comment ending February 6, 2022. Changes proposed include streamlining trout ponds and lakes regulations, eliminating the lake trout and Atlantic salmon regulations, allowing ice fishing in trout ponds (year round fishing), with harvest allowed as 5 per day, with only 2 exceeding 12 inches, while ponds stocked for brook trout will be closed Oct 16-March 31. Other elements include changing Oneida Lake walleye regs back to the 15 inch and 5-per day statewide standard, creating a year round, no daily limit, 12 inch minimum for walleye on Skaneateles Lake, as well as some technical changes that were missed when latest regulations guide book was produced. Also proposed is changing the opening days of fishing seasons to start and end on a hard date, vs a specific Saturday. Walleye, northern pike, pickerel and tiger musky would open May 1, statewide muskellunge season would start June 1, and black bass would open June 15. Submit comments to regulations.fish@dec.ny.gov or you can mail comments to the DEC Inland Fisheries Unit, DEC, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-4753. Our second segment is sponsored by Chautauqua Reel Outdoors Guide and Tackle, 165 West Fairmont Ave, Lakewood, NY. Stop by and say hi!. 2021 has been the year for record fish being caught, and this continues with two new records reported - in North Carolina, a record Red Hind was caught, and in Minnesota, the 64-year record muskellunge was broken November 22 by a 55 lb, 57.75 inch monster. A new ice derby is slated for Chautauqua Lake this year, which will be a measure your catch and submit two photos via email, with 6 different species in play. Derby entries commence December 15, and anglers can enter at Chautauqua Reel Outdoors. Entry fee is $25, and is open to all. Angler 16 years and up must have a valid NYS fishing license, and under 16 requires parental consent. Derby runs from Jan 15- Feb 27, with an after tournament awards ceremony TBD, depending on covid covid covid nonsense. Your humble host also gives credit where credit is due, and good DEC has done much to bring information to outdoors enthusiasts on where to fish, find public lands and hunt, trails, campsites, and more. Sometimes they deserve to be questioned, and maybe even chastised, but sometimes they also deserve a thank you. For their efforts with their website, and new app HuntFishNY, the DEC deserves a big thank you and kudos. BOW in the Snow registration is also open, closing tomorrow, for the Feb 4-6 event. Finally, your humble host reveals even more problems for renewable energy scams, as actions in Ohio is leading to the State Supreme Court, and many conflicting claims have been discovered coming from NYSERDA in their support or wind and solar, yet the numbers they present make no sense. NYISO is also warning of major grid reliability issues coming as our reserve capacity continues to shrink predominantly due to policy and denial of projects and renewed permits. But all this is being exposed, and more is coming to light. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host provides some insight into some recent discoveries and resulting orders concerning PFAS contamination detected in whitetail deer in Maine. An eat none order was issued for the Fairfield are when 5 of 8 deer tested showed high levels of PFOS, a chemical linked to several illnesses including cancers. This isn't the first such order, as in 2018 Michigan issued a similar order for a 5-mile radius around Clark's Marsh due to PFOS contamination from the old Wurtsmith Air Base, stemming from fire fighting foam used on the base. Michigan has since reduced the area to a 3 mile radius, but this recent announcement is disturbing, to say the least. Officials will be testing turkey as well. The organization the Environmental Working Group, has an interactive map showing the identified PFAS contaminated sites across the 50 states and 2 territories of the USA, and as of October 2021, over 2800 such sites have been confirmed. Similarly, the NYSDEC has announced that the new drinking water restoration plan for Hoosick Falls, a village just northeast of Albany, as this village has suffered with PFOA contamination in their drinking water after decades of pollution from factories in the village owned by Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics, Honeywell, 3M and DuPont. Remember, in 2020, Mayville, NY had to shutter their artesian wells due to PFOS from the fire training grounds nearby, forcing a new well be dug to restore services and water to the village. Everyone's favorite subject, covid covid covid, is once again in the news with the discovery and predictable breathless reporting of the dreaded omicron strain, first detected in South Africa. DEC has gotten on the covid covid covid bandwagon, announcing the "Take Your Shot for Outdoors Adventure", which is an incentive program to get the jab, where the first 2,000 outdoors people that get their first shot between December 1 and 31, will be eligible to win one of several different prizes for taking the experimental vaccines. Five winners will be selected to receive the large prizes, valued at $2,000.00, and another 5 will win the tier 2 prizes valued at $1000.00. I am wonder where the money is coming from to do this, as all 2,000 will receive a free tree seedling, a $25 gift card and a subscription to the Conservationist Magazine. We Love Outdoors congratulates ECO Steven Shaw for inning the ECO of the Year Award from Safari Club International, a new fishing access site has been announced for Lewis County, DEC summer camp registration opens March 6, the Greater Niagara Fishing Expo is coming up in February, as is the first free fishing weekend for the year in NY, which is the President's Day weekend, Feb 19 and 20, 2022. Finally the offshore wind battles are heating up, both in the Atlantic and Great Lakes, with BOEM hosting some workshops for commercial and recreational fishermen, while NOAA issues slow go areas to protect migrating right whales moving through NY and NJ waters on their way south. I wonder if turbines will be offline during those migrations to spare them from the negative impacts of infrasound? And the CEO of LEEDCO, the ones pushing the Ice Breaker Project in Ohio, has left the company and jumped to Diamond Offshore Wind, in a move that looks like he is throwing in the towel on the Ohio "demonstration project". The lobbyists pushing this meritless idea are flooding WNY with ADs seeking support. They will play the kabuki theater on this one, be advised. Opposition is very strong on WNY, and most are strongly opposed to screwing up the lakes - its our freshwater. Keep the turbines out! Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah to all my listeners! We will see you all next time on We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host brings you up to date with the busy big game hunting seasons going on, with Northern Zone now in the final week, and Southern Zone still having a couple weeks to go before the extended archery and muzzleloading seasons kick off. PA also saw its regular firearms deer season open on Nov 27, which runs through Dec 11. Western zone of NY's 2nd duck season also kicked off on Nov 27. The EHD outbreak in NY is over, but 30 counties in NY had confirmed EHD cases, marking the most severe event for EHD in NY yet. It also appears some deer may have survived this typically fatal virus, showing the signs of the ravages of this disease in cracked and sloughing hooves, and appearing to be lame. Still, antibody detection in these animals has wildlife veterinarians hopeful these animals will have some protection against future EHD outbreaks. The current harvest in NY's southern zone appears to be running ahead of last year's success, but the season is still open and estimates still have a long ways to go before final numbers tell the full tale. Still, with favorable weather this year it appears the hunters are having more success than years past, which is good news for wildlife managers seeking to stabilize or slightly lower deer numbers in any given WMU. NY has sadly recorded its first fatal HRSI, a hunter on hunter shooting event in Ontario County on Thanksgiving Day. The investigation is ongoing, and no charges have yet been brought on the 61 year old hunter that took a shot at movement, as the 28 year old victim, who the shooter was hunting with, was in all camo and not wearing the required hunters orange or pink. Nevertheless, it is the one who takes the shot to identify the target and what is beyond, and that appears to not have happened, rather, see no orange, take the shot. Many activities for winter are being announced, including Reinstein Woods and their winter programs, which start December 2021. If you are an archer, Allied Sportsmen, in Marilla, NY, has announced an indoor 3D archery league begins Dec 2, with a SPOT league starting up on Friday, Dec 3. With winter coming, your humble host also delves into ice fishing and safety, as first ice always brings eager and anxious anglers and thin ice conditions. Safety tips may keep you on top of the ice! Some ice fishing derbies and tournaments will also begin in January, with info on some of these opportunities provided. But ice fishing isn't the only winter activity to look forward to, and with the number of state parks and other lands that offer public use, now is the time to start planning that cross country skiing trip, or hope for that snowshoeing weekend. Many activities may even be combined, like snowshoeing and small game hunting. Winter is a wonderful time of year! Meanwhile, the Greenies and embraced a new slogan, we must destroy the ecosystems to save the planet! As crazy as it sounds, that is exactly their position, and new studies concerning health impacts of low frequency noise on people living near wind factories shows this wind turbine syndrome is a real thing, with cardiovascular problems really taking center stage. The latest lie coming from these zealots is electricity prices will be lowered. Scarcity of fuel and resulting energy always drives prices up. What these folks are smoking is beyond me, but their lies are as predictable as the sunrise. And still no environmental impact studies are being done concerning LFN impacts on fish and wildlife, although some studies are being commissioned to study the physical changes in oceans. Expect the lies to grow larger, the tales to become taller, and the folly to get weirder as the truth about the impacts these foolish plans truly deliver. Count on it! