Opinion

It’s been a long time since I’ve walked a protest/picket line. Young, restless, college kid, you know. And it didn’t even make a difference. My major was discontinued and the university moved on. Why would

Taking advantage of the nice late January-early February weather we’ve been having here in the Southern Tier, my wife and I went for a walk. The temperature was in the 50s and the warm weather

When you live in the woods as Paula and I do, there’s no telling what might appear in the back yard. Over the years, it’s become fairly common to flush grouse in the driveway, see

The wind was blowing out of the southwest 25 to 35 miles per hour and the outside temperature – without wind chill – hovered around the 30-degree mark. There was a threat of snow in

The more I travel, the more I love where I live. Consider for a moment that in order to obtain a general and bowhunting license in New York state a person must take a hunter

Non-hunters I happen across wonder about the danger of the sport. I usually mention something like it’s more dangerous driving to the hunting site than it is when I take to the woods. They look

It was four degrees on the thermometer with a wind chill that dipped below zero – a rare occurrence so far this winter. As I sat in front of the fireplace drinking a cup of

I saw an ermine earlier this month and, as usual, it showed itself when I least expected it – as I drove just outside a little hamlet in Franklin County, heading to visit a popular

Just for the record, you can use an ice scraper to clear off the snow buildup on the bottom of your felt-soled waders. You just have to be careful not to rip off the felt.