Syracuse.com - Figura writing about youth turkey hunt, new TV series and the fall's deer take (April 24-28)

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I'm recovering at home from last week's surgery on my sinuses, but still managing (thanks to the magic of the internet) to get things done. This week, I, along with my Syracuse University intern Sarah Taddeo, are writing about the following: - A wrapup of last weekend's special, statewide Youth Turkey Hunt. Sarah, who has never hunted, was out bright...

Mike Sicilia, 13, of East Syracuse, poses with his first wild turkey,which he took during the state-wide special Turkey Youth Hunt weekend. 

I'm recovering at home from last week's surgery on my sinuses, but still managing (thanks to the magic of the internet) to get things done.

This week, I, along with my Syracuse University intern Sarah Taddeo, are writing about the following:

- A wrapup of last weekend's special, statewide Youth Turkey Hunt. Sarah, who has never hunted, was out bright and early Saturday morning and wrote an account of her adventure. I've also received some good photos and stories from others.

- The annual "Take a Soldier Fishing" event on Oneida Lake, along with the annual "Women in Nature" program -- both set for this Saturday.

- A preview of the new TV mini-series "The Run," which begins running next week. The series is based on the annual Salmon Run up at the Salmon River and follows the guides, fish cleaners and restaurant/motel owners and others who make it happen each fall.

- The DECs report on the deer take from last fall's hunting season.

- A unique study at Montezuma Wildlife Refuge involving frogs.

Also:

- So, based on data from Meteorologist Dave Eichorn..just when is the best time (as far as warm temperatures and lack of rain) to take an outdoors summer vacation in Central New York? (You might be surprised)

- Bullhead fishing

- A walleye fishing season precede.

- The early spring brown trout bite on Lake Ontario.

- An update on the Governor's "gag order" on the DEC.

- Commercial gill net fishing for perch on Lake Ontario There's still a few individuals who are licensed by the state to do this and I hope to get out with one of them soon.

- DEC study on wild turkeys

- A proposal to turn Onondaga County into a rifle county for deer hunting.

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