08.10.2015 Environment DEC: No bucks for first 15 days of bowhunting season Hunters in the area will have to wait a bit longer than usual to begin hunting that trophy buck once the bowhunting season commences in October.
01.05.2015 Community EPCAL recreation trail closed through the end of the month The EPCAL recreation path is closed through the rest of January due to shotgun deer hunting on the property, the town announced today.
12.15.2014 Outdoors Riverhead shotgun hunting lottery set for Thursday Riverhead Town will hold its annual shotgun hunting lottery Thursday, Dec. 18, at Town Hall for local residents looking to hunt on town lands in Calverton and in Baiting Hollow.
08.27.2014 Government With $225K to spend, USDA cull kills 192 deer Nearly six months after a controversial deer cull kicked off on farms across the East End, the results are finally in. And to the group that led the effort,...
05.12.2014 Government Proposal pulled to permit Nassau bowhunters on Suffolk land A short-lived plan to allow Nassau County bowhunters onto Suffolk County lands was quickly shot down last week. At Wednesday’s Suffolk County Parks & Recreation Committee, chairman Jay Schneiderman...
04.02.2014 Government Deer cull lawsuit still on hold after delay last week Opponents — and supporters — of a deer cull being carried out by the United States Department of Agriculture are still waiting, and will continue to wait, for court...
03.07.2014 Environment Judge: DEC can’t issue any more permits for deer cull As the old saying goes: if at first you don’t succeed, try, try again. And so it went for opponents of a federal operation to cull deer across the...
03.05.2014 Environment Cull opponents reload; second lawsuit planned After recent litigation against Southold Town was dismissed, opponents of a plan to cull deer on the East End using U.S. Department of Agriculture sharpshooters — a plan that’s...