In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host delves into more of the anti-gun measures passed by NY in the waning moments of the legislative session, including the body armor sale ban in NY which completely missed the type of armor the Tops shooter was wearing. Haste makes waste, and this shows you what it means in not letting a crisis go to waste.

The lead ammo ban proposal from USFWS on their National Wildlife Refuges was also discussed, and you can submit you comment to the Federal Register before August 8, 2022. USFWS has no science that indicates lead ammo or fishing tackle is causing problems, so push back.

Your humble host also lays out the truth about lead and toxicity, and folks, solid lead bullets or sinkers are not toxic, as they cannot be metabolized! But this is how the trickery works, take a general truth - lead is toxic - then claim there is an issue, while omitting the realities of what form of lead is actually toxic, and if you cannot metabolize it, then toxicity doesn't exist! Kinda similar to the CO2 claims where yes, CO2 does absorb infrared photons, but only holds the heat for 0.00001 second longer than other gases, while CO2 is consumed by plats to make cellulose! Levels in the atmosphere are a fraction of what you find in a greenhouse, and yet no issues in greenhouses with heat or anything else.

In fishing news the DEC has released some survey updates for Lake Erie fishing in May 2022, which showed a tremendous uptick in angling effort not seen on at least 20 years! This was driven by walleye and yellow perch fishing, while May's bass fishing effort was about average for the month. Lake Ontario stocking has been completed, and stream surveys will now be done with Lake survey work, starting this September.

NY also appears to have a new smallmouth bass record with an 8lb 5.8oz beast being caught, weighed and released during a bass tournament on Cayuga Lake. The record is pending certification from DEC.

Finally, the wind zealots are getting desperate and a new liar has jumped up trying to get politicians to sign a letter that is full of falsehoods, which your humble host dismantles piece by piece. To get the facts, visit CAWTILE.com or come of the July 12 informational meeting at Southtowns Walleye Assn. clubhouse on Southwestern Blvd. in Hamburg, NY. State Senator George Borrello will be the keynote speaker.

In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host breaks down the anti-gun laws recently signed into law after the state legislature passed a series of pre-written, law-abiding punishing gun laws, just waiting for another tragic criminal event to use as the crisis to capitalize upon. One of the new laws requires a license top purchase and possess any semi-automatic rifle, not just the scary-looking ones, and to get the permit, you need to be age 21. DEC has issued some clarification to hunters educators, and we can expect more clarifications in the coming weeks and months, along with lawsuits over this latest attack on our God-given rights.

The legislature also passed the county opt out bills pertaining to the Holiday Hunt, but that has yet to be signed. I believe all hunters should contact the governor and urge she veto this legislation.

The statewide lead ammo ban also appears to have died in the Senate, but Jekyll and Hyde Commissioner Seggos recently endorsed the lead ammo bad, across NYS, despite zero science behind the move. Legislative session ended June 2, thankfully. New session doesn't happen until January, with hopefully a brand new senate under GOP control to get balance back to NYS.

Several dates of importance coming up, including NYS opening of bass season, Great Lakes musky season, as they both open June 15. Family Fishing clinics are also coming up, timed with the free fishing weekend in NY, June 25-26. ECFSC holds a clinic at Chestnut Ridge Park, and the East Side Angling Assn holds free fishing days at Broderick Park, foot of Ferry St., Buffalo NY on both the 25th and 26th. Events are free to all to attend.

SWA Walleye Derby is now on and runs through June 19.

July 11 is the NYSCC Golf Tournament, deadline to sign up is July 1

July 12 - CAWTILE informational meeting at SWA Clubhouse on Southwestern Blvd, Hamburg, special guest State Senator George Borrello will be on hand to discuss Lake Erie Wind Turbines.

And the Region 9 Waterfowl task force submitted a report to the WNYEF that really spells out the problems with waterfowl hunting in NY in a nutshell. This season and next round out the 5-year SDM experiment, but we must wait until the 2024/ 25 seasons for relief.

While lead ammo may still be used in NY (for now) USF&W has proposed regulation to phase out lead ammo on federal refuges, which NSSF has lodged a strong objection to as without merit nd devoid of science. Truly is. Comment period for that proposed federal rule ends August 8, 2022.

And the renewable energy front, the reality of electric vehicles is discussed, factors no one is talking about, but better be thought of and fast. After all, when all the negatives are weighed it becomes self-evident the attack on gasoline and diesel is an attack on our liberty that affordable, effective energy delivers. This is why they wish to move from gasoline stored in tanks to electric that can be controlled by government. Nothing to do with saving the planet.

And finally, a 2050-foot armor stone berm is needed to protect the 5 turbines of Steel Winds II from storm damage from Lake Erie. According to DEC, the facility is being damaged by seiches and ice shoves, impacting the access road and causing harm to the turbine foundations. If turbines on shore cannot be protected from Lake Erie storms without a rock wall, how will they protect 50 offshore turbines from the wave energy and ice?

Happy Memorial Day! In this week's episode of We Love Outdoors with Rich Davenport, your humble host delves deep into the 2021 deer harvest report, to see what is behind the numbers, and what dynamics are revealed in this report.

Although the total harvest was down, the buck harvest was down slightly, declines were driven by antlerless harvest and it appears a lower harvest during the archery seasons as well.

With Memorial Day comes the unofficial start of summer, and the official start of camping season, and it is expected that parks will see another record year for visitors and overnight stays, as covid covid covid has reinvigorated many outdoors pursuits, not just hunting and fishing. Speaking of fishing, inland musky season is now open, and the walleye bite is starting to pick up during the day. Crappie re still active in the weeds at Chautauqua and Findley Lakes, but expect this to slow as the weeds really thicken up.

Tragic events and acts of evil have once again brought semi automatic rifles and the 2nd Amendment back into debate, with communist Democrats predictably calling for punishing law abiding people through targeting inanimate objects we have a right to keep and bear, for the actions of one deranged teenager. Not very smart.

The legislative session for the NYS Legislature ends June 2, 2022, and we hope nothing gets done so we limit the damage being done to our state by the radical left. The county opt out bills did pass the legislature and are now on the Governor's desk for signing or veto. Please reach out and ask Hochul to veto this legislation as it is unneeded and unenforceable.

And the energy debacle in the USA is going to get a lot worse before it gets better, as more states that are walking the renewable energy road are warning of rolling blackouts this summer! And don't be fooled by the meatballs saying we should have moved to renewables years ago... No, we should have invested that money we wasted on unworkable notions in pursuit of greater efficiency and better mining and drilling techniques.