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HuntingNY-News · October 11, 2011

I plan to write this week about youngsters stocking pheasants and the Salmon River fishing scene.

Ellen Blalock/The Post-StandardI hold a nice male pheasant at the Jamesville Correctional Facility before handing him over to be put in a carrying crate for stocking in the New Woodstock area.Here's the update on what's coming in this Friday's and Saturday's Outdoors pages:

Friday: I tagged along Monday as Jim Clark, a retired Syracuse police officer, and other volunteers brought about a dozen inter-city kids to the pheasant farm at the Jamesville Correctional Facility. The youngsters helped catch, load and release birds on state land just outside of New Woodstock. It was part of the city's community policing program. Neat stuff.

Column: With all the great photos from the above story, I might not write one...or just write a short one. Not sure at this point.

Sunday: Traveled up to the Salmon River Tuesday. Weather was great, fishing was fantastic Loads of anglers.. Not bad for a waterway devastated by flooding earlier this year. All is forgiven.

Column: Still considering what to write about.. possibly something about getting in shape (physically) for hunting season; or maybe a react to a story this week about high mercury levels in the Great Lakes fishery.

Coming up:

- Youngest Salmon River guide (held from previous week)

- How the DEC determines doe permits for specific geographic areas

- How to tell the age of a deer in the field by sight

What else should I be writing about this time of year? (Last Sunday's story about Ducks Unlimited's involvement in Central New York was prompted by a reader of this report)

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