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Trout seasons past
Local Sports, Outdoors, Sports
WADE ROBERTSON Special to Olean Times Herald 
March 21, 2025
My earliest memories of fishing don’t involve fishing at all. But as a very young child I vividly remember Dad, Dick Robertson, coming home from a nat...
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Memories of Thanksgiving
Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON Special to Olean Times Herald 
November 26, 2022
We just celebrated Thanksgiving and I hope yours was a good one with family, friends and good food. It’s also a holiday that should give us pause, a s...
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A youngster’s long-range first deer
Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON Special to Olean Times Herald 
November 12, 2022
Time is certainly slippery and difficult to comprehend in its passage. It certainly doesn’t seem all that long ago that Matt Wingard was shooting four...
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The majority of the time
Outdoors, Sports
WADE ROBERTSON Special to Olean Times Herald 
October 8, 2022
If you’re not a hunter you may have the impression that those who do hunt just stroll out in the woods and bag a deer. It’s possible, but highly unlik...
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After your shot — now what?
Outdoors, Sports
WADE ROBERTSON Special to Olean Times Herald 
October 1, 2022
You’ve had an exciting morning and hit a nice buck with your bow. You’re shaking like a leaf and your first natural reaction is to immediately follow ...
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Archery season is almost upon us
Outdoors, Sports
WADE ROBERTSON Special to Olean Times Herald 
September 23, 2022
The nights are cooler, the leaves changing. Geese are flocked up and swarms of blackbirds fly through the sky in ever-changing shapes. The bucks have ...
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Crossbows vs. compound bows
Outdoors, Sports
WADE ROBERTSON Special to Olean Times Herald 
September 17, 2022
New York state has a strong, dedicated lobby of archers who are most decidedly against crossbows, so much so that regulations forbid using one until N...
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Find that deer — pre-snowfall tracking basics
Outdoors
WADE ROBERTSON Special to Olean Times Herald 
October 9, 2021
Hunting with a bow puts an extra amount of responsibility on the hunter. Even a well-hit deer can be devilishly hard to find. Many times, even on a we...
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