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host provides a recap of opening day in NY's western southern tier, which features a good snow cover, plenty of shots, and a big buck for your humble host. It took a while to get that buck out of the woods, but was well worth it. The real thrill, however, was just being out in the woods, seeing the bear tracks, and the wildlife in total that brings awe to every hunter, young and old. The DEC has announced a Becoming an Outdoors Woman weekend coming up February 4-6, 2022, which is dubbed BOW in the Snow, and will be held at Camp Allegany in Allegany State Park. Registration opens early December, and courses in Nordic skiing to Ice Fishing and more will be offered during the weekend event. DEC has also announced a State of Lake Ontario meeting will be held on December 2, 2021, at 6:30PM. This virtual meeting will be hosted on Webex and unlike past meetings, will be a questions only session, as 7 pre-recorded presentations concerning various studies, results observations state of various prey and predator fish, etc., are already published on the DEC website. Anglers and stakeholders are encouraged to review these presentations and form questions based on these as no presentations will be given during the meeting itself. Your humble host then provides an update to the CAWTILE informational meeting on November 15, 2021 at Southtowns Walleye Assn. Sharen Trembath MC'd the event, with 5 guest speakers presenting actual factual information and warnings about the threats Industrial Wind Turbines pose for Lake Erie and our freshwater, while highlighting the astronomical costs that are being downplayed and minimized to sell the snake oil. Add to that the scarcity of electrical energy from wind turbines due to the variability of the wind itself, and even Stevie Wonder can see this is a bad idea. And when we consider hydro power, the far lower cost to actual real deliverable energy, well, we all need to Just Say No to Industrial Wind Turbines in Lake Erie and the Great Lakes. Chautauqua Updates has produced videos of the presentations provided last Monday, which you can view and share off their YouTube channel, or access the videos as they are released on WeLoveOutdoors.org, CAWTILE page. SOme of the materials presented are also available for download, some of which includes source links for independent research. Finally, the US DoJ announced a settlement agreement had been reached with Honeywell Corp and others involving natural resource damage and contamination from years of discharging cooling and process water poisoned with hazardous chemicals/ substances. Stemming from the making of dyes and organic chemicals, the Buffalo River got to catch the poisons from 1960 through the early 1970's. In addition to remediation and habitat restoration, the settlement, if court approved, would also have approximately 70 acres of undeveloped shoreline of the Buffalo River preserved in perpetuity, bringing more much needed shoreline fishing access to the City of Buffalo. Have a Happy Thanksgiving everyone! We will see you next week, same bat time, same bat channel... God Bless! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host is counting down the days to the Regular Big Game Season opener, happening Saturday, November 20. With the final days of archery and crossbow season at hand, now is the time to take care of any last minute gear replacement, or make final repairs to stands, etc., before the regular season opens. The change in the opening day some 15 years ago in NY has had the unintended consequence of creating a rush rush rush scenario, as hunters don't have that last weekend of archery before the opening day Monday to do the things they must do now in a compressed fashion. Rushing is not the name of the big game hunting game, and now with the extended shooting hours, it behooves hunters to slow down and take even more time to assure proper target ID and safety of the shot. Remember to also practice good treestand safety, and use that fall arresting harness when climbing and in stand. Hunters are also reminded to wear that safety orange or pink! DEC will be operating a checkstation on Route 16 in Region 9, just south of Holland, NY, during the opening weekend. Hunters are encouraged to stop and let biologists collect samples to help better inform to the health of deer in our area. Remember to properly tag and report that harvest within 7 days of the kill, as is required of all hunters to do. A new mobile app, HuntFishNY, is available for download and offers the easiest way to report right from your smart phone. This app replaced the old Pocket Ranger app, which ceased working after DEC moved to new license system last year. DEC continues to promote "Let It Go, Watch It Grow," harvest restraint to allow bucks to get a little older before harvest. Some identification tips are provided by your humble host to help hunters better identify an adult deer from a young one, on hoof. Although every deer harvested is an awesome accomplishment, knowing the indicators of an adult doe or mature buck certainly helps better inform the hunter's decision to shoot or pass. DEC is also seeking waterfowl hunters cooperation on a diving and sea duck study on thiamine levels in Great Lakes basin birds. Visit the DEC website for more information how you can help! Thiamine, pr vitamin B1, is critical for successful reproduction, and with thiamine levels showing low in some fish, understanding if this is also a condition in waterfowl can help direct research efforts to find the cause and remedy. Meanwhile, Missouri held its first ever black bear hunt, and PA has added some new public acreage to their portfolio of public lands open to hunters. Back in NY, local conservation clubs are really feeling the funding hurt caused by covid covid covid. Consider joining a club and help out, as these groups are critical for conservation's future. With the passage of the infrastructure bill, the communist dash to the lifestyles of the Amish is on track, complete with full folly that the rest of the world is starting to doubt. But more concerns keep cropping up, especially with offshore wind, prompting BOEM to start soliciting hydrodynamic studies caused by wind factories. And later on tonight, CAWTILE will hold an informational meeting on wind turbines in Lake Erie at Southtowns Walleye Association on Southwestern Blvd at 6:30PM. Hope to see you all there! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host remembers the upcoming anniversary of the sinking of the Edmond Fitzgerald, which occurred November 10, 1975 in Lake Superior. The power of the Great Lakes should always be respected and remembered. Crossbow season in NY's southern zone is in full swing now, with regular season fast approaching. Your host provides some reminders on firearms safety, as a hunter related shooting incident occurred in Erie County this past October 28 during a pheasant hunt. This hunter on hunter event did not seriously injure the victim, and the hunters did speak after the incident. However, the victim could not recall the name or contact info he got from the other hunter, and DEC is seeking anyone with information to help them find the responsible party. Contact DEC Law Enforcement at 716-851-7050, ext 5, with any information. November 1 marked the full release of the DEC's documentary Uninvited: The Spread of Invasive Species. Available for free on the DEC's youtube channel, the hour-long documentary provides good information and insight into the problem of invasives, and what we can do to help stem the spread. Turning to covid covid covid news, a propaganda piece appeared in the NY Times, and reported on in the NY Post, claiming that whitetail deer in Iowa show they had covid covid covid. Based on a paper that is not peer-reviewed, and even coming with disclaimers stating same, and for the press not to treat the paper as conclusive, the propagandists seeking to further the now well over emergency just couldn't help themselves. Detection of covid was done through antibody analysis, not actual genetic sequencing of the antigen. However, plenty of peer-reviewed science is published including in the US Library of Medicine, concerning Bovine Covids and deer, as cows spread coronavirus to wild whitetail deer, which do spread the malady responsible for causing diarrhea in wild cervids, and this has been going on for a long time. The National Academy of Science was working in 2020 on finding any potential intermediary responsible for spreading covid-19, using a list of animals susceptible to coronaviridae family viruses. The list included 252 species of mammals, 72 species of birds, 65 species of fish, 17 reptiles and 4 amphibians. None of these are human covids, but 2010 research indicates that genomes in even Bovine Covids show some genetic similarities to human covids, making the antigens nearly indistinguishable. Convenient for propaganda pushing. Although Albany DEC appears to believe this tripe, my anonymous sources at Cornell's School of Veterinary Medicine concurs with your humble host, that many coronaviruses exist, and the articles were highly slanted. Don't be fooled. Next we will hear we are giving covid covid covid to wild turkeys (yes, turkeys have covids, too). Your humble host also provides updates to some important dates, and expo season returns in 2022, with the Greater Niagara Fishing Expo and the WNY Outdoors and Travel expo both returning in 2022. State record fish continue to be set, as new records in NJ and PA have been reported. DEC has also codified new WMA regulations pertaining to permitted uses, taking effect January 1, 2022. NY voters passed the Environmental Rights Amendment, and all eyes are on what this may do to NYers through vigilante enforcement via lawsuits. Finally, the rush to jump off the renewables cliff continues, but bad news continues to plague the wind and solar industries as reliability, costs and even supply chain problems are quickly dampening the efforts. Remember, November 15 marks the hearing on Great Lakes wind turbines, hosted by Sothtowns Walleye Assn, starting at 6:30 PM at their club house on Southwestern Blvd in Hamburg, NY. