Outdoors

‘Rum Luck: Bad luck occasioned by a series of circumstances.’ We all know people who seem to be lucky in all they do. Whether it’s fate, a lucky star ...

A few days into the firearms season deer suddenly become scarce where they seemed abundant just a week earlier. A hunter can spend a lot of time looki...

The 2015 big game gun hunting season opens at first light on Saturday under cloudy skies. Big game season runs through Dec. 13. Opening day temperatur...

The hunter sat comfortably in his treestand. It was November, warm, and the rut was in full swing. The 20-foot stand was located on a bench above a sm...

New York state’s regular gun season for whitetail deer and bear gets underway at sunrise this coming Saturday in our Southern Zone. The season for bot...

Although no one likes stories that begin with, “When I was a kid...” I’ll say it anyway. When I was a kid I used to step out my back door to hunt on m...

ERIE, Pa. (AP) — Pennsylvania's Conservation and Natural Resources Department says there will be a three-day deer hunt at Presque Isle State Park next...

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — A man illegally killed a black bear in New Jersey, lied and told a weigh station employee in New York he killed it there, and then...

“Why don’t you wash that dirty hat!” My wife had been scolding me about it for months. I justified the condition of my favorite, everyday hat by sayin...

Friday night had been a busy and distracted one and despite the fact it was small game season I didn’t really have any plans for the morrow. Because o...

Sandy Wolfinger of Haskell Road scored big during a 12-day hunt in Newfoundland, Canada in early October — he bagged a 1,000-pound bull moose with a 4...

The New York state Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today announced that remaining Deer Management Permits (DMPs) in several Wildlife Ma...

Steve Colley took his time on the long walk up the wooded hillside, angling through the glorious fall splendor in the woods. The light wind blew off a...

Town of Hinsdale Supervisor Tom Hooper put on a different hat earlier this month, that of the hunter, when he and three friends traveled to New Brunsw...

A cold fall wind kicked up a bit and a nice chop moved across Pigeon Lake. The low, overcast clouds moved steadily overhead and the gunmetal- colored ...

What is the perfect deer rifle? I know the answer; it’s yours, of course. But, if you’re a little restless, maybe looking for a change, or you have a ...

The first phase of an innovative binational study designed to characterize walleye movements throughout Lake Erie is coming to a close in the next sev...

OLEAN — More than $850 was raised for St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital by shooters at a recent trap shooting event at the Olean Rod and Gun Club....