Outdoors

American Bass Anglers will hold a qualifying tournament Saturday, Nov. 4,  on Stockton Lake. Launch site is Old State Park with registration beginning at 5:30 a.m. the morning of the tournament. This tournament will use a draw format with partner draw accomplished just before launch. Anglers are fishing for cash, prizes and points which can

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is stocking more than 75,000 rainbow trout plus 193 lunkers in 32 urban-area lakes around the state for winter trout fishing beginning in early November. Many of these areas allow anglers to harvest trout as soon as they are stocked, while other areas are catch-and-release until Feb. 1. Find

The first rule of hunting: safety first. A hunter in Saline County got a personal lesson in tree-stand safety after he found himself stuck in a tree. Saline County Conservation Agent Chase Wright got a call on Thursday from a bow hunter stuck in a climbing tree stand on a local conservation area. The bottom

I am going to hunt and fish hard this week, going after those big hybrids gathering in the rivers that feed Truman Lake. They whipped me pretty bad a couple of weeks ago when they broke off five big lures in swift water because I didn’t have the line strength I needed. Now I have

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

Unfortunately, not all venison is created equal. Here’s why—and how to take care of the “gamey” flavor. All right, before I get emails, tweets, and comments: yes, it is wild game and it is supposed to taste “gamey.” I grew up eating venison, and I have had some that is noticeably more “gamey,” sometimes so

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.