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host reminds hunters that today marks the start of the supplemental DMP issuance for WMUs that have not met their target tag issuance level. Available on a first come, first served basis, hunters must head to a license agent to secure up to two (2) additional DMPs. Once the tags are gone, WMUs are removed from the list until all DMPs are issued. The rut is hitting full swing, with bucks now actively chasing and soon to be tending the does. Leaf activity is past peak now in NY as well, which means the leaves will be dropping quickly now. Saturday also marks the start of crossbow use in early archery in the Southern Zone, and your humble host goes through some crossbow handling do's and don'ts with safety at the forefront. In other news, DEC has released their proposed regulatory changes for panfish (sunfish and crapppie) with a 45 day public comment period now open through 12/26/2021. This proposal has been pared back from the originally released draft "management plan", now encompassing only 3 changes - lowering the daily creel limit for sunfish from 50 per day to 25. Increasing the keeper size statewide for crappie from 9" to 10", and establishing special regulations for a handful of waters for sunfish, where setting a minimum size of 8" and a daily creel limit of 15, in an effort to see larger sunfish from these specific waters. All regions except region 2 has a water body or two selected for these special regs. Comments may be emailed to regulations.fish@dec.ny.com, subject of Sunfish and Crappie Regulations, or mailed to Inland Fisheries Section, NYSDEC 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-4753. Also, starting today, November 1, boaters are reminded you must wear your PFD full time when on board a vessel less that 21 feet in length. This includes motor boats, kayaks, canoes, row boats and sail boats. This requirement remains in place through May 1. Election Day is tomorrow, November 2, and although this year is a local election only, 5 proposed NYS Constitutional Amendments are on the table. My own personal recommendation is to vote NO on all proposals, especially the first 4. Proposal 2 is the Environmental Rights Amendment, and the wording is so vague it would relegate environmental protection to vigilante lawsuit justice. Air and water cross state and international borders, and really is best handled by the Federal Government anyhow. Meanwhile, a lawsuit filed by several towns and organizations against ORES and their ignoring of SEQR laws, filed in June 2021, has been thrown out by State Supreme Court Justice Peter Lynch, citing the lack of a project being the subject of the suit, and therefore no foundation for the suit exists. The chance for appeals remain, as well as the ability to file Article 78 actions against specific projects if environmental protections and studies are ignored. This was disappointing but not unexpected. While this lawsuit aimed to protect NY's ecosystems from harm caused by wind and solar projects, firearms owners and safety advocates are incensed by the tragic event on the set of the movie Rust, when actor and movie producer Alec Baldwin fired a live 45 Long Colt cartridge during a rehearsal from a firearm that was claimed to be empty, killing cinematographer Halyna Hutchins and wounding director Joel Souza. Every firearms safety rule was violated, but unknown whether criminal charges will be lodged, and against whom. Basic firearms safety places responsibility on the one that did the shooting. It would have taken just 5 seconds to check the firearm to confirm it was unloaded - something that no one did, including Baldwin, who cocked the hammer, aimed at people, and squeezed the trigger. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

This week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport announces that DEC has set the supplemental DMP issuance to begin on November 1 in the following WMUs: 1C, 3M, 3R, 3S (bowhunting-only), 4J (bowhunting-only), 6P, 7F, 7H, 7J, 7R, 8A, 8C (bowhunting-only), 8F, 8G, 8H, 8J, 8N, 8R, 9A, 9F, and 9G. Permits will be issued on a first come, first served basis, and for those who have already applied for the DMP lottery prior to the Oct 1 deadline can secure up to two more DMPs in the areas above without having to pay another application fee. Hunters that did not apply during the open lottery period will be subject to the $10 fee. EHD impacted WMUs that may have not issued all their DMPs will not see this supplemental issuance. We are still waiting for that first frost and with Halloween fast-approaching, bowhunters are still reminded to report any observed dead deer to DEC. The return to Eastern Standard Time, the end of Daylight Savings Time, occurs on Sunday November 7, 2021 this year. Comment periods are still open for the proposed county opt out on the holiday hunt, through November 14. Hunters are urged to participate, as among the many issues that make this a terrible regulation, enforcement will be impossible, and must be done by the county Sheriff in counties that wind up opting out, and they do not have the same powers as ECOs. Also, the proposed new guidelines for PFOA, PFOS and 1,4 Dioxane in drinking water and MCLs in raw water have that public comment period through November 5. Please take the time to submit your comments on that as well. Seems like ocean life is being better protected from these emerging contaminants than frsshwater life, which contradicts the end game of health drinking water. Election day is fast approaching, and early voting in NY has begun on Oct 23. November 2 is election day this year, and although this election is local races only, 5 proposed NY Constitutional Amendments are also on the ballot, including Proposal 2, the Environmental Rights Amendment, which is so open-ended and vague that it amounts to very bad law. Also on the ballot are those Erie County legislators that voted opposed to the youth bill. If you live in the districts represented by these 5 who do not support parental rights, you may want to consider electing a new legislator. CAWTILE is collecting comments and positions on OWT in Lake Erie from the local candidates that will give a position statement. Check their Facebook Group for these statements from the candidates. An information meeting will be held November 15 at Southtowns Walleye Association. This public hearing will provide all the information needed that has been suppressed by the wind supporters. More details will be discussed in next week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport. Fur bearer seasons are opening up across the state as well, and regular big game season has opened in the Northern ZOne, with Southern Zone opening November 20. A meat and ammo raffle to raise money for the North Java Fire Hall happens on Oct 30. Tickets are $10 in advance, $12 at the door, and the doors open at 5:30PM, North Java Fire Hall, Route 98 in North Java. NYSCC is watching the progress of two bills very closely, and although nothing to worry about now, S.7456 is being watched closely, which is opposed by NYSCC. Finally, it seems more information is coming to light concerning the scam that is wind and solar. Across the Nation, information as to how bad these schemes will be for the grid and the people are now coming to light. Let's hope this continues, as the wind industry has had more than 20 years of unchallenged fairy tale telling, and countering the lies and falsehoods is hefty and takes time, and we don't have 20 years to full inform everyone... