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Injured snowmobiler, lost hiker, ice climber with leg injury: DEC Forest Ranger rescues
Updated Feb 03, 2021;
State Forest Rangers recently helped rescue a woman involved in a snowmobile crash, located a lost hiker and rescued an ice climber with a leg injury.
The following incidents took place between December and late January. All information below was supplied by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.
Village of Speculator (Lake Pleasant) Hamilton County
Wilderness Rescue: “On Jan. 30 at 2:35 p.m., a Forest Ranger received a call from Hamilton County 911 reporting a snowmobile accident in the area of Hatchery Brook Road. Coordinates placed the snowmobiler approximately five miles into the trail system from the nearest road. The 41-year-old woman from Wallington, New Jersey, reportedly lost control of the snowmobile and crashed into trees off the side of the trail, dislocating her shoulder. The Forest Ranger, along with two others and Hamilton County Sheriff’
Outdoornews
December 24, 2020
(Dutchess County)
• On Dec. 4, ECO Eyler questioned a hunter about details of a buck he had posted on a social media site. The hunter reported that the deer was harvested in Connecticut, just over the state border, and brought the ECO to the deer hanging in his brother’s shed about a mile way. The deer was hanging in the shed, replete with a Connecticut deer tag and half gutted. ECO Eyler informed the hunter of DEC’s chronic wasting disease regulations that prohibit the transportation of white-tailed deer in this condition to New York State. The ECO gave the hunter a summons and took the deer to be incinerated.
Outdoor Journal: Making some out-of-season sightings while out rabbit hunting | The Daily Gazette
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By Ed Noonan/For The Daily Gazette |
December 23, 2020
Earlier this month, I decided to bundle up and head out to do a little small game hunting to see if I could kick up a few rabbits using my new Heritage Rough Rider .22 revolver.
I was slowly stopping and going when I saw movement coming up from a gully. I sat down quickly in the bushes and out from me about 10-15 steps from me were two toms and five hen turkeys. Where were these guys when I was hunting them when the season was open? But, I did shoot one of the toms (with my camera) and got a photo. Hopefully, they will be there next year. I also saw a 4-point buck; it too was within shooting range if deer hunting was open. You may hunt furbearers during the day using any handgun, however I did not see any. But . . . I’ll be back.
Dec 16, 2020 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Forest Rangers respond to search and rescue incidents statewide. Working with other state agencies, local emergency response organizations, and volunteer search and rescue groups, Forest Rangers locate and extract lost, injured, or distressed people from across New York State. In 2019, DEC Forest Rangers conducted 337 search and rescue missions, extinguished 74 wildfires that burned a total of 212 acres, participated in 29 prescribed fires that burned and rejuvenated 645 acres, and worked on cases that resulted in 2,507 tickets or arrests. “DEC celebrates our 50th anniversary this year, but our Forest Rangers have been on the front lines for even longer, protecting New York’s wildlife, natural resources, residents, and visitors for more than a century,” said DEC Commissioner Basil Seggos. “The state’s brave Forest Rangers have a vast knowledge of first aid, land navigation, and technical rescue techn