Outdoors

By Lindsay Thomas Jr. Here’s a fun and cool experiment in deer biology: the next time you sit down to a meal, first look around for any potential threats, like predators or fire or your loudmouthed Uncle Floyd who wants to join your hunting club. All safe? Next, bend your head down and press your

ElDo Report by Ruth Foreman R&R Sporting & Tackle Fishing is not too bad. They are catching catfish on trotlines in the Osage and in Truman Lake baiting with perch, shad and hotdogs. Some of the blues are above he slot limit, some below, some in it. They are catching a few crappie down at

Free opportunity for local youth groups. This 70 acre area is offered free of charge to local church youth groups to host their own camps and retreats. Includes •A 70 acre natural area with hiking trails and access to a large creek for kayaking and canoeing. •Two cabins with electricity, bathrooms, showers, and kitchens. •12

Landowners, homeowners, businesses, and communities with candidate trees asked to contact the Department. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is conducting its annual search for a large Christmas tree for use on the governor’s mansion lawn in Jefferson City. MDC is asking landowners, homeowners, businesses, and communities that may have possible candidate trees to contact

Tabervile Report by Linda McCallister Dains Fish Farm A guy is trotlining in the south lake at Schell-Osage catching channel up to 8 and 9 lbs. He started with with brown carp, perch and cut shad. He came back today and got 4 1⁄2 lbs. of brown carp. They are catching crappie in the south

App updates include name change and permit purchasing. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) announces a name change and new features to its free fishing app. With the updated app, previously named Find MO Fish and now called MO Fishing, users can: •Buy, save and show permits right from their mobile devices. •Access a database

Missouri deer and turkey hunters who use the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) MO Hunting free mobile app need to perform an update to Telecheck their harvests. The update will provide the most current regulation and data information. As with most app updates, users will receive messages to their mobile devices that an update is

I thought about this letter years ago, to Bass Pro Shops owner Johnny Morris. But knew if I sent it, the letter would be tossed in a waste can in the Bass Pro Shops office and never read. I believe by including it in whatever newspapers will print it, there may be a chance that

MDC asks for help to report poaching and wildlife trafficking. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) are working together to stop wildlife trafficking. Wildlife trafficking consists of poaching or taking of a protected or managed species to sell for profit. This includes buying or selling living or dead

Taberville Report By Linda McCallister Dains Fish Farm Last night I sold six dozen night crawlers to a couple. They were hoping to stock their freezer for the winter but they did not tell me where they were fishing. I assume they were fishing for catfish. And I just sold 1⁄4 lb. of minnows. I