May 24, 2025
Taberville Report By Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm Fishing is going to get good here one of these days. Q. I thought it already was? It was then it kind of drizzled down. This rain will pick it back up again, I think. It has all summer. It’s kind of at a standstill right at
With fall firearms turkey season running Oct. 1-31, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) advises hunters it could be a challenging season. This year’s annual wild-turkey brood-survey shows statewide turkey production was below average likely due to a combination of poor nesting success and low poult survival from strong storms during spring and early summer.
STURGEONS RELEASED – A little more than 5,000 of these lake sturgeon were released into the Missouri River on Tuesday, Sept. 26.
I will speak to a group of retired teachers on Monday, Oct. 9, at the First Baptist Church in Houston at noon. I was told the public was welcome so I am passing it on to my readers who would like to attend. I will have the new fall magazine and my books which I
Taberville Report By Bobby Dain Dains Fish Farm I went fishing over the weekend. We set two lines. We caught a nice bunch of blue cats. One weighed close to 40. We had four flatheads probably around 20. I was tickled. That’s all I wanted anyway. The fishing is good and the catching is not
On Saturday, Sept. 9, Cedar County 4-H Shooting Sports entered a award in the annual Fall Classis trap shoot at the Missouri Trap Shooters Association trap range in Linn Creek. The trap shoot was sponsored by Missouri Youth Sport Shooting Alliance (MYSSA). Squad members were Cheston Stacy from Stockton Seekers 4-H Club, George and Rebecca
The Fall issue of the Covey Headquarters Newsletter is now available. Go to this location on the web:https://mdc.mo.gov/wildlife/attracting-wildlife/covey-headquarters-newsletter.
Plenty of sunshine with temperatures rising to almost 90 and very little wind made for a warm day. Anglers reported catching a high number of fish; however, the keepers were hard to find. Those finding keepers fished in several different ways. Gandy said, “I just junk fished.” The other top winners fished shallow and deep
As someone who worked for many years as a naturalist in state park systems, the national park service and a contract naturalist in the mountains of Arkansas for that state’s Natural Heritage Commission, I think surely I could be pardoned for having a little fun with a group of people who refer to themselves as
On my way back from a Canadian fishing trip, I stopped in Iowa to call my cousin-in-law, Becky McNew, and ask her where I could find a good camera. The reason I need to update my camera gear is because I am going to become a fully engaged part-time river fishing guide and photographer. Taking
