Outdoors

James M. Palidar of Ceres is a busy 18-year-old. A 2014 graduate of Bolivar-Richburg Central School, he attends Alfred State’s Wellsville Campus, stud...

Matt Knowlson is a goal-oriented person. When he decides to do something he is into it, big time, at work or sports. In hunting, however, things move ...

The deep, deep sleep of exhaustion was rudely shattered at 5:30 a.m. Groaning, I rolled over and tried to focus my bleary eyes, my entire body in angr...

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A rare disease found in Ohio's captive deer population has prompted state wildlife officials to seek tissue samples from wild de...

ALBANY (AP) — Four newoutdooraccess projects are open for public use in Steuben, Chautauqua, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties. Environmental Conservati...

The Department of Environmental Conservation announced this past week that remaining Deer Management Permits in several Wildlife Management Units woul...

The crisp October air hung in those moments just before dawn. The treetops were silhouetted against the sky, but it was not light enough yet to see th...

WILTON, Maine (AP) — In Maine, a hunter can shoot a bear while it's nose-deep in a barrel of doughnuts, after it's been chased up a tree by dogs, or w...

T he pictures are flooding Facebook. They’re all over the Internet message boards. Buddies are texting them to buddies by cell phone. We’re in the mid...

The ladderstand was icy cold, the wet metal remorselessly sucking the heat from my hands. I cringed and wondered if my choice to climb in bare hands r...

We’re well into archery season and on the cusp of the annual whitetail rut. Big bucks are starting to fall. If you’ve been fortunate to tag one alread...

ITHACA (AP) — The 28th season of Cornell Lab of Ornithology's Project FeederWatch is about to begin, and organizers are looking for new participants t...

Time is slipping rapidly by and with a slight shock I realized that despite all the time and trouble I’d taken to work up some very accurate handloads...

As part of a statewide effort to promote outdoor recreation and make hunting information easily accessible to sportsmen and sportswomen, Empire State ...

SHINGLEHOUSE, Pa. — The 2nd Annual ‘Day After Archery Season Opener’ 3D Shoot will be held Sunday at the Oswayo Valley Rod & Gun Club. Registration ti...

Shooting at running or flying game is always a challenge, especially if you are not regularly shooting trap, skeet or sporting clays. There is no easy...

The ability to quickly raise your firearm and shoot accurately is critical and depends on your firearm fitting you properly. But what determines your ...

I can’t state it strongly enough. Falling is deadly serious. Last spring I slipped on some ice while hunting for shed elk antlers. The distance from t...