Syracuse.com - Figura looks at ice fishing scene and use of falcons at the Seneca Meadows landfill (Jan. 20, 22)

HuntingNY-News · January 17, 2012

Have an interesting story or feature you'd like to see covered on The Post-Standard's Outdoors page? Call Outdoors Editor David Figura at 470-6066, or email him at [email protected].

Here's what's on tap for this week's Outdoors pages in The Post-Standard

Jim Commentucci/The Post-StandardTony Eallonardo of Otisco (left) and Mike Kowachik of Fabius fish for panfish through about 5 inches of ice over 14 feet of water on Tully Lake in this 2010 photo.

FRIDAY:

Main piece: Local ice fishing season starts on some small lakes in CNY as anglers continue to bite at the bit, waiting for some of the bigger bodies of water (Oneida, Skaneateles, Owasco, ect) to freeze over.

Column: With the on-again, off-again snow patterns, what's the local cross country ski/snowshoe scene like?

SUNDAY

Main Piece: We interview one of the resident falconers who uses falcons to keep the seagull numbers down at the Seneca Meadows Landfill. Believe it or not, there's two full-time falconers on staff with 10 birds at their disposal.

Column: Highlights of Thursday evening's annual presidents dinner for the Onondaga Federation of Sportsmen's Clubs, plus a few other items.

I'm also working on:

- An update on state-owned land in Chenango County that's overrun with deer and the steps that were taken this fall to limit the herd size -- and whether or not efforts were successful

- Plastics. How it's the rage for some on the ice fishing scene.

- DEC/Montezuma National Wildlife Refuge staff band black ducks

- Interested in taking an African hunting safari.. recommended does and don'ts for those who have.

- Snowmobile trail law enforcement status.. (budget cuts have evidently taken a toll in some areas)

- Fishing for Steelhead on Salmon River from a drift boat in the middle of winter.

- Local guy who's on the front lines of the exotic carp wars in the mid-west (trying to prevent them from getting into the Great Lakes)

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