outdoors

Pop Hayes and I sat quietly in camp after a big breakfast of bacon, eggs and home fries, just the two of us. That’s a breakfast I loved then and still...

You must have to have a screw or two loose to hunt spring gobblers. You never know what can and will go wrong or when, to your complete disbelief, eve...

I glanced at my watch for the hundredth time and looking up saw several others checking theirs. Five minutes left till 8 a.m., the first day of trout ...

A great thing about living in the Twin Tiers is you get double opening days. But as I stared at my phone what I saw didn’t make me happy. The forecast...

Allegany photographer Dan Jordan captured this image — “during a brief period of sunny weather and blue skies” — of an American kestrel on a power lin...

U.S. Rep. Nick Langworthy helped provide a razor-thin margin as the House passed its budget framework Thursday after Speaker Mike Johnson worked into ...

The day was cold but the smiles were warm for anyone who had success Tuesday on the opening day of trout season in New York. Despite the morning tempe...

RANDOLPH — The Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office will be hosting a Hunter Safety Education Class for the gun portion only on April 5, from 8 a.m. to...

In this life of ours we often get caught up in the daily grind. There always seems to be something going on at work or at home, you find yourself plod...

It’s thought-provoking to consider what modern civilization robs mankind of. Merely turning a tap, switch or valve provides us with all life’s necessi...

Share in the joy of birds during the annual Great Backyard Bird Count (GBBC) and help make your community stronger for you and the birds. The 28th ann...

The more you hunt and the greater the respect you gain for the wonderful animals you chase, the greater your desire to harvest them ethically and as h...

Wow, the winters of old have returned this year, could be the 1970s for crying out loud. Snow, bone chilling cold, wind and low clouds with little sun...

It was something of a shock when I realized Christmas was suddenly upon me! Have you noticed how important events in life follow a pattern? First, the...

HINSDALE — Local hikers were among those nationwide to start the new year off right. The Hinsdale Historical Society and Friends of the Genesee Valley...

With the onset of winter and temperatures that can result in ice thick enough for ice fishing, the state Department of Environmental Conservation remi...

Just as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is seeking public input on a proposal to list the monarch butterfly as an endangered species , the agency i...

I had to pinch myself. Our group was in the Kiamichi Big Buck Classic in Oklahoma. Tomorrow, Saturday, would be the first day of the quest. This hunt ...