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Squeals, growls, rustling leaves — all the commotion grabbed my attention and I stopped to listen. It was the middle of spring gobbler season a few ye...

This has been a strange spring, colder than most, but especially cold in the states to the south. Snow, ice, frosts and rain have held back spring a m...

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...

Fewer and fewer hunting licenses are being sold, which forecasts a crisis in wildlife funding. And if today’s antagonism toward firearms ever rids soc...

MAYVILLE (AP) — Manslaughter charges have been reinstated against a western New York hunter who fatally shot a neighbor he mistook for a deer. Chautau...

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...

ALBANY (AP) — Hunters in New York state took 1,420 black bears in 2017, down from the previous year. The state Department of Environmental Conservatio...

MAYVILLE (AP) — An upstate New York hunter who fatally shot a neighbor he mistook for a deer is no longer facing charges. Chautauqua County District A...

Every cause has its advocates, and more than 500 causes have awareness ribbons. They range from pink for breast cancer to black for those lost in the ...

In a week that saw three more school shootings, bringing the total of school shootings for the first three weeks of January to 11, the New York state ...

Modern media creates many heroes, stars, mentors, and role models. Unless you are a deer hunter you may not have noticed the late Charlie Alsheimer, b...

Whitetail deer hunters throughout North America are mourning the passing of Charles J. Alsheimer, a well-known whitetail expert who was a prolific wri...

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...

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 ...

Four hunting fatalities — including one fatal shooting incident in neighboring Chautauqua County — have marred the 2017 Big Game Season in New York. R...

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...