Outdoors

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...

BAXTER STATE PARK, Maine (AP) — I don't remember much about my climb up Mount Katahdin 25 years ago. I was young and fit. It was no big deal. But my s...

Just two weeks ago the day dawned cool, wet and windy. Jane took a long, calculating look outside and decided she wasn’t in the mood to fish — she’d p...

Who would build a house on a wet hillside just a few feet above a waterfall? Only a genius. I recently visited Frank Lloyd Wright’s mid-1930s architec...

ALBANY (AP) — Free fishing will be coming to New York state this weekend. Gov. Andrew Cuomo says state residents and visitors can fish for free withou...

The first streaks of daylight were brushing the eastern sky with bold strokes of gold, pink and blue when my wife and I pulled into the boat launch. T...

FRANKLINVILLE — The second annual Rendezvous, sponsored by the Franklinville Furbearers, will he held June 26-28 at the Franklinville Conservation Clu...

New York state Department of Environmental Conservation staff responded to a report of a dead bald eagle alongside a road in Henrietta, Monroe County,...

The sun disappeared behind a rapidly advancing wall of dark, threatening clouds; you could feel the barometer dropping and the wind kicking up. Knowle...

I never knew such a creature existed. I had just shot a gobbler and had it positioned on a stump for some photos. I was lying on the ground getting so...

ALBANY — New York’s 2014 Great Lakes angler surveys indicate Lake Erie and Lake Ontario offer anglers excellent fishing opportunities, according to th...

I have spent all my life trying to become a better trout fisherman. This has become a perpetual quest, I guess, a study and a pursuit I dearly love, o...

Last year, right about this same time, we told you about a successful spring gobbler hunt by Donald Rinehart of Little Valley. He had taken a 23-pound...

The writing awards keep coming for outdoor columnist Steve Sorensen, who took home five awards from the Pennsylvania Outdoor Writers Association award...

WESTONS MILLS — Fred Evans just might be the foremost authority on talking turkey. The 86-year-old retired wildlife biologist with the state’s Departm...

What is joy? What brings happiness and peace? At what price do these great blessings come or is there no price attached to the priceless? Or is joy a ...

It’s halfway through the spring gobbler season. If you’re ready to give up, don’t. It’s not over because your late season advantages can be just as im...