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A few area hunters have submitted photos of nice bucks they have taken in the first week of the New York state gun season. The Times Herald has compil...

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...

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...

Hunting is a sport, and more times than not it can end in failure. But, died in the wool hunters ignore that part, it’s expected, and keep on hunting ...

Well, 2019 shot by like a scared rabbit. It’s now 2020 — has a nice ring to it doesn’t it, 2020? In the 1950s this date seemed impossibly far away. Ti...

It was the second week of buck season and the great majority of hunters were back at work. The odds were those remaining would be sitting in a stand. ...

I firmly believe that to really enjoy life it’s wise to plan activities you love to do for the upcoming year. The anticipation of a vacation, visit or...

As I grow a bit older I find myself developing many of the likes and dislikes my grandfather, then my father and uncles, acquired regarding hunting as...

It was one of those beautiful fall mornings when hunting is a pleasure. Not a breath of air stirred the treetops and I couldn’t help but be aware of a...

The sky was still dark, the predawn silent and solemn. It was in the 40s, but once outside I removed my jacket and shirt, tying them to my pack before...

SALAMANCA — The former United Congregational Methodist Church on Broad Street may have a new name, but the building and the people inside it are still...

Hunters in New York harvested an estimated 227,787 deer during the 2018-19 hunting seasons, approximately 12 percent more than the previous season, th...

New York muzzleloader season rolled around and the best news was the forests were white with snow. Snow makes life so much easier for the deer hunter,...

I turned and drove down the familiar road to camp as an icy sunset turned the cloud-scattered western sky red and gold. Deer season had passed and a s...

I’m beginning to develop a special dislike for weathermen. Should I really, fairly blame them? Maybe not, but you need someone to focus all your pent-...

Bucks are cagey once they reach a certain age and those who get through the first couple days of the season are holed up in their little security zone...

The hunter stood by his friend’s favorite oak tree, watching for deer on the first day. There was no snow and a low overcast shrouded the dreary woods...

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 ...