A pair of regular New York Outdoor News contributors have been recognized for their philanthropy efforts by the Western New York chapter of the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation.
Frequent news and feature writer Bill Hilts
Other than the upcoming holiday week late muzzleloading hunt in New York’s Southern Zone, and the January hunt on Long Island, another big game hunting season is just about in the books.
This was
Ten years ago this past November, 82-year-old Rensselaer County resident Tom Messick Sr. ventured into the woods of northern Warren County, N.Y., to hunt for deer with friends and family.
Messick was never heard
In the past, New Yorkers were primarily concerned with developing our economy with factories, housing, shopping malls, and industrial growth. That growth gave us jobs, power, and the American way of life. The advancements also
Late muzzleloading seasons in New York continue in both the Northern and Southern Zones for big game.
Reader-submitted letters to the editor published in the Dec. 12, 2025 edition of New York Outdoor News.
I poured myself a cup of Tim Horton coffee at 5:30 a.m. this December morning and checked out the thermometer. It read a crisp 7 degrees in Lockport, N.Y.
I turned on the local
The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation recently announced the completion of an experimental aquatic habitat reclamation project on Brocton Shoal in Lake Erie.
The project involved a groundbreaking high-velocity jetting method, which
When I was in high school back in the stone age, physical education (we called it gym) consisted of playing games, climbing ropes, or workouts on gymnastic equipment.
I worked in a high school
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