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host discusses some key milestone dates for hunters and anglers across NYS, with many seasons now open for business and the rut just getting into gear. A big change has occurred in Region 9 with the Allegany State Park allowing bear hunting for the first time in its 100 year history. Hunters must apply for and secure a special bear hunting permit, and must call 24 hours in advance of their intended bear hunt to make sure the quota on the harvest hasn't been reached. Once the desired number of bear are harvested, all remaining permits become immediate null and void. October is Invasive Species Awareness month and the DEC has announced that on November 1, they will be releasing a documentary film entitled Uninvited: The Spread of Invasive Species. The trailer is available on vimeo.com, and DEC worked with NY Ag & Markets, NY Natural Heritage Program, PRISMs and NYISRI to put this film together, which was paid for out of the DEC's environmental protection fund. The film covers all invasvies, not just the high profile insects and such. Visit the DEC website for more infrormation, visit their invasive species education and outreach webpage. Hunters are impatiently awaiting that first frost to end the continuing EHD outbreak, which persists in ENY and is showing up in other parts of NYS. Impacts of this year's outbreak will not be known until after the hunting season concludes. Fallout continues in the wake of the veto of Erie County's youth hunting bill, and even the Buffalo News nas panned the CE's veto as the wrong decision, but they then go onto say it "wasn't a big deal" and the hunters and sporting community should "get over it". What we will do is remember this usurpation of parental rights and the fake facts and nonsensical rationale used to justify the veto. Your humble host goes on top provide updated fishing reports as the fall feed is on for Lake Erie yellow perch and smallmouth bass, while walleye are still active as well. Lake Ontario sees increasing trout and salmon presence in the tributaries, and Chautauqua Lake is showing strong musky activity as October wears on, Key dates coming up provided, and a summary of the PWS Walleye Championship on Chautauqua Lake last week is provided. NY has on the ballot this year 5 proposed NY Constitutional Amendments, and folks are advised to get familiar with these, including the Environmental Rights Amendment, which is vague and loosely worded. It is also ineffective as air and water knows no state boundaries, and we have no definition of what a "healthful environment" encompasses. The rut also cometh, as does International Bat Week, Oct 24-31, which highlights the plight of our winged mammals, and the fact that Industrial Wind Turbines are now the top cause of premature bat death, supplanting white nose syndrome as the top cause. Number 3 is habitat loss. Protect our bats, our water and our air and our well-being. Say no to wind turbines in the Great Lakes. And vote NO on NY Proposal 2. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host breaks down the saga of the youth hunting local law in Erie County, after County Executive Mark Poloncarz decided to ignore the Erie County's massive sporting community and veto the bill that would have allowed parents to take their 12 or 13 year old youths out deer hunting with them in the county they live in. Rationale used was flawed at best, and really was already decided even before the CE held his public hearing. In fact, Erie County hasn't shown any hunting related shooting incidents from any aged hunter for a long time, at least the past 7 years, perhaps longer. Despite having the strongest safety record in the state, clairvoyance must have been used to know Erie County youths are accident prone, and expanding the allowed species to hunt with a gun by one species is clearly the event that every 12 year old will now have guns in their hands. Stupid. DEC has also announced some updates to the maximum contaminant levels in water and life in the water for 3 emerging contaminants, PFOA, PFOS and 1, 4 Dioxane. Comment period ends November 5, contact Michelle Tompkins at AWQVinformation@dec.ny.gov, or mail to NYSDEC, 625 Broadway, Albany, NY 12233-3500, ATTN: Michelle Tompkins. The fall foliage are changing colors rapidly, and leaf peepers should make their plans to see the hillsides before the leaves are down for winter. Deciduous trees of the Northeast go through this each season, triggered by declining photoperiod. A good family break from the hunt, perhaps see the leaves, pick up some pumpkins and enjoy some fresh sweet apple cider along the way? And although the fall harvest is underway, the fall salmon and trout runs are also picking up in the Great Lakes tribs, and new this year for inland stream anglers is the now statewide C&R, artificial only fishing opportunities in inland streams for trout between Oct 16-March 31, which replaced the closed season with the adoption og the Inland Trout Stream Management Plan. Whether Great Lakes tributaries or inland streams are chosen, double check with the NYSDEC for specific regulations that may exist, espeically on Great lakes tribs, which are open year round up to the first impassable barrier. Finally, the green nightmare is coming full circle in Europe, as heavy wind dependent nations like the UK and Germany have seen no significant wind energy production due to very light winds, causing prices to skyrocket and force more dependency upon Russia for natural gas. The only nation not impacted appears to be France, as they generate 80% of their electricity from nuclear. NY is following the same path, with high prices, and added issues with natural gas supply due to Let's Go Brandon's energy policies has NY residents staring at a 40% increase in natural gas prices just in time for winter. The fishermen have filed lawsuit against BOEM, as announced by RODA on September 13 in Federal court. Many issues were left ignored when lease areas were offered by BOEM, not to mention lacking EIS and other discovery and dangerous. It is a shame we have to sue our own government when they push ideas not in the public interest. Remember this stuff, folks, and fix it by voting to fix it in the upcoming elections. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host brings you some advice concerning treestand safety. Treestand accidents are now surpassing the shooting incidents in NYS, and sadly, we have had our first treestand accident fatality of 2021. Davenport provides a 7-point breakdown of treestand safety, in the hopes this information can help avoid a terrible event. With the harvest now in full swing, the benefits of being a "locavore" are brought to the forefront, and even the Washington Post has touted Venison as the most eco-friendly food on Earth - provided you hunt it yourself! Amazing. EHD continues to persist in southeastern NY, as midge flies continue hatching and causing issues until that first good frost, which cannot come soon enough. DEC states in their latest update that 1150 reported dead deer are noted thus far, and some hunters in the affected area are beginning to worry about population numbers and doe harvest. Again, bowhunters are urged to report any EHD suspected dead deer encountered. This weekend marks the special youth firearms deer hunt in NY, and this year 12 and 13 year olds may participate in those counties that passed their local laws. Erie County is still sleeping at the switch. Time still exists for this local law to be signed and submitted to the NY Secretary of State, but it does appear the youth of Erie County, and their parents, are getting the shaft from political ideologues from the city. Remember this mess on election day, folks. Big game hunting isn't the only game in town, as most small game season are now open, and waterfowl hunting's first split is approaching. Waterfowl hunters and bird watchers alike look forward to the migrating flocks arrival each season, which does bring potential activity conflicts. In fact, across the spectrum, fall leaf peepers and hikers need to be aware of the wildlife management activities going on, and your host provides some advice for all user groups to better share the resources while assuring wildlife management continues successfully. Finally, the folly og renewable energy seems to grow more foolish the more we know. Electric vehicle mandates are another foolhardy move by a tyrannical government rooted in Bizarro World, with very few realities mentioned. Your humble host brings to light some of those realities, and when you understand the efforts to address the fictitious climate crisis targets a very small % of the total energy actually needed and used, one must wonder what their true motives are - sure isn't about saving the planet or improved energy usage - its 100% about controlling you and limiting, if not eliminating your liberty. The GINOs, or Greenies In Name Only, when you actually question their claims, are exposed as the crooks and frauds they truly are. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host welcomes autumn and officially says good bye to summer, but with the fall comes the harvest and hunting seasons are about to kick into high gear. Lots of regulatory action this summer, with the hunting age initiative that all counties except Erie and Rockland have embraced and passed their local laws to permit 12 year olds and up to hunt deer with firearms. We hope Erie County will be joining the rest of the real world soon. The Executive public hearing was held last week, just awaiting a signature. Your humble host also updates everyone that hunting seasons are starting up, with early archery big game hunting starting today in the Northern Zone, and on Oct 1 in the Southern Zone. Visit the DEC website for all the specific seasons, especially pheasant and waterfowl, where maps and zones and season demands differ wildly that with other game animal seasons, like ruffed grouse or cottontail rabbit. The special Columbus Day Youth Hunt for deer that gives youths an early shot at whitetail deer with firearms begins Oct 9-11. And your host advises to pay attention to the shooting hours rules, as only the big game hours were changed. Small game hunters still have shooting ours from sunrise to sunset, including fall turkey seasons, while waterfowl hunting is 1/2 hour before sunrise to sunset. Make sure you know and don't believe all shooting hours were changed. That impacts big game hunting ONLY! The EHD outbreak continues in eastern NY, with some limited confirmation also showing near the finger lakes region. DEC is seeking observations from bowhunters, as to better account for loss of animals in population estimate updates. Another