Syracuse.com - Figura writing this week about this winter's effects on birds and steelhead fishing (Feb. 2, 4)

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I'll be at the sportsmen's show on Saturday morning in Oneida. Stop by and say hello. Feedback and story ideas are always appreciated. Have a suggestion? An impressive ice fishing photo? Call me at 470-6066 or email me at [email protected].

Submitted photoNicole Chorney, of Liverpool, sent me this interesting birdfeeder photo, taken in her backyard. A flock of wild turkeys stopped by recently.

It snows, it melts. It snows, it melts.

It's been a real crazy winter. Maybe that accounts for the good showing his past weekend at the New York Sportsman's Expo, which I attended on Saturday. Lots of folks are experiencing cabin fever lately.

I'll be at another sportsmen's show on Saturday morning and early afternoon in Oneida. Stop by and say hello. Feedback and story ideas are always appreciated.

Meanwhile, I've been hurting lately for ice fishing pictures. Anyone have any decent catches or sizeable fish they've pulled through the ice lately? Send them to me at [email protected].

This week's offerings on the Outdoors page:

FRIDAY:

Main piece: CNY's winter weather this year is for the birds -- or not? Talk to local Audubon prez and others for comments on this issue.

Column: Eureka. I finally found someone who got a deer with a crossbow -- a man from Camllus actually took two does, one during the firearms season; one during the muzzleloading season. Plus, one reader notes there's round gobies in Cross Lake.

SUNDAY:

Main piece: The wintertime steelhead fishing season on the Salmon river is going great guns thanks to the unseasonably warm weather.

Column: A tribute to a giant in the local bow hunting scene. I write about John "Little John" Dimura," who died late last year.

*** Editor's note: Both of my Sunday stories (the main piece and the column) came from readers who stopped by my table at last weekend's sportsman's show at the state fairgrounds. Thanks, guys!

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