Outdoors

Who’s your favorite celebrity hunter? Whoever it is, it’s almost a sure bet most people have never heard of him (or her). Not Jim Shockey (nor his bea...

When I was 11 years old I remember hearing something that seemed unfathomable at the time. Some people actually wanted to rid our society of guns and ...

BAXTER STATE PARK, Maine (AP) — When Jackson Spencer set out to tackle the Appalachian Trail, he anticipated the solitude that only wilderness can bri...

Long before I was a birder, I was a weather geek. It was hard not being a weather geek if you went to college at the State University of New York at O...

The tiny, silver jig head shone brightly in the sunlight as I carefully threaded the 4-pound test through the eye and tied it off with a fisherman’s k...

FRANKLINVILLE — Grants from the National Rifle Association Foundation and the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation have enabled the...

OLEAN — The Wild Turkey Hunting Heritage Super Fund Auction and Dinner, hosted by the Enchanted Mountains Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federati...

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The world's largest outdoor retail show considered moving to other cities with more lodging and convention space but chose to st...

Have you ever had someone ask you, perhaps a little sarcastically, why you’re always fishing? Usually you get the impression these civilized souls mus...

EDITOR'S NOTE: This is an AP Member Exchange shared by the Post-Bulletin LEWISTON, Minn. (AP) — When Mark Reisetter got back from serving in Vietnam w...

TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Snake-hunters take note: Authorities are expanding Florida's next public hunt for invasive Burmese pythons into Everglades Na...

Your canoe paddles, those most necessary means of propulsion, can become more than just the plain, ordinary blades you purchased. Today’s paddles are ...

A couple of days after the news about Cecil the lion from Zimbabwe began lighting up our computer and TV screens, a well-known journalist asked me to ...

Life today is often a game of offense versus defense, and hunters feel like we’re playing defense most of the time. We defend ourselves for using guns...

Time flies by so quickly and technology advances at such a rapid pace it’s hard to keep track. The human mind is constantly seeking knowledge and prof...

ALBANY — Improvements to the state Department of Environmental Conservation’s sporting license-issuance and game-harvest reporting system are in place...

ATLANTIC BEACH, N.C. (AP) — Baiting hooks with pieces of shrimp and casting them out into the wind and waves, Ashlie Scott Newbie and Payton Lane knew...

OLYMPIC NATIONAL PARK, Wash. (AP) — The National Park Service will close most rivers and streams in Olympic National Park to recreational fishing due ...