Outdoors

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — He's better. Army Special Forces veteran Paul Holcomb is sure of that much. He doesn't disappear for days at a time anymore, uns...

The darkness lightened, the all-encompassing gloom of the predawn slowly revealing the bulk of the hills and faint streaks of daylight in the eastern ...

ALBANY (AP) — The state Department of Environmental Conservation is looking to sign up school districts for an archery program. Commissioner Joe Marte...

The clock has whirled rapidly around, the circle has completed itself and another spring is upon us. Another month of spring turkey lies ahead. I myse...

Suppose a coyote comes sneaking into your set-up while you’re trying to entice a gobbler close enough for a shot. Will you pull the trigger and ruin y...

JACKSON, Wyo. (AP) — Rangers and law enforcement officers carried out a daring moonlight rescue after a boat full of people capsized in a rushing rive...

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Shaped like an Egyptian wonder, the Memphis landmark known as the Pyramid stopped being a regular venue for basketball games and...

People often exhibit obvious contradictions in their behavior. I suppose this is one of the more maddening or entertaining aspects of the human race, ...

Recently, I was doing some long-overdue cleaning in my office when I chanced upon the first bird column that I wrote for The Times Herald. The date on...

ALBANY (AP) — New York environmental officials say none of the more than 2,400 deer tested for chronic wasting disease during hunting season showed si...

ALBANY (AP) — Paddlers have a new area to explore at the upper reaches of the Hudson River and hikers will get better access to some mountains with th...

How many turkeys have you tried to call in, but failed? If you’re a dedicated turkey hunter I’ll bet it’s a lot – and it will be a lot more. That’s mo...

Wow! There is little doubt that the “silent majority” was living up to its name when it came to the whitetail antler issue. In fact, the trouble this ...

ALBANY — State officials say an expanded hunting season statewide and a special early bear season in parts of the Catskills and western Hudson Valley ...

Randolph reigned supreme not only in being top scorer in week 4 of match competition but also had the only two perfect scores in the Southern Tier You...

CANEADEA — The 500-bird, five-club, winter traveling trapshooting league completed its 2015 season Sunday at the Genesee Conservation Club near Rushfo...

The breathing was so shallow, the occasional long pauses between breaths made my heart shudder. ————— Brilliant sun beamed down from a bright, young, ...

Olean Times Herald columnist Steve Sorensen has received the 2015 Pinnacle Award from the Professional Outdoor Media Association (POMA), a national gr...