Syracuse.com - Figura writing about sighting in your gun and more "Tales from the Woods"

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Apart from the one this weekend at the Camillus Sportsmen's Club, are there any other sighting-in sessions open to the public this weekend or any time next week? Contact me at [email protected] or by calling 470-6066.

Peter Chen/The Post-StandardBrent Teft, of Camillus, sights in the scope on his Savage .270 Winchester rifle last year at the Camillus Sportsmen's Club's public sight-in weekend.

We're in the thick of the fall hunting season. The Southern Zone firearms season for deer opens Nov. 17. Here's what's on tap this week on the outdoors pages of The Post-Standard.

FRIDAY:

Main piece: Now is as good at time as ever to make sure you're gun is shooting straight. Some basics to consider for both shotguns and rifles. Plus, this weekend (both Saturday and Sunday) is the annual sight-in session at the Camillus Sportsmen's Club. ((ANY OTHER SIGHTING-IN SESSIONS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC I SHOULD KNOW ABOUT? CONTACT ME at [email protected] or by calling 470-6066.

Column: A story about a 12-year-old Cazenovia boy who just learned how to fly fish and how he caught a lunker steelhead.

SUNDAY:

Main piece: More "Tales from the Woods," a story about a Liverpool guy who won a chance to hunt moose, thanks to the Maine moose hunting lottery; a memory about a deer hunter who almost stepped on a skunk while setting up in the early morning ; a story about a father who brought his 10-year-old daughter along when he successfully arrowed a 10-point buck.

Column: DEC and U.S. Fish and Wildlife now stocking deep water cisco (a baitfish in Lake Ontario). They were raised at Tunison Lab in Cortland, after initially being netted in one of the other Great Lakes.

In coming weeks, I'd like to write about the following outdoors activities. If you know someone who does these activities, contact me ASAP:

-- Anyone who has arrowed a wild boar this hunting season.

-- Someone who still has a license to fish commercially for perch in Lake Ontario with gill nets.

-- Someone who's willing to talk about the history and current situation concerning the floating duck blinds at the end of Cayuga Lake that are put out every year.

- Someone who hunts rabbits and squirrels with the aid of falcons or hawks. (Actually, if you hunt squirrels or rabbits with a firearm I'd like to hear from you.)

- Anyone who would make a good candidate for The Post-Standard's Heroes of Conservation Award. Questions? See the previous story I wrote about this.

ANYTHING ELSE READERS OF THIS REPORT WOULD LIKE TO SEE ME WRITE ABOUT?

The effectiveness of this report is two-fold. First it lets readers know what's coming up story-wise. It also allows readers a chance to affect coverage and provide sources for upcoming stories. Bottom line: Keep in touch and give input. You could make a difference as to what appears week to week on the outdoors page! Email me at [email protected] or call 470-6066.

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