Outdoors

Hunters in Missouri killed 88,843 deer Saturday and Sunday during the opening weekend of the November portion of fall firearms deer season. The Missouri Department of Conservation says of the deer killed, 51,086 were antlered bucks, 8,115 were button bucks, and 29,642 were does. Hunters had the most success in Franklin County, with 2,078 deer

Total Deer: 252,482 Total Does: 101,103 Total Button Bucks: 21,447 Total Antlered Bucks: 129,932 Top County: Franklin County (5,522 deer)

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) thanks the many deer hunters who participated in its mandatory sampling efforts in 34 counties this past weekend to test for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in harvested deer. Thanks to hunter participation, MDC collected tissue samples from more than 19,400 hunter-harvested deer for CWD testing on Nov. 12 and

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm I don’t have anybody fishing. I haven’t sold any bait all week. They are all getting ready for deer season. Depending on the weather we will; resume the fishing report when people are ready to go back to fishing.

The bread and butter class originally scheduled from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5 and Sunday, Nov. 6 at Current River State Park has been postponed until Saturday, Dec. 10 at the same time. Fall is a great time to prep and put food up for use in the winter months. Join team

Have nature lovers on your holiday gift list? The Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) online Nature Shop makes holiday shopping a breeze for anyone interested in nature-themed gifts. Offerings include the ever-popular Natural Events Calendar, plus a variety of books and more for all ages. Holiday shoppers can also skip retail stores and visit one

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm I ‘ve got three groups of campers and they have been catching fish all week on perch, goldfish, shad, crawfish. They have caught flatheads and blues up to 40 lbs. And lots of smaller fish, some slot fish. The river is low right now. I’ve been watching

When you can provide someone with a good laugh and it lasts all day, you have really accomplished something. And here is how I did it. Dennis Whitesides, an old friend who I have fished and hunted with since college days, showed up at my place with nothing to do, and so we went fishing.

Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that young hunters ages 6 through 15 harvested 13,759 deer during Missouri’s early youth portion of the 2022 deer hunting season, Oct. 29-30. Top counties were Franklin with 330 deer harvested, Osage with 310, and Howell with 260. Youth hunters harvested 15,608 during last year’s

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is reminding deer hunters to please properly tag and Telecheck harvests this season. Good advance preparation will help hunters avoid violations, said Kansas City Region Protection Captain Joni Bledsoe. “They should buy all their permits early,” Bledsoe said, “and they should read over the regulations and if they have