CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, N.Y. -- The spring turkey season has gotten off to a good, productive start. The season is open for the entire month of May during which you can only hunt until noon each day. I believe they end it at noon to lessen the chances of killing a hen. The guys I talked to told me that the turkeys have been responding well to ... Read More

(Photo courtesy of the Adirondack Ecological Center of SUNY ESF) New Rules Would Include Youth Deer Hunt, Longer Bow Seasons, Mandatory Antler Restrictions in More Areas and Other Deer Hunting Changes ALBANY, NY --  The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today proposed rules affecting deer ... Read More

OCALA NATIONAL FOREST (AP) --Erika Faulk and her cousin, Gale Robinson, could have met up for a weekend spa retreat or planned a shopping excursion, but the two middle-aged, suburban moms opted for weekend learning to shoot guns, build campfires and track deer deep in the Ocala National Forest. Faulk, Robinson and about 100 other women were ... Read More

ALBANY, NY -- With the onset of warmer weather, New York's black bear population will be on the move. The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) today issued guidance on how to prevent nuisance bear encounters. Black bears will take advantage of almost any readily available food source, including bird feeders and ... Read More

ALBANY, NY -- Hunters in New York State harvested more than 228,350 deer and 1,250 bears during the 2011 hunting seasons, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) Commissioner Joe Martens announced today. The deer take nearly matched the 2010 deer take while a new record was set for the bear harvest in ... Read More

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, NY -- There is still a little time left for those who want to get out small game hunting. Almost all of the seasons close at the end of February except coyote and the spring goose season. The spring season starts this Saturday (Feb. 25) and goes until March 10. I bought my duck stamp last fall just so I could hunt some ... Read More

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, NY -- There is still a little time left for those who want to get out small game hunting. Almost all of the seasons close at the end of February except coyote and the spring goose season. The spring season starts this Saturday the 25th and goes until March 10. I bought my duck stamp last fall just so I could hunt some ... Read More

Bill’s Gun and Saddle Shop Marks 49 Years in Business....For almost half a century, a little bit of the Wild West has remained alive in Sinclairville Read More

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, NY -- I keep thinking that winter is going to show up sooner or later. Each time I have looked at the long range forecast I’ve been a little disappointed to see more of the same weather to come. The ice that we did have on Chautauqua Lake has eroded away some. A couple of the ice fishermen I know have given up on the ... Read More

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, NY -- It is finally over. Of course I am talking about deer season. Tuesday, December 20 marked the end of the late muzzle-loading season. From my point of view, this late season was the best hunting of the entire year. During the last few days of the season I saw a buck four days in a row. One of the bucks I saw was a giant ... Read More