Outdoors

After a 7-hour flight to Amsterdam, 5-hour layover, then an 11-hour to Johannesburg, followed by a 4-hour drive to the lodge my daughter and I collaps...

FARMERSVILLE — New York state has placed a temporary restriction on goose hunting on the water and dam at Harwood Lake and Multiple Use Area, located ...

ALBANY (TNS) — Hunters who use crossbows are celebrating after a long battle to make crossbows legally equivalent to other archery equipment ended suc...

Time flies, things speed up the closer they come, life can become a whirlwind at times. After deciding to go on safari again I booked a hunt for Augus...

ANDOVER — The Andover Wetlands Annual Kids Fishing Contest celebrated its 34th    anniversary with participants from Andover, throughout Allegany Coun...

Several major changes will happen within all bucks before summer ends. Their behavior will change along with their feeding and bedding patterns. The b...

My grandfather was hunting black bears with a bunch of his wood savvy cronies near Railroad Run in the late 1950s. Lunchtime found the hungry crew bac...

In his Bulletin of the Buffalo Society of Natural Sciences entitled "Birds of Cattaraugus County, New York," published in 1981, Dr. Stephen W. Eaton w...

LITTLE VALLEY — The Cattaraugus County Trappers Association opened its annual Sportsmen’s Rendezvous on Friday at the Cattaraugus County Fairgrounds i...

ANDOVER — The Town of Andover Wetlands Project will be the scene for the annual Kids Fishing Contest Aug. 16 off Route 21, from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. Regis...

New York state hunting and trapping licenses and deer management permits for the 2025-26 season are now on sale, the Department of Environmental Conse...

I arrived at camp Rack & Feather early. The cell phone rang; it was Jim Acker. His wife, Carla, was preparing a large dish of lasagna and a salad for ...

ALBANY (TNS) — The state Department of Environmental Conservation is warning of an invasive species infestation with the capacity to do serious harm t...

While out exploring the Southern Tier of New York's rural beauty in August, folks can assist wildlife researchers by keeping an eye out for wild turke...

The lowering sun touched the fields with golden beams, lighting up the clover and turnips with a soft glow. At the bases of smaller aspen and autumn o...

Life, if we are wise and have a little luck, can be such a magical experience. True, there are many challenges, but if looked at closely, all challeng...

An Upstate man has hauled in a record-setting brook trout, the state Department of Environmental Conservation reported, breaking a record that had sto...