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.
