Outdoors

When I was at the swap meet a couple of weeks ago, there was a young man there by the name of Conner McCarthy from Buffalo who was selling bass jigs he makes. I had used some before and they are darned effective if you attach a pork rind or rubber crawdad and fish them

Join team members from Harry S Truman Birthplace State Historic Site and representatives from the Barton County Chamber of Commerce as they celebrate Truman Day 2024! Truman Day is an annual event that celebrates the birth of Harry S Truman, the only Missourian to be elected president. Celebrate not only the 140th anniversary of Truman’s

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm 417/432-3391 They are catching catfish on rod and reel and on throw lines. They are still catching spoonbills from a boat and a few from the bank. We never did get the current we really need to turn on the spoonbill;s. Crappie are going to the bank

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm 417/432-3391 Everybody’s catching spoonbills from a boat and from the bank. It’s not what I’d call good. We need some current. I weighed and shot a picture of Terry Smith and his 115 lb. spoonbill. They are catching blue cats on throw lines. Caplinger Caplinger Woods Danny

An old man in the rural part of St. Clair County successfully worked to keep wild turkeys plentiful on his place. For 15 years he did a heck of a job! His name was Dan Besser. He bought some incubators and raided several wild turkey nests each spring, hatching the eggs and raising the turkey

Terry Smith hauled in this 115 lb spoonbill out of the Osage River on April 6. photo by Bobby Dains.

I encourage old time turkey hunters to refrain from buying a turkey tag this spring and hunt them as I do…with a camera. I just don’t want to kill any more gobblers. I have killed them for 56 years, sometimes six or seven a year, and that is enough. I never want to go through

I wrote about some things awhile back that some folks questioned. One column concerned skunks and someone hoorahed the idea that skunks carry rabies and therefore there is liable to be a rabies outbreak this year. We may not see a rabies outbreak on an increased scale, but the increase in skunk populations, which has

The decline in wild turkey numbers over the past ten years is due to many things. The main cause takes place next weekend, the youth season, what one hunter has referred to the weekend best used to teach youngsters to lie and break game laws. I spend more time outdoors during the winter than any

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm 417/432-3391 It’s slow snagging right now. No current in the river. They are snagging a few spoonbills at Osceola, Roscoe, here – we need a rain to to put some current in the river. That will bring up the spoonbills. Snagging is no good from the bank.