October 23, 2026
In Missouri’s woods, a native, thorny, locust tree displays clusters of fragrant white flowers. The black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) grows in dry or rocky upland woods, along streams, and in pastures, and thickets. Black locust trees bloom in May and June, emitting a fragrant aroma and signaling seasonal changes. Often considered a nuisance species, black
American Bass Anglers Division 126 will hold a qualifying tournament May 13, 2017, on Stockton Lake, launching out of Old State Park. Twenty to 30 anglers are expected to enter the tournament. These anglers will fish for cash, prizes and points that will qualify them to fish the Stockton Lake Championship June 24-25 as well
Taberville Report By Linda McCallister Dains Fish Farm Well, if you can find a place to get to the water at Schell and down here at Taberville, in the back waters right before night, the smaller white cats are biting on nightcrawlers. Over toward Roscoe, they are still having pretty good luck with jug lines
Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that turkey hunters checked 39,239 birds during Missouri’s 2017 regular spring turkey season April 17 through May 7. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 932 birds checked, Texas with 843, and Callaway with 697. Young turkey hunters harvested 4,100 birds during the 2017 spring youth
I wasn’t going to tell this… thought I would just let it go, since it doesn’t make a very good story. But there was this big ol’ gobbler, one morning about eleven o’clock. I like to walk and call and walk and call, and explore the country sometimes when I hunt spring gobblers, and upon
My daughter, Christy, and I took a little trip over to the Big Piney River in mid-April, where I grew up. I wanted to show her some caves I remember, caves that my grandfather had shown me more than 50 years ago. He found many of them just because when he trapped the river in
It’s a spring tradition that inspires tens of thousands of people in the bi-state to get outdoors. It’s a spring tradition that inspires tens of thousands of people in the bi-state to get outdoors. It’s mushroom season and one seasoned hunter is sharing his secrets – well, almost. Jeff Barton’s parents taught him how to
Taberville Report by Linda McAllister Dains Fish Farm Right now, I’m kinda getting’ mixed reports on white cats. I don’t know if the water has crested and started to go down and that had kinda shut them off down here. But the white cat fishing has been real good. I got a report that crappie
American Bass Anglers Division 126 will hold a qualifying tournament Saturday, April 29, on Stockton Lake, launching out of Old State Park. Registration will begin at the ramp at 5 a.m. with a safety and rules briefing at 6 a.m. followed by partner pairing. Weigh-in will begin shortly after 3 p.m. at the launch site.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports Steven Wengler of St. Louis became the most recent record-breaking angler in Missouri when he snagged a skipjack herring on the Mississippi River. The new “alternative method” record fish caught by Wengler on April 17 weighed 1 pound, 14 ounces. Wengler’s recent catch broke the previous state record
