August 23, 2026
by Larry Dablemont, outdoor writer, photographer What a strange October… the largest mast crop I have ever seen and the latest fall colors I can remember. Mast, for those of you who do not know, is a woodland term for a “variety of nuts.” So that means it can be used in place of “politicians.”
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports that Mark McArtor of Camdenton became the most recent record-breaking angler in Missouri when he caught a hybrid striped bass on the Lake of the Ozarks. The new “alternative method” record hybrid striped bass caught by McArtor on Oct. 31 weighed 9-pounds, 1-ounce with a length of 27
First and 2nd place were close at the American Bass Anglers November tournament on Stockton Lake. Kansas angler, Eric Craft, took 1st place with a 5-fish limit that weighed 13.98 lbs, anchored with a 5.85 lb big bass of the tournament. Second place, Mike Dill weighed in 13.83 lbs. his big fish was 4.49 lbs.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) announced that hunters checked 3,698 turkeys during Missouri’s fall firearms turkey season, Oct. 1-31. Last year’s fall firearms turkey harvest total was 6,158. Top harvest counties for the 2016 fall firearms turkey season were Greene with 128, Franklin with 96, and Wayne with 92. MDC’s turkey biologist says this
Permit vendors are using a new sales system this year so the process might take longer. Permits are available at the MDC office, 1109 S. Main St. in El Dorado Springs and multiple permit vendors in town, online at mdc.mo.gov, or the Mo Hunting smartphone app. You will need: Your conservation number (found on an
Top counties for the early youth hunt were Osage with 253, Howell with 246, and Franklin with 242. JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) announced that young hunters ages 6 through 15 checked 11,171 deer during Missouri’s early youth portion of the 2016 deer hunting season, which ran Oct. 29-30. Top
Taberville Report by Linda McCallister Dains Fish Farm It slowed down just a little this week. It was still good over the weekend. We still had our campers running trotlines. They were using the smaller bullheads and gold fish. They were still catching flatheads but not the size they were before. They were getting 30
Taberville Report by Linda McCallister Dains Fish Farm I don’t know about the condition of the river but we have campers and they are catching fish The couple that caught a 56 pound flathead last week before the river came up, came back. They found half their lines. They caught a 25 lb. flathead this
This is a good time of the year to reiterate two facts of nature that many people don’t believe when they hear them. Those two facts are: Yes, there really is such a thing as a snipe and … Yes, in Missouri, you really can go on a snipe hunt. Contrary to what many people
Taberville Report by Linda McCallister Dains Fish Farm The wind has picke up quite a bit so our bowhunters are kinda discouraged. They just don’t even want to sit in the treestands. One of them came in and got some nightcrawlers. I told him as of yesterday right down here under the bridge from the
