April 27, 2024
It was mid-June, and the Pomme de Terre River, near where I live, was about normal. I promised to help a family enjoy a float trip; a man and his wife with three kids between five and 12 years of age. I loaned them two kayaks and my big 19-foot Grumman and told them they
The USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) is adding the northern bobwhite to Working Lands for Wildlife (WLFW), the agency’s targeted, science-based effort to help producers restore and protect habitat for declining species on farms, ranches and working forests. “Agriculture and wildlife both thrive together through landscape conservation,” said J.R. Flores, NRCS state conservationist in
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that deer hunters in Missouri harvested 6,491 deer during the antlerless portion of the fall firearms deer season, Dec. 2-4. Top harvest counties were Callaway with 213 deer harvested, Pike with 205, and Osage with 185. MDC reduced the length of the antlerless portion of
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that young deer hunters ages 6 through 15 checked 2,944 deer during Missouri’s late youth portion of this year’s deer hunting season, Nov. 25-27. Of the 2,944 deer harvested, 1,149 were antlered bucks, 426 were button bucks, and 1,369 were does. Top harvest counties were
A few years back the MDC sent out this news release… “Warm weather is one factor being cited by Missouri’s deer expert in continuing to a drop in the number of deer shot by hunters.” A few years later they had a different result and said this…”A high deer harvest on opening weekend took place
Bolivar angler Scott Emmert topped the field of competitors on Stockton Lake Dec. 3 with a 5-fish limit weighing 12.73 lbs. Emmert won $579. Second place went to Kansas angler Kirk Deer with his 5-fish limit of 11.42 anchored with Big Bass of the tournament, a 3.62 lb largemouth. His payday was $576. Eric Craft
The time-honored ritual of raking leaves during the fall months is a chore many homeowners would like to avoid. In fact, there are several ways of putting leaves to better use in a yard according to Patrick Byers, horticulture specialist with University of Missouri Extension. “From an ecological point, the best way to deal with
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that deer hunters in Missouri harvested 185,066 deer during the November portion of fall firearms deer season, Nov. 12-22. Of the 185,066 deer harvested, 95,383 were antlered bucks, 18,889 were button bucks, and 70,794 were does. Top harvest counties were Howell with 3,910 deer checked,
If you are the kind of person who likes to fish in the winter, if you enjoy seeing big old white flakes of snow drifting down against the dark outline of a high ridge with steel-gray water flowing along beside you, then you will like the White River in December and January and February. It
Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm I saw several nice fish caught this weekend on trotline. They are catching blues and flatheads both. They had one that weighed over 30 lbs. They had five and they were all above the slot. There were three of them fishing so I don’t know how much
