Cumberland Times-News

Michael A Sawyers - Outdoors

Michael A Sawyers - Outdoors
  • MIKE SAWYERS Cost to fish, hunt may rise in Maryland

    The Wildlife & Heritage Service and the Fisheries Service, each an arm of the Maryland Department of Natural Resources, are asking for more money from the hunters and anglers they serve.

    February 9, 2013 1 Photo

  • MIKE SAWYERS That rifle looks bad

    Let’s try to figure out what we are all talking about when we speak of Senate Bill 281 and House Bill 294, which have been filed at the Maryland General Assembly. Those are the two pieces of legislation that would make certain firearms and clips (magazines) illegal.
    You can read the bills online at megaleg@maryland.gov.

    February 2, 2013 1 Photo

  • MIKE SAWYERS Big buck registry needed

    You know how sex offenders have to register online so they can be kept track of by authorities and the general public?

    January 26, 2013 1 Photo

  • MIKE SAWYERS Sunday hunting push emerges in W.Va.

    A lot of people talk about wanting more Sunday hunting in West Virginia, but hardly anybody ever does anything about it.

    January 19, 2013 1 Photo

  • Let’s try Let’s try

    Guns are an important part of my life. Kids are an important part of my life; regular kids, grandkids, your kids, my kids or the kids of somebody I will never know in a town I will never visit.

    January 12, 2013 2 Photos

  • MIKE SAWYERS Violators violate no matter the system

    I’ve heard it. You’ve heard it.
    Shoot, you may have even said it yourself.

    January 5, 2013 1 Photo

  • MIKE SAWYERS HSUS staffer is Md. wildlife adviser

    The Maryland Wildlife Advisory Commission is a group of the state’s citizens who are appointed by the governor to advise the Department of Natural Resources about wildlife management.

    December 29, 2012 2 Photos

  • Allegany County buck kill down 60 percent since 2001 Allegany County buck kill down 60 percent since 2001

     At this rate, a box of rubber gloves is going to last a long time.
    Let's talk deer. Let's talk deer hunting. More specifically, let's talk deer and deer hunting in Allegany County, Maryland.

    December 22, 2012 2 Photos

  • MIKE SAWYERS Atta baby, Jonathan! Good shot!

    Use a musket to shoot one little bear and what do they call you?
    We'll, if you are the West Virginia University mascot, the Mountaineer, they call you a bunch of things if they have no sense of humor, no hesitancy to be politically correct, no understanding of the hunting heritage of the Mountain State and no clue.

    December 15, 2012 1 Photo

  • MIKE SAWYERS Md. can suspend hunt-fish privilege

    Maryland’s Wildlife & Heritage Service and the Fisheries Service, parts of the Department of Natural Resources, each have the administrative authority to suspend or revoke the licenses they issue for hunting and fishing.

    December 8, 2012 1 Photo