Outdoors

My teachers didn’t really approve of me working after school at Dad and Grandpa’s pool hall. One of the older lady teachers said I was spending too much of my time in that pool hall with a bunch of aging prevaricators. I told Ol’ Bill what she said and he and Ol’ Jim both really

With spring comes new life, including new arrivals of wild animals. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds people that young wildlife they encounter this time of year may appear to be abandoned, but that’s usually not the case. MDC asks that people “leave wildlife wild” by not interfering with newborn or young animals because

In my library there is a volume of Field & Stream magazine, in a hardbound cover, from April of 1918 to April of 1919. In these old magazines there is some very interesting reading, much of it by the great outdoorsman, Zane Grey, remembered for his famed western book. Indeed there is a great deal

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm After hours 660/781-8020 The boat ramp is open. That’s about the only thing I’m sure of. Don’t know if the river is rising or falling. Sold some live bait this morning. Not sure if they were going to rod and reel or set lines. Too unpredictable. We

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is asking the public to help it monitor the state’s wild turkey population this summer by reporting wild turkey sightings through the MDC Wild Turkey Brood Survey. MDC has conducted an annual Wild Turkey Brood Survey every year since 1959 to determine the success of the annual hatch. Observations

he 2026 Crappie Masters Truman Lake National Qualifier in Clinton, MO, hosted by Clinton Missouri Tourism belongs to Matthew and Bruce Rogers with a two day total of 16.12 lbs earning them $10,000. Congratulations to the entire field on a great event and to the top 12 teams earning their share of $25,000.

If I were ever asked to list the ten things I have enjoyed the most in my life as a fisherman, not too far down the line I would list, “watching a bobber”. It was one of life’s greatest pleasures in my youth. You too have likely done that if you grew up in the

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm After hours 660/781-8020 The river is below bank full and falling.. A guy caught a nice flathead on a bank pole. Not many people fishing. They need to get after it, The river is mostly clear, but that changes hourly. We are open from 8 a.m. until

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) congratulates Memphis Nelson of Grovespring on recently catching a state-record river redhorse sucker in the early evening of May 16 on the Osage Fork of the Gasconade River in Laclede County. Nelson caught the 10-pound, 3-ounce fish using a pole and line. It measured 28.5 inches long with a

There are high school graduation ceremonies going on around the country this month, causing me to remember mine, back in Houston High School in the sixties. I was only 17 when I graduated and never even dreamed of going to college. My grades were not very good, because I never studied anything except outdoor magazines,