insect-borne disease, Eastern Equine Encephalitis (EEE), which is spread by mosquitoes and impacts both deer and livestock like cattle and horses, is being watched closely in the WNY southern tier. Mosquitoes have been confirmed positive in Cattaraugus County, prompting county health officials to request emergency mosquito control in the form of aerial spraying, which was to start last week, but weather pushed it back. Impacted areas include Conewango, a portioin of the village of Leon, towns of Napoli, Coldspring and Randoplh. The 4 day effort happens between 6PM-10PM, and residents in impacted areas are advisd to remain indoors during these periods, including bringing pets inside and closing all windows. Safety data sheets on the pesticide being used are available from NYS Dept of Health. Updates are also provided concerning the regulatory proposal for counties to opt out of the upcoming southern zone holiday hunt - not a good idea, and snowmobile corridors are now in jeopardy on account. Landowners do not like the allowing of a county legislature or executive to dictate what their lands may and may not be used for, with promises of denying the snowmobile trails made as a consequence to adopting this mess. Your humble host also provides updates to this past weekend's National Hunting and Fishing Day festivities, and the scam of renewable energy, something more and more people are becoming wise to, which bodes well if we can make sure the GINOs (Greenies In Name Only) false hoods are fully exposed. It is slowly happening, folks. Cheers! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, you humble host offers a review of the new Antlerless only deer season, which saw its final day of the inaugural season on Sunday, September 19. Although some held reservations, including fears of harming the early archery season, and temperatures being too warm, another side of the hunt offering fair weather opportunity to older hunters and handicapped hunters that may not tolerate the cold well, proved a big benefit. Harvest results will be monitored closely to see if supplemental DMP issuance in these WMUs require curtailment, but this year everything is expected to remain the same, including Bonus DMP in the archery units affected by this early season. Resident Goose season runs through September 25, which is National Hunting and Fishing Day, while October 1 marks not only the opener of southern zone's early archery season, but the final day for DMP lottery in NY. Sept. 27 marks the opener for northern zone early archery, and this all means the Columbus Day Youth Hunt is only a few weeks away. The public hearing for Erie County's local law to lower the hunting age is slated for Tuesday, September 21, 2021, at 11:30 AM, 14th Floor Conference Room, Rath Building. Once the law is signed and submitted to the NY Secretary of State, the law then immediately takes effect. Let's make sure the law is signed by showing strong support in attending the hearing. Your humble host also offers some advice concerning the new shooting hours, something that is hoped all will heed, as it really is just offering up some common sense. The EHD outbreak continues, and more areas of NY are showing EHD, infected deer, with a total of 700 dead deer reported. Regions 1, 3, 4 and 7 are now confirmed with some EHD positive cases. DEC urges bowhunters to report any observances to the appropriate regional wildlife office for investigation. A regulatory cock-up is going on now with a new DEC proposal to allow counties to opt out of the recently established holiday hunt. This appears to be an unlawful proposal, as DEC cannot regulate away their authority. Comment period ends November 14. What precedent could this set? That is spelled out, and all outdoors enthusiasts should be concerned about this proposal. Does it mean counties can opt out of the Saturday Regular Season Opener? It could! Fishing is hitting its peak as the need to feed in advance of winter starts heating up, and the fall spawning runs of salmon on Lake Ontario gets a boost with Town of Burt agreeing to frequent water releases from the dam to create fish drawing currents, which started September 15. Be aware this will continue on through December, and sirens will sound marking the impending start of the discharges, which will increase flow and water level. Perch and walleye are showing good activity on Lake Erie, steelhead are gathering to stage in advance of their runs, and salmon are on the move! Finally, word is getting out concerning the folly of wind energy and defense of the Great Lakes is mounting, as Dunkirk Observer and Hamburg Sun both report the NYSCC has chimed in and is seeking a permanent moratorium on this folly. A judge in Minnesota has correctly found no public benefit to wind and solar projects, as capacity and output are unrelated, as the wind doesn't always blow and the sun doesn't always shine! No kidding! Meanwhile, the elitists pushing this nonsense continue their campaign of deception, but it is starting to unravel. NYSERDA has released their latest feasibility study, sure to omit the costs, as that is a killer. However, the 30 mile setback for view shed concerns is a killer out the gate. A review of both documents (2010 and 2021 studies) will be offered in the coming episodes of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host provides more updates to the new deer hunting regulations, and this past Saturday not only marked the 20th Anniversary of the attacks on 9/11, but also opened this new hunting opportunity in select WMUs for antlerless only deer. Some questions have arisen, like which processors are accepting deer so early. in Region 9, processors close to WMUs 9A and 9F that are open include the Buck and Doe Shop on Sheridan Drive near Transit Road, Williamsville. If someone isn't at the shop when you bring your deer in, you can call the phone number posted on the door and someone will be right there to assist. The mobile service known as The Deer Guy, out of Tonanwanda, NY, is also operating, with the request that you call (716-239-1964) before dragging your deer out of the woods. In Region 8, Flatlander Farms Custom Deer Processing is also open, but you must make an appointment (585-721-0335) to bring your deer in, and they are not accepting donation to the Venison Donation Coalition due to limited space. With the changes in big game legal shooting hours, hunters will need to do a bit more math this year to know when the shooting can commence and must cease. The DEC has a page for sunrise and sunset tables, but this isn't the only resource. This year you must not only calculate when sunrise and sunset will be in your hunting area, but now must subtract 30 minutes off sunrise, and add 30 minutes to the sunset time, and you have your shooting hours. This changes each day, as daylight hours are decreasing this time of year. The NYSCC held their follow up post convention meeting, and the board has approved the position statements from the NYSCC concerning the two resolutions adopted. Statements are available on the NYSCC website (nyscc.com). In additional. the 2016 resolution statements were not published, and those are also being added to the website. NYSCC is getting to work on behalf of the sporting community. EHD outbreaks are being monitored, and it looks like another outbreak has been detecteed in Region 7, Oswego County. Once the first frost hits this event will end. Erie County Federation met on Thursday, and discussions surrounding the passage of Erie County's local law to lower the deer hunting age were spirited. The measure still needs to be signed by the County Executive, after another public hearing, and we hope the measure will take effect in time for the Columbus Day Youth hunt in October. Twelve year olds have already missed the early season opportunity in 9F, a WMU in Erie County allowing big game hunting, and is open for the antlerless season. Have heard that DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos will be reaching out to Poloncarz to help expedite the process. California, where a recall of Governor Newsom heads to the ballot box tomorrow, has declared an "Energy Emergency", due to high demand and the inability to meet demand with wind and solar! Go figure. Rolling black outs aren't helping anymore, as the state's power deficit exceeds 3500 MW. Natural gas expansion is being encouraged. Prices are through the roof, and with Biden's regime denying access to plentiful reserves of NG and Oil, look for prices to go even higher. Covod covid covid mandates from DC to distract from the failure in Afghanistan is bringing more lawsuits as the mandates are clear violations of the 9th and 10th Amendments. Meanwhile Governor Hochul is already whining about not having the same powers as Cuomo did. Thank God she doesn't! