Syracuse.com - David Figura's weekly report (Oct. 21, 23)

HuntingNY-News · October 18, 2011

This week's pages will feature a 19-year-old guide on the Salmon River and an overview and comments from hunters on the DEC's new 5-year deer management plan.

John Berry/The Post-StandardKenny Hemshrot readies his driftboat at a launch site on the Salmon River.Here's the lineup for this week on The Post-Standard's Outdoors page.

FRIDAY

MAIN STORY - Q&A with Kenny Hemshrot, a 19-year, DEC-certified, Salmon River driftboat guide. One of the youngest, if not the youngest, up there now.

COLUMN- Update on Honeywell's plans to open access by next spring to fishing areas along Nine Mile Creek and Onondaga Creek, plus some other bits and pieces.

SUNDAY:

MAIN STORY - An overview of the state's new 5-year Deer Management Plan, with highlights and reaction from local hunters. Click here for highlights and a link to the full report. I'd like to hear from readers on this. Email me by noon Thursday with your reactions at [email protected].

COLUMN - Still working on it. Open to suggestions on topics I should be writing about.

THANKS: to the two members of this group who last week suggested I do updates on the Salmon River and something about pheasant releases. Both resulted in stories.

COMING:

- A story about Bob Roc, 84-year-old Oswego resident who each week travels to Fort Drum to teach fly tying and fly casting to wounded warriors.

- A story about a guy in Jefferson County who has created a Facebook page entitled "The Treestand Chronicles," in which he regularly posts entries from ... you guessed it..his treestand.

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