
Commentary: Dismayed about the changing face of big-game hunting
I’m not sure what happened to deer hunting and I’m also not sure I like it. I’m an old deer hunter right now, but I started deer hunting when I was 16 or 17 years

I’m not sure what happened to deer hunting and I’m also not sure I like it. I’m an old deer hunter right now, but I started deer hunting when I was 16 or 17 years

For Ed Hatten of Hastings, N.Y., he would be quick to agree with the phrase “knowledge is power.”
Hatten put that knowledge to use on Nov. 24, 2024, when he reeled in a

There is a new terrible idea flying around Albany. The New York Times recently reported that legislation will be introduced in the State Assembly to shut down the Reynolds Game Farm, in Ithaca, the only

I’m terrible about keeping a New Year’s resolution. For example, last year I was determined not to go “uuuuugh” whenever I got out of a chair or sat down in one.
In fact, I

Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Jan. 10, 2025, edition of New York Outdoor News.

The 2025 legislative session is coming and after years of discussion, New York lawmakers should consider the hunting community, the Department of Environmental Conservation and even the white-tailed deer herd this year and pass crossbow

Backcountry Hunters & Anglers, on Dec. 23, celebrated the advancement of two bills a week ago passed unanimously by the U.S. Senate following their passage by the House of Representatives earlier this year: the America’s

Even though the muzzleloader season for deer runs until Jan. 1, deer season is just about over for me. We’ll be heading south to attend our Granddaughter’s college graduation and we won’t be back until

On the lighter side this week, I see President-elect Trump wants to rename Denali in Alaska as Mount McKinley. Until the recent news reports, I didn’t realize the federal name change happened a mere decade
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