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host wishes everyone a Happy Labor Day, and with this comes the unofficial end of summer, with the fall and the harvest just ahead. September marks the opener of NY squirrel season, a great activity to introduce youth to the sport of hunting, as the demands of silence, stillness, and scent-free efforts doesn't exist. September also means Resident Canada Goose season across NYS, with most waterfowl regions opening on Sept 1 through the 25th, with a 15 brid per day limit, with the exception of Lake Champlain area, where the limit is 8 birds per day. Long Island areas begin their resident goose season on Sept 7 through 30th. The new deer season regulations discussed during the special broadcasts on September 1, means that on Saturday 9/11 opens a special firearms season in specific WMUs for antlerless only deer, and in the archery only areas, the same special season exists, running through 9/19/2021. This is not a statewide season, and only valid DMP or DMAP tags may be used. That is the limiting factor, and no additional DMPs are set for this season. Statewide changes to deer season includes the change in hunting hours, with 30 minutes before sunrise and after sunset adding a full hour to each day. This should increase harvest across the board, as this is the prime times for deer movement. Also statewide is the regulation requiring hunters wear safety orange or pink, either a cap or vest, 250 sq inches, solid or patterned, while hunting big game with a firearm, or accompanying someone hunting big game with a firearm. This is to address safety concerns with the added time for the hunt, where light levels are changing. In other news, The Children in the Stream/ 4H Youth Fly Fishing program begins again on 9/7, and held each Tuesday from 7-8:30PM. Hosted at SUNY at Fredonia's campus, in the Costello Room of the Rockefeller Art Center. Open to children age 12 and up, including adults, but youth under age 12 may also participate when accompanied by an adult, this program is free, has no long term commitment needed, all materials are included and does include some field trips as well. Masks must be worn indoors during the classes. For more information, contact Alberto Rey, email alberto@albertorey.com, or call 716-410-7003. Erie County should be holding their vote on the youth hunting local law this Thursday. Passage and enactment will not happen in time for parents to take their 12 year olds afield in WMU 9F for the Sept. hunt, sadly. And National Hunting and Fishing Day is September 25 at Elma Conservation! Lyme disease exposure prevention is discussed with this new September season in play. EHD outbreak updates discussed, and state officials are monitoring for more detected cases. And the NYSCC has passed both resolutions that were considered during the August 28 convention. Finally, your humble host discusses the slow death of science, as ideology and agendas pervert the method that determines what is, into the fear of what if and consequences of inaction, which are wholly false. Science is the ultimate interrogator and questioning is the essence of science to discover what truly is. This is what is being killed, and we must push back for science's sake. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

Update to the emergency podcast to correct the announced special firearms season. Apparently an oversight happened at DEC with the web text, which omitted WMU 9A from the special firearms season for antlerless only deer in September. WMU 9A is indeed included in this new season. This has been confirmed by both Region 9 DEC officials and Albany as well. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

This special breaking news announces that the NYS DEC has released/ published the updated deer hunting regulations which take effect starting with the 2021 hunting season. Of special importance is the establishment of a special antlerless only season in mid-September (9/11-9/19/2021) for the following WMUs: Firearms season for WMUs 3M, 3R, 8A, 8F, 8G, 8N, and 9F. Bowhunting only season, same timing for antlerless only in WMUs 1C, 4J, and 8C. All WMUs listed above - must use either valid DMP or DMAP. No other carcass tags are valid for use during this special season. Additionally, big game hunting hours have changed to reflect 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset, replacing the sunrise to sunset regulations. Mandatory safety orange or pink must be worn by all hunters while hunting deer and bear with firearms only. Deer of either sex may once again be harvested during early ML season in northern zone WMUs 6A, 6F, 6J. Bear season in norther zone has also been altered to coincide with deer season, regular season dates impacted. DEC also announced that 12 and 13 year olds may hunt deer with a firearm or crossbow, as well as with muzzleloaders in the counties that have passed their local laws, which will also allow these youth to participate in the new Holiday Hunt covering 12/26-1/1 in the southern zone only. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host gives some updates across NY, including a new state record crappie being caught near Albany on 8/21/21. The 4 lb 7 oz white crappie was confirmed by DEC and is the largest crappie ever caught in NY. August is also invasive species awareness month, and a recent discovery of hydrilla, or water thyme has been discovered in North Tonawanda in a marina off the Niagara River. Although the unwanted aquatic invader appears limited to the marina itself, boaters and PWC operators are advised to make sure propellers are clear of weeds by giving a blast in reverse while the engine trimmed up a bit to dislodge any seaweed parts before entering the river. Work is underway to eradicate the plants from the marina. DEC is also seeking reports from the citizens concerning Asian long horned beetles and Spotted Lanternflies, both invasive insects are from Asia and attack hardwoods, fruit trees and other crop plants like grape vines. EHD has reared its ugly head again in NY, an insect-borne virus from the Reoviridae family that is transmitted via biting midge flies from the genus Culicoides, near the Albany area, with 14 reports of dead deer exhibiting signs of EHD infection. According to DEC 4 cases have been confirmed. The Innovative Outdoors Walleye Tournament was held last weekend. Good weather and cooperative fish were the order of the day, winners brought 5 lb average fish to the scales, largest walleye caught for the tournament was 9.26 lbs. The NYSCC held their annual membership convention in hybrid format on Saturday, 8/28, with DEC personnel providing updates on the fish and wildlife sides, including updates to changes in deer hunting regulations due to deer plan, and status of those proposals and where they stand in the process of being codified. Increased CWD surveillance is planned for Region 9, Chautauqua and Cattaraugus Counties, after the confirmation of CWD positive deer at a game farm in Warren, PA, just south of the NY border. No additional cased of CWD have been found in NY since 2006 and the confirmation of several captive deer suffering from CWD in the Oneida county area. The panfish plan is still being evaluated, but initial comments showed favorable positions for lowering the sunfish daily creel limit from 50 to 25, as well as increasing the crappie minimum keeper size from 9" to 10". Other parts of the plan got panned pretty badly, especially in the trophy waters ideas. DEC clarified this is not a management plan, bad choice of words, and n o scientific need exists to make these changes, rather this is for some anglers and their desire to catch larger sunfish and crappie. If, after 5 years, the plan doesn't work, it can be scrapped - sure. Oneida Lake Walleye limits are also proposed to change, reverting back to the 15" and 5 per day statewide limits, as populations have recovered in Oneida Lake to allow this to occur. Yellow perch and rules governing daily limit, minimum sizes and even consideration of prohibiting sale of hook and line caught perch are once again emerging. Fish hatchery renovations are growing in necessity, with Caledonia needing their ponds covered and Randolph needing a total rebuild. Lake Ontario is being considered for a National Maritime Sanctuary designation, comment period open until September 10, 2021. This would cover waters of Lake Ontario from Wayne County, eastward to Clayton, or maybe in the Thousand Islands, up to Chippewa Bay. More information is available at NOAA's website (noaa.gov), under Maritime Sanctuary. Finally, NY has a new Governor, but will Kathy Hochul be any better than Handsy Andy? Time will tell... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

This week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport brings some important updates to the outdoors community, including the changes made recently in Hunting regulations in NY, although we are still waiting on the latest round of big game regulations and comment evaluation before hearing what the fate of those proposals are. We are still waiting for Erie County and Rockland County to pass their local laws to lower the hunting age for deer with firearms to age 12. All other eligible counties have passed their local laws. Get ready to write folks, as the session in Erie County will resume after Labor Day. It is critically important that everyone participate in today's political climate. Sporting licenses are on sale, and DMP lottery is in full swing. September 1 opens squirrel season in NY, as well as the nuisance resident Canada Goose season across most of the state. You can purchase an electronic waterfowl stamp and display on your smart phone and that is considered valid, just like the fishing licenses. The 2021 fishing season has been productive indeed, with a new freshwater record breaking bowfin caught in Monroe County, while 3 marine fish records were also set. Congratulations to the lucky anglers. An historic milestone was reached in Lake Erie fisheries restoration with the discovery of lake trout fry, indicating successful natural reproduction, not seen by lake trout in Lake Erie for the past 60 years! While great news continues for the Great Lakes and their continued rebound from industrialization of the past, more folly out in the Atlantic Ocean moves forward with the proposed sale of wind factory acreage for lease within the nearly 800,000 acres of wind energy areas of the NY Bight, a highly productive and important area of the Atlantic for commercial fishing, and whale migration. Interestingly, slow zones are in place near this sensitive area for migrating right whales and others recently spotted off Nantucket and moving south. Infrasound is deadly to these whales, yet we want to install infrasound generators right in the migratory path. Brilliant. Despite this, the NY GOP is attempting to deliver transparency to NYers demanding a full cost-benefit study be conducted on this Climate Change arbitrary law, especially in light of the proposed tax increase on gasoline and heating oil of $0.55/ gallon. Not a smart move but a typical Democrat tyrannical effort to further erode liberty in New York State. This initiative, found in bills S.7321 and A.7524 would call for the re-evaluation of this misguided and arbitrary law, and now that Handsy Andy becomes former governor starting tomorrow, who knows, perhaps incoming governor Hochul will use her intellect instead of blind devotion to a failed ideology, serving the people, instead of her party. We won't hold our breath, but will keep some optimism until she proves through her actions to be as big a shill as Cuomo was. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

