Cattaraugus County, Local News, News
Nov 16, 2018
Regular big game season begins Saturday in New York state and Southern Tier hunters can expect a good crop of deer if reports from the archery season ...
Outdoors
Nov 12, 2018
The snowy ridge stretched before him, tree trunks dark against the snow, occasional green hemlocks boughs giving a touch of color to the black and whi...
Outdoors
Sep 26, 2018
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...
Outdoors
Aug 29, 2018
Twenty years ago the deer population was high, bucks were everywhere, and it wasn’t hard to get one. Most were a year and a half old, with their first...
Outdoors
Aug 01, 2018
It was around the year 2000 when I attended a meeting of deer hunters where biologist Gary Alt held up two racks, a 4-point and a big 8-point. With th...
Outdoors
Apr 27, 2018
Preliminary data from the 2017 deer harvest show more Southern Tier hunters appear to want to wait for an older buck. “The trend lately has been a lar...
Outdoors
Apr 03, 2018
If you own land and plant food plots — or simply are an avid hunter — you must pay attention to whitetail deer’s need for security. Just as we as huma...
Outdoors
Apr 03, 2018
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...
Outdoors
Mar 20, 2018
March is the month when everyone hopes winter is over. Of course, it isn’t, and every new snow crushes our misguided hopes for an earlier than normal ...
Outdoors
Mar 12, 2018
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...
Outdoors
Jan 11, 2018
A long hunting season has come and gone. Hours and hours have been spent in scouting, hanging stands, traveling and freezing to death. There have been...
Outdoors
Dec 20, 2017
BELFAST — Alex Enders and Jason Drozdowski are cousins and three-sport athletes who attend Belfast Central School. Late this gun season for deer, they...
Outdoors
Dec 20, 2017
There was a snort and a flash of tails as the alarmed deer ran off through the snow-covered woods and scattered beech brush. Despite the snow camo bot...
Allegany County News, Cattaraugus County, Here And Now, ...
Dec 09, 2017
After a slow start to the regular big game season across the Southern Zone, New York deer and bear hunters have surpassed the 2016 harvest at this sam...
Outdoors
Dec 07, 2017
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 ...
Outdoors
Nov 29, 2017
As hunters looked at the upcoming weather forecast for the opening day of New York, groans and moans filled the state. High wind, rain, cold — just mi...
Outdoors
Nov 29, 2017
Years ago I missed a standing shot at a young buck and it boosted him instantly to top speed. I locked my eyes on him as I ejected the spent .30-06 ro...
Outdoors
Nov 29, 2017
Much of what has made America great is eroding, and so it was with the greatest pleasure I discovered a good friend of mine and his daughter were spen...
Local News, News
June 14, 2025
OLEAN — The first protest Nevin Oliphant took part in was in 1967 in Los Angeles. He was a young teenager protesting the Vietnam War. In 2025 his caus...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Cathy Briggs, memorial service OLEAN — A memorial service for Cathy Briggs will be held Thursday (June 19, 2025) at Guenther Funeral Home, 1303 E. Sta...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
William S. Clemens ALLEGANY — William S. “Bill” Clemens, 74, of Allegany, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at Mercy Hospital in Buffalo, surround...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
John R. Cornwall, loving husband, father and brother FREEDOM — John R. Cornwall, 75, of Freedom, passed away Wednesday (June 11, 2025) at his home, su...
Obituaries
June 14, 2025
Dennis L. Holliday, loving husband, father and grandfather LIMESTONE — Dennis L. Holliday, of Nichols Run Road, passed away Tuesday (June 10, 2025). D...
