Outdoors

PORTVILLE — Forty-two of the Winter Travel League’s 59 trap shooters registered scores last Sunday at the Portville Conservation Club as second round ...

The alarm isn’t blaring in your ear and your wife’s elbow isn’t cracking a rib. You’ve caught up on your sleep and there’s no lunch to make, boots to ...

OLEAN — Forty-six of the Winter Travel League’s 56 trap shooters registered scores Jan. 31 at the Olean Rod & Gun Club. While the air temperature was ...

I think of myself as frugal. Being Scotch it just comes naturally to me to watch carefully what I spend. My friends tease me as being cheap, a pennypi...

CUBA — Fifty-one of the Winter Travel League’s 56 trap shooters registered scores Jan. 24 at the Cuba Rod & Gun Club, the league’s host Club for the y...

STATE COLLEGE, Pa. (AP) — Lucas and Meigan Bell were excited to talk about their upcoming documentary film, "Live the Stream," which, outside of their...

A New York state environmental conservation officer (ECO) from Cattaraugus County has been named Officer of the Year by the National Wild Turkey Feder...

I glanced out the window, noticing a big, shiny, black squirrel was busy at the feeder, shoving sunflower seeds into his face as fast as his paws coul...

CANEADEA — The headline is the same this week — with one minor exception in Winter Travel trap-shooting. Two weeks ago in Richburg, junior shooter Jak...

LAS VEGAS (AP) — Weapon enthusiasts had their sights set on the latest and newest guns and gear at a big industry trade show last week, not on Preside...

ALBANY (AP) — New York conservation officials are inviting public comment on potential hunting rule changes for the 2016-17 season. The Department of ...

OLEAN — A steady influx of sportsmen and women of all ages flocked Saturday to the Greater Olean Area Outdoor & Rec Sports Show at Good Times of Olean...

One evening in mid-December, I stopped in at the Beef ’N’ Barrel restaurant in Olean for take-out. As I was waiting for my order, one of the owners as...

WEST YELLOWSTONE, Mont. (AP) — It's 17 degrees outside and I'm lying on my stomach in the snow with my cheek against a rifle, focusing through concent...

RICHBURG — The Winter Travel League of area trapshooters continued its 26th season last Sunday at the Richburg Rod & Gun Club. The 500-bird, five-club...

ALBANY (AP) — New York is hoping to attract out-of-state snowmobilers this holiday weekend by waiving fees. The Cuomo administration says state regist...

In many ways the unseasonably warm weather’s been so wonderful. Barely any snow, temperatures well above the freezing point, no icy, dangerous roads o...

ALBANY — The final Fisher Management Plan addresses population fluctuations in different regions of the state while offering trappers an additional hu...