This week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport provides a few updates to some outdoors happenings, including today being the last day for public comments on the trapping regulations, and the NYSCC convention coming up on August 28. Attention then turns to the changes in NYS, with the resignation of Handsy Andy Cuomo as Governor, and the upcoming transition to the Kathy Hochul administration set to occur on August 24. Outdoors enthusiasts and those who are fighting to defend the Great Lakes from Offshore Industrial Wind Turbines are keenly interested in what Hochul will do to protect these lakes from the folly of wind turbines, or will she abandon her WNY roots in favor of pursuit of a failed scheme? Your humble host provides some background on Hochul, and her roots in Hamburg, NY, one of the lakeside communities that have gone on record to oppose the Offshore Wind scam. To her credit, she did have the endorsement of the NRA in 2012 and again in 2014, when she ran for Lt. Governor, replacing Robert Duffy, and she even presented special congressional recognition to the Erie County Federation for our works with National Hunting and Fishing Day, back in 2012. Your host gives a brief history of Lake Erie and the plight of the Great Lakes, the pollution, the disaster and the rebirth. All of the work and resurgence of Lake Erie is now in jeopardy from wind turbines, something that Block Island has proven beyond doubt to be nothing but a scam. Will Hochul listen to the people she grew up with, the community she called home, or will she pursue the folly that will only damage the lakes, if not destroy them forever, as the ideology she seems wedded to demands. Finally, sporting licenses are on sale now, hunting seasons are fast approaching with Squirrel and resident goose seasons starting Sept 1, and remember that National Hunting and Fishing Day is September 25, 2021, at Elma Conservation Club! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, updates are provided concerning the public hearing the Erie County Legislature held on August 5, 2021, concerning Local Law Intro 1-1-2021, an act to lower the hunting age pursuant to EnCon Law 11-0935. The hearing has been held, but since session is in recess, a vote on the matter will not happen until after Labor Day. Over 30 showed up to support this local law, and several spoke to support this effort, while the opposition mustered only 8 or so and their 3 speakers were largely ineffective. August 4, 2021 was VIP Fishing Day in Dunkirk, a welcome return after covid covid covid shut the event down last year. The weather was beautiful, but the fishing was slow, yet still fun and all aboard Eerie Eyes Sportfishing, Capt. Don Walter, got to battle at least one fish during the morning. After the 1/2 of fishing, the attendees gathered this time behind the Clarion in Chadwick Bay for a catered lunch and some brief remarks from some captains concerning the impacts covid had on their businesses last year. Additional economic updates were provided, illustrating the importance of sporty fishing's economy to WNY, and how important Sturgeon Point Marina is to the whole. There's trouble in green paradise, folks, as the wind factory being touted as "the model of the green future", the Block Island Wind Factory is offline and plagued with a myriad of problems. The problems with the cabling becoming exposed due to tidal current surges and oceanic energy have been compounded by stress lines being detected by GE, makers of the turbines, and the units haven't produced electricity for @ a month or so. Although deemed "routine summer maintenance", stress lines and structural risk assessments aren't routine, and according to Dave Collins, writer for the Day, New London, CT, published on yahoo! News, declaring the wind factory is largely shut down. Transmission line issues and now some structural damage has exposed the folly, but no one will disclose exactly why the power plant is now inoperable, probably because it will do irrevocable harm to the offshore wind notions. The idea has no merit, with further illustrations of how dumb this notion is when factoring in freshwater importance. Breathtaking! Finally, some additional news items are provided, including updates to the winners of the annual Northern Chautauqua Conservation Club tournament, held Aug 6-8 in Dunkirk, NY. Congrats to all the winners, and well done on another successful tournament. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

The summer is flying by, the days are getting shorter, and hunting and fishing is heating up as we approach the seasonal changes that are on the horizon. In this episode of We Love Outdoors, your humble host Rich Davenport brings you some detailed updates concerning DEC works over the past several months, as reported by Region 9 DEC to the Western New York Environmental Federation on July 25, 2021. Deer plan comment period is open for one more week, deer damage complaints are up, but bear problems are down, some fallow deer were found in Chautauqua County, and successfully removed from the landscape. These invasives were examined and found to be healthy, posing no health threats to the wild NY deer herds, this time. However, CWD was detected in a captive deer in Warren, PA, just 5 miles from NY's border. Increased surveillance and testing of roadkill and coordination with Seneca Nation and Allegany State Park personnel has been initiated. Fisheries updates also provided as DEC works to improve access and launch facilities in Chautauqua County. Surveys of Bear Lake crappie and assessments were completed this spring, and musky collection was also successful despite short staffing and a reduced effort due to inclement weather during the collection period. Sauger restoration efforts in the Allegheny River is ongoing, and preparations are being made for the fall electroshock surveys to monitor the sauger program success, as well as monitoring of Chautauqua Lake walleye populations and spawning success. Covid covid covid updates after CDC decided to abandon science and push the fear agenda once again, using the far less dangerous "delta strain" as their fear mongering weapon. It is becoming clear we are not getting the factual truth from these quacks. Remember, folks, vaccines are not 100% effective, only natural immunity is. The breathless reporting of people getting sick that have been vaccinated completely ignores that some who get the experimental vaccine will receive no benefit. Temper what you are hearing in the propaganda news with reality, as right now, the two are not intersecting. On August 4 the VIP Fishing Day returns in Dunkirk, and an economic picture of sport fishing during covid covid covid will be discussed. Your host gives some top line info, but will wait on specifics for next week. The public hearing for lowering the deer hunting age with firearms in Erie County to age 12 is slated for Thursday August 5 at 6:00PM at Old County Hall. NYSERDA holding another dog and pony show concerning the never been done (since 2010) wind feasibility study for Great Lakes wind on August 10, but the worm appears to be turning and renewable energy supporters are eating their own with fights between wind and solar developers and proposed projects. CAWTILE is expanding their efforts with a meeting slated for August 18 in Dunkirk, and National Hunting and Fishing Day is on for this year, September 25, 2021. