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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....

ALLEGANY — Kids and dogs dressed in spooky costumes and a bumper crop of pumpkins are expected to fill the Perry-Dice Family Feeds store on East Union...

It might seem early to bring this up … but Thanksgiving weekend is just over five weeks away, and with it comes the annual Santa Claus Lane Parade on ...

The final notes in the summer concert music series have been sung. Cruise nights are now a distant memory, and water parks that were bustling with act...

In my early days of deer hunting we preserved the memories of the bucks we harvested by sawing off the antlers and fastening them to a board. The job ...

There are lots of ways to mark the end of summer and the beginning of autumn. The conventional method is the start of astronomical autumn, also called...

Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil reminds hunters to apply for deer management permits (DMPs) this week, ahead of the Oct. 1...

My doctor was giving me good news about the results of a test, and when he finished we talked about deer hunting. I showed him pictures of a couple of...

STEAMBURG — Cattaraugus County Sheriff’s Office deputies shot and killed an injured bear Tuesday evening on Interstate 86. The adolescent black bear s...

When Hurricane Katrina struck Louisiana in 2005, the blended family of Deb Kolkowski and Tom Olson gathered donations of food, supplies and cash for a...

For some, the idea of spending free time volunteering is a drag. For others, it’s a passion. Volunteering can offer a person satisfaction and personal...

New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos announced Wednesday that Canada goose hunting seasons open during th...

Chronic wasting disease. At first it was just one more acronym — CWD. Even now most hunters know little about it except its initials, and that it’s ba...

In the last column I asked readers to contact me if they were seeing fewer ruby-throated hummingbirds this year than in previous years. If the respons...

PORTVILLE — Kids and adults can expect to be entertained by a “Slimy and Misunderstood” hellbender in costume, whose acronym is SAM, during Saturday’s...

SPRINGVILLE — The $7 million Scoby Dam project is designed not only to improve the safety of the Cattaraugus Creek dam by lowering it 25 feet, but to ...

The big pike first followed my spinner in, only inches behind, but he never took. My wife and I threw every piece of hardware we had at this fish, and...