deer

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...

I’m just like anybody else — a break from frigid arctic air like we’re getting for a couple days here, is welcome. But a high around 50 and rain in mi...

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...

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...

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 ...

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...

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...

A grand jury will have to weigh whether it was reckless shooting or a tragic accident that cost a woman her life when it decides whether to bring crim...

The hunter had been sitting in the tree stand since daylight and hadn’t seen a deer. It was almost 1 p.m. now and cold, hunger and discouragement was ...

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 ...

Wet and wintry weather may put a damper on the opening of this weekend’s opener of the traditional gun season for deer and bear. All signs indicate a ...

ALBANY (AP) — State conservation officials say hunters in New York have killed about the same number of deer as last year at this point in the hunting...

It’s the dreams that keep you going. Surely it isn’t the expense, scouting, target practice, getting back in shape or simply attempting to put up your...

The sun beamed brightly, a gentle breeze fanned the few sparse gold and red leaves still on the trees. The November temperature was already nearing 70...

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...

ALBANY (AP) — New York environmental officials say hunters still have a chance to apply for antlerless deer permits in parts of the state. The state D...

Abby Burrell of Franklinville took this nice 7-point buck in the Machias area during New York state’s youth firearms hunt for deer and bear over Colum...

BRADFORD, Pa. — Free presentations for deer hunters start at 12:30 p.m. in the University Room at the University of Pittsburgh at Bradford on Oct. 29....