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host reports that Erie County has finally set up the legislature's public hearing on local law intro 1-1-2021, the law lowering deer hunting age with firearms to age 12, under supervision, which is slated for August 5, 2021 at 6:00 PM, Old County Hall, 92 Franklin Street, Buffalo, NY, 4th Floor. Although no votes/ action will be taken at this time, due to the recess of the legislature, this is the next step in getting this one passed to make Erie County compliant with EnCon Law 11-0935. The Erie County Fair is also coming up, and shift coverage for the 11th-22nd is needed for the EC Federation booth in the Conservation Building. A quick heads up as it seems the leftist tyrants, seeking to silence all dissent and opposition, have activists wearing body cams and microphones attempt to get members of these 501c3 organizations to speak officially to endorsing or opposing candidates for public office. Tax law prohibits a 501c3 from officially endorsing or opposing any candidate running for elected public office, but 501c3 non-profits can support or oppose policies, laws, regulations, etc. We can advocate for our cause, but cannot support or attack individual political candidates. Violations of these laws may result in loss of tax-exempt status. Fore-warned is fore-armed. Attacks are coming from all angles, with the potential to required sexual harassment training being extended to non-profits as well. The training isn't free, and non-profits have been hit by covid in fund raising and other revenue generating activities being suspended. Tyranny running amok. The Federation is watching this one closely. Updates are also provided to the fiasco known as Sturgeon Point Marina. Seems like more progress is made, and then the town board does something stupid just when you think this issue has been fully resolved. Increased media spotlights are working, it would seem. Perhaps one of the issues with Sturgeon Point is the tunnel vision on the breakwater and its design causing the need to dredge each year. That just isn't so, and no design of the breakwater will address sedimentation. What is needed are sills to be built to help sediment settle out before the waves hit the breakwater. All options are not being considered, and this is going to be the next hurdle to overcome. NY's foolhardy charge to renewable intermittency has taken a huge self-inflicted hit when NYSERDA introduced their "Science of Visibility" - make believe for the ignorant, but this was in response to well-moneyed donors objecting to Vineyard Wind, citing spoilage of the sunrise. In response, "visibility scientists (make believe, they are called eye doctors!)" have determined a 30 mile set back will make these spinning monuments to stupidity from being seen. This should be applied to Great Lakes, where this will kill the projects dead, lakes are too small, we don't even have 30 miles between US and Canadian shores, more like 12 miles at Sturgeon Point to Point Abino. Thank you NYSERDA for this self-inflicted gunshot wound! In the final segment, your humble host brings some news on the fishing front, as well as discussions on Lyme Disease Prevention, something critically important as more people are taking to the woods to escape the covid covid covid nonsense. You can learn more about Lyme Exposure prevention at National Hunting and Fishing Day, September 25 at Elma Conservation Club. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

This week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport begins with a review of the recent very wet weather in WNY, as back to back heavy rain events has lifted water levels across WNY resulting in lake shore flooding along Chautauqua Lake and a flash flood that impacted Cattaraugus Creek, forcing the Sunset Bay Walleye Shootout Main Event to be cancelled this past weekend. No, these events aren't the result of climate change, folks, just inclement weather like we always have had over the billions of years the planet has had weather. Nevertheless, the Big Fish Friday event was held, and standings for the prefishing day and a brief round up is also provided. Additional events are coming up, with a couple still taking registrations. Additional information received from DEC fisheries surveys shows how important fishing was to WNY during the covid covid covid emergency, and with efforts renewed to return to this emergency with lock downs and mask mandates and all the unnecessary tyrannical garbage with propaganda using the delta strain as they point of fear and dread, how important fishing remains. Lake Ontario fishing has also seen a huge uptick in large salmon and fishing success in general, but this lake, too, is in the crosshairs for IWT development, as we have information that a developer that specializes in floating wind turbines has Lake Ontario in mind, as Lake Erie is too shallow for this design. We have also heard that NOAA is considering the eastern Lake Ontario waters, and potentially the Thousand Islands region of the St. Lawrence be established as a marine sanctuary. Public commenst being taken through September 10, can comment through regulations.gov, or by mail, docket # NOAA-NOS-2021-0050, to Ellen Brody, Regional Coordinator, Proposed Lake Ontario Marine Sanctuary, 4840 South State Road, Ann Arbor, MI, 48108-9719. Apparently the western section of Lake Ontario is NOT included in this filing. Your humble host also provides a schedule of upcoming meetings of interest and updates to some new solar plans for closer to Dunkirk. NYISO has also weighed in on the renewable mandate, and panning the effort as unrealistic based on today's grid conditions. In response,m Handsy Andy and his mouthpiece Dick Kauffman decided to slam NYISO for making such comments, how dare they bring facts and reality to the debate! With the lawsuit against ORES moving through Federal court, perhaps NYISO will be spared the unnecessary challenges in using intermittent power plants and keep the risks to the grid to normal events, not self-induced stupidity. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

In this week's edition of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host delivers several updates to ongoing concerns. Sturgeon Point, although open, is not opened fully, and a rally of sorts was held at noon on Friday, July 9 to bring media members out to get the full understanding of the issues, as what has been reported has not been the full story. Meanwhile, NY has the money to build a new breakwater at Olcott Harbor, which will no doubt negatively impact fishing from the piers, as the new breakwaters are extending the piers and turning at 90 degrees to break waves in the event of high water events, reducing shoreline erosion. Where is the money to fix Sturgeon Point Marina? They deserve the economic recovery too, yet nothing from NY on this matter at all. Your host also brings you updates on the walleye fishing and the upcoming Sunset Bay Shootout happening this weekend, migrating schools are entering NY and on the move. Should be a good tournament if the weather holds. The NYSCC has tentatively set a date for the annual fall convention, looks like 8/28, contingent upon DEC staff availability. And that youth hunting law and county progress, 43 counties have now passed their local law, but Erie County has yet to call their public hearing. Apparently 43 counties understand how to read EnCon Law but Erie County and a few legislators who claim to be lawyers simply have no ability to do so. Breathtaking, and just an excuse for BS political posturing. Handsy Andy Cuomo has declared a new emergency, this time one caused by inanimate objects - gun violence. NY Democrats have created the conditions for chaos and crime in NY through bail elimination, setting loose violent criminals to reduce prisons, and major cities buckling under the false narrative of George Floyd rioters defunding police forces across the state has been the driver of rising crime and shootings and such, as criminals are emboldened by the lack of law enforcement. No one is buying what Handsy Andy is selling, but will push back happen from the GOP? But a chilling abuse of emergency powers is being seen here, and the precedence being set. We all had best push back now. Finally, the Federal 30 x 30 efforts under Executive order from Biden made in February is beginning to look like a set up to eliminate our ability to use the natural resources, the public lands and waters held in trust by the Feds is a climate emergency is falsely declared. Alarming trends are setting up to point to this. Be vigilant! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support

Summer fishing in WNY and across NYS is hitting high gear, and your humble host, Rich Davenport, provides the latest on the migrating walleyes and where the are now, bass biting in the upper River and Lake Ontario salmon are slammin'! The new circle hook regulations requiring circle hook use for striped bass fishing when using live bait is also now in effect! Still no news on the public hearing in Erie County for local law intro 1-1-2021, but we should hear something very soon. Meanwhile the rest of the state marches on adopting their own laws to allow 12 and 13 year olds to hunt deer with firearms under supervision. With black bear mating season winding down, bears should be settling into the summer feed, but that means searching for food, which could bring bears into your back yard. Be bear smart, and don't let bears habituate to your surroundings. Yet, it seems in NY, government officials have our environment under full frontal assault. That air show which shuttered the largest harbors in Erie County for opening weekend of bass season also had a terrible toll on the colony of threatened common terns that nest in the outer harbor not far from the Lackawanna wind turbines. DEC Biologist Connie Adams reports the terns were scared senseless by the jets, and these very shy, skittish birds wound up flying into the wind turbines, with hundreds killed. Not smart. The terns leave the area by end of August, so perhaps next yea a Labor Day Airshow would be best? And while Albany continues its assault on rural NY, NYSERDA CEO Richard Kaufman plays stupid before the NYS Senate, claiming no knowledge of the Great Lakes wind study (really?), which seems similar to those in NYSERDA pretending not to know these studies were already done by them 11 years ago! However, a lawsuit has been filed against ORES (Office of Renewable Energy Siting) for ignoring SEQRA standards intentionally, while trampling upon home rule rights of communities. While the hypocrites in Sierra Club, League of Women Voters and Citizens Campaign for the Environment promote the destruction of our natural resources in the name of saving the planet, wiser, smarter people have recognized that you don't serve the public interest by saving the planet through destroying envirnments. BUckle up, folks. This fight is now fully engaged and joined! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/rich-davenport/support