Outdoors

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm I ‘ve got three groups of campers and they have been catching fish all week on perch, goldfish, shad, crawfish. They have caught flatheads and blues up to 40 lbs. And lots of smaller fish, some slot fish. The river is low right now. I’ve been watching

When you can provide someone with a good laugh and it lasts all day, you have really accomplished something. And here is how I did it. Dennis Whitesides, an old friend who I have fished and hunted with since college days, showed up at my place with nothing to do, and so we went fishing.

Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that young hunters ages 6 through 15 harvested 13,759 deer during Missouri’s early youth portion of the 2022 deer hunting season, Oct. 29-30. Top counties were Franklin with 330 deer harvested, Osage with 310, and Howell with 260. Youth hunters harvested 15,608 during last year’s

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is reminding deer hunters to please properly tag and Telecheck harvests this season. Good advance preparation will help hunters avoid violations, said Kansas City Region Protection Captain Joni Bledsoe. “They should buy all their permits early,” Bledsoe said, “and they should read over the regulations and if they have

Proper disposal of a deer carcass is one of the final steps of the deer hunting process and is as important as any other part of deer hunting. One reason this part of deer hunting is important is because there are regulations that pertain to the disposal of deer parts. In Missouri the improper disposal

Not only was a National Championship on the line, but Crappie Masters Angler of the Year honors were on the line as well on Friday and Saturday, Sept. 23 and 24 at Grenada Lake hosted by the Grenada Tourism Commission. History was made as Matthew and Bruce Rogers once again took that title home. It

In honor of Ulysses S Grant’s 200th birthday, the Battle of Pilot Knob State Historic Site will celebrate by hosting a traveling exhibit from the Missouri Humanities Council. The exhibit will be open weekends only, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Nov. 4-30. A special exhibit-opening reception will be held from 5:30 to 9 p.m. Friday,

National Bison Day is the first Saturday each November. Join team members at Prairie State Park as they honor the bison as our national mammal. These huge, one-ton beasts once roamed the plains and prairies of North America, including what is now Missouri. Celebrate this special day by going on a guided bison saunter and

To commemorate the 125th anniversary of the 25th Infantry Bicycle Corps, Nathan and Olive Boone Homestead State Historic Site is hosting an event recounting the little-known story of the Bicycle Corps and its amazing accomplishments. The family-friendly, free event will take place from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 5, at 7850 N. State

Volunteers are invited to join Bennett Spring Stream Team #5462 to help with their annual cleanup at Bennett Spring State Park. The cleanup will take place from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5. This year, the team will focus on the section from the spring head to the Niangua River. Everyone is invited