Outdoors

EMPORIUM, Pa. — Residents of Cameron County were informed of efforts to organize an all‑terrain vehicle (ATV) trail that seeks to connect a number of ...

In my last column, I explained that the American kestrel nesting box, which has been in my fields for the last five years, would be coming down, but n...

The August sun was high in the cloudless sky, glaring down upon us, and I was squinting so badly, I wondered if my sunglasses were really on in that b...

An AP Member Exchange shared by the Muscatine Journal WAPELLO, Iowa (AP) — From outside Brandon Brown's residence in Wapello, it looked like any other...

The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office will host a hunters’ education class for gun hunting, as well as the required course for bowhunters in Septemb...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) has announced that special permits will be issued for the opening weekend of duck se...

Fishing has been difficult, with scattered success. It takes a lot of casts to come across those widely separated bursts of action, and you find yours...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson went to Idaho to write about literary icon Ernest Hemingway and decided to take a piece of his...

I was 12 or 13, and we were at my uncle’s picnic table, sighting in our deer rifles on Thanksgiving weekend. Dad had an old Winchester Model 54 in .30...

I was fishing along the Allegheny River as a teenager. Equipped with my inexpensive spinning rod and the deadly Double-Jointed Mirror Lure of the day ...

ALBANY (AP) — State fisheries experts are asking anglers to take it easy on trout and salmon during the dog days of summer, since the cold-water fish ...

I am reaching a point in my life where my appreciation of the wonderful world around us is maturing — one can’t help but marvel at the incredible dive...

LEBANON, Pa. (AP) — Gretchen Lager's fondest childhood memories involved shooting bullets at tin cans and balloons along the Slippery Rock Creek in we...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) and Commissioner Basil Seggos today reminded all new hunters and trappers planning t...

The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced that sporting licenses and Deer Management Permits for the 2016-17 s...

TROUTVILLE, Va. (AP) — There's almost no red meat or fish on the table at Bruce Ingram's Troutville home that he hasn't hunted or fished himself. He a...

TRUCKEE, Calif. (AP) — Once thought to have gone extinct in the Sierra Nevada, scientists believe a wolverine spotted this winter north of Lake Tahoe ...

BURLINGTON, Vt. (AP) — A New York fisherman has pleaded not guilty to a charge alleging he tricked a Vermont nonprofit tournament into paying him more...