Outdoors

Missouri’s 2017-2018 deer-hunting season ended Jan. 15 with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reporting a preliminary total harvest of 283,940 deer. Top counties for the overall season were Howell with 6,182 deer harvested, Franklin with 5,957, and Texas with 5,619. Of the 283,940 deer harvested, 135,891 were antlered bucks, 30,538 were button bucks, and

I have a young Brittany Spaniel who is anxious to get out and hunt birds this winter. Hope I can keep up with him. Looking through some old photos I found some from a long ago hunting trip in southern Iowa with my reliable old English Setter, Freckles, and a young setter named, Hickok. Back

Many of you who have read my columns for awhile know that I own a fifty acre tract out in the wilds in the Southeast corner of St. Clair County near Humansville, Missouri, which we call the Panther Creek Youth retreat. I have set it up as a place where smaller churches can bring groups

Forest health professionals with the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) advise Missourians to watch for damage from an invasive tree pest in winter months. The Emerald Ash Borer (EAB) is a small, metallic green beetle native to Asia that attacks and kills ash trees. EAB attacks all species of ash trees, and kills nearly every

See Conservationist magazine. The complete January issue of the Missouri Conservationist is available for viewing and/or download at mdc.mo.gov/conmag This month’s feature: Annual Review Serving Nature and You: Fiscal Year July 1, 2016–June 30, 2017. This month’s In Brief: • What Is It? • Buy Your 2018 Hunting and Fishing Permits • Give a Holiday

I wrote this as a newspaper column about 10 years ago, and several readers commented that they liked it then. So I will send it out again in hopes that new readers like it as well, with the knowledge that old readers like me don’t remember it… There won’t be any New Year’s Eve party

At its meeting on Dec. 15, the Missouri Conservation Commission approved recommendations by the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) for 2018-2019 turkey-hunting and deer-hunting season dates. 2018 spring and fall turkey hunting dates • Spring Youth Portion: April 7 and 8 • Regular Spring Turkey Season: April 16 through May 6 • Fall Firearms Turkey

Life was great when Christmas came, back in Houston, Missouri, when I was a boy in the late 50’s and early 60’s. That was when I first heard those old Christmas carols they still play today, like “White Christmas” and “Silver Bells” and “Winter Wonderland”. I got a new bicycle for Christmas in 1960. I

It was a cold day on Stockton Lake Saturday, Dec 9, but 24 ABA anglers braved the cold and wind. Eleven limits were weighed in. There was a difference of 2.09 lbs between 1st and 4th. The top four money winners included Jay Carter,1st with 13.64 lbs; Glenn Harrison, 2nd with 12.57 lbs; Bill Stines,