Outdoors

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — Rocker Ted Nugent is among some 1,200 people who've purchased permits so far for Florida's first bear hunting season in 20 years....

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — It is, for some well-heeled foreign visitors, the ultimate African experience: the thrill of hunting a lion, one of the "Big Five"...

In May the Olean Times Herald ran a story about Fred Evans, the local person who helped reintroduce the wild turkey into New York state. Judging by th...

BELFAST —Stressed? Overheated from the summer’s warmth? Feeling adventurous, but don’t know what to do? A kayak or canoe trip on the Genesee River thr...

ALBANY — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has adopted new regulations to shorten fall turkey hunting seasons in New Y...

If you’re an avid shooter and love to see your rifle put three or more shots in under an inch at 100 yards, you’re probably a handloader as well, care...

STRASBURG, Ill. (AP) — Angling lures catch two species: fish and, eventually, fishermen. Most of the lures start out aimed squarely at the fish , of c...

Is there anything better than sitting by a campfire, away from the stresses of everyday life, watching the sunset? Camping is the ultimate getaway, ev...

LONDON (AP) — Fox hunting is back on the agenda in Britain, and it's getting bloody. Prime Minister David Cameron's government has stirred up a politi...

I saw my first eastern coyote in Washington County, Maine, back in 1982. I was deer hunting near the Canada border. Coyotes yipped and howled like par...

ALBANY (AP) — A wilderness preservation group is calling on New York state officials to study the reintroduction of wolves and cougars to the Adironda...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Climate change may be harming yellow perch, the most popular sport fish in Lake Erie. A newly released study by Ohio State Unive...

The red and yellow bobber danced merrily on the waves as I stared intently at it. After 30 seconds or so I pulled it a foot toward me, the bobber danc...

BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) — Few things are more disheartening to the camping summer tourist than pulling into a campground and finding all of the sites ful...

BEND, Ore. (AP) — Like a fly-fishing veteran, Branson Broderick set the hook, stripped his line in, then bent down to net the flopping rainbow trout a...

HARRISBURG, Pa. — The Pennsylvania Game Commission, in its annual mid-year report on bald-eagle nests statewide, says preliminary numbers represent an...

I’m pleased to see more and more kayaks and canoes on the waters today. Not only do these pollution-free watercraft eliminate the roar of engines, the...

The tentative schedule for many of New York’s 2015-16 migratory game bird seasons is now available, with early Canada goose season in the Southern Tie...