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KANE — “Quality deer, quality habitat, quality hunting,” are the words John Dzemyan used at the April Roach-Bauer Forestry Forum to describe the 74,00...

Setting Realistic Expectations for Harvesting a Buck with “Large” Antlers Across New York State whitetail bucks have begun shedding the velvet that ha...

Every knowledgeable bow hunter knows or has read that really big deer are found in Maine. The harsh winters and deep snows over thousands of years hav...

You’ve had an exciting morning and hit a nice buck with your bow. You’re shaking like a leaf and your first natural reaction is to immediately follow ...

As a hunter I understand we need to recruit more youth into the field. Hunting is a great social and teaching tool for our young people. But I truly a...

As if we don’t have enough diseases to worry about ... but another tick-borne illness is on the rise in Upstate New York. Health officials in the Lowe...

BENEZETTE, Pa. — In rural Elk County, a mile from the $12 million Elk Country Visitors Center, a small herd of elk munched grass beside a new coffee s...

Uncountable stars glittered in the sky. The thermometer quivered at 28 degrees, the air clear and sharp, the seeable universe above filled with God’s ...

BRADFORD, Pa. — A talented group of young thespians took the stage last night at the Bradford Area High School auditorium in preparation for tonight’s...

Like many kids growing up in northern Pennsylvania in the 1960s, I had close relatives who worked in the oil fields, spending long hours in the woods ...

This year has certainly been different as far as weather goes. First, we have a virtually frostless spring — all spring turkey season the weather stay...

Do you hunt deer in order to fill your freezer? Or in order to get a nice set of antlers to hang on your wall? Non-hunters don’t care, anti-hunters ar...

MONROE, Mich. (AP) — The 9-point buck peers stoically out of a corner of Harold Kleinow's dining room. His head is turned just slightly to the left, a...

PORTVILLE — Gary Swetland has always been an avid outdoorsman. So on the eve of making an announcement that would be life-changing, the longtime Portv...

The shed antler season is conveniently tucked right between the end of deer season and the beginning of spring gobbler season. Although it’s an unoffi...

We used to hear it said often, “Once a spike, always a spike.” A generation ago most hunters knew little about what went on in the deer world outside ...

Hunting whitetail deer is popular, so it’s no wonder we have so many record books. Many states, maybe most, have record books. Besides states we have ...

Would you shoot a genetically inferior deer? When hunters talk about genetics in whitetail deer, we’re almost always talking about antlers. So maybe y...