Photo contributedECO Vern Bauer (left) and ECO Nate Doig (right) with an illegal deer taken with a crossbow.

Photo contributedECO Dustin Osborne (left) and ECO Jared Woodin (right) with another illegal buck taken with a crossbow in Delaware County in the early archery season.

At a regular meeting of the Catskill Mountain Fish & Game Club in Hunter this past Thursday, a special presentation was made.

With gun season for deer and bear opening in the Southern Zone at sunrise on Saturday November 16, it’s a good time to briefly review the early season deer and bear take to date.

Photo contributedNorthern Catskills Hunting & Wildlife Expo members Carol Herdman, Mike Pushman and Glen Howard (center) present checks supporting veterans to Russ Burton and Bob Monteleone (right).

Photo contributedKenny Davey, 14, of Austerlitz, with a nice 8 point buck; his first, taken on the Youth Season opener.