Outdoors

Brightly colored feathers and musical songs paired with opportunities to see birds up close from a windowsill make them the perfect wildlife to connect young people with nature.  Watching birdfeeders during winter is an easy way to identify a variety of bird species while keeping children fascinated as well. It is a scavenger hunt of

Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that hunters harvested 11,424 deer during the state’s chronic wasting disease (CWD) portion of the firearms deer-hunting season, Nov. 27 – Dec. 1, in CWD Management Zone counties. Of the 11,424 deer harvested, 3,917 were antlered bucks, 1,052 were button bucks, and 6,455 were does.

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) invites people to discover nature through Eagle Days events and by watching bald eagles around the state. From December through February, Missouri’s winter eagle watching is spectacular. Because of Missouri’s big rivers, many lakes, and abundant wetlands, the Show-Me state is one of the leading lower 48 states for

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) thanks the thousands of deer hunters who participated in its mandatory sampling efforts in 43 counties this past weekend to test for chronic wasting disease (CWD) in harvested deer. Thanks to hunter participation, MDC collected tissue samples from more than 18,500 hunter-harvested deer on Nov. 16 and 17 for

I would rather hunt ducks than do anything else pertaining to the outdoors. I remember when I was laughed at for doing so. It was in the early 70’s in December when I lived on a mountaintop out west of Harrison Arkansas. I had been hunting on Bull Shoals Lake for much of the day

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm 417/432-3391 At 8:50 a.m . on Saturday, there are no fishermen. I expect them next week. Blue cats and flat heads bite all winter. The river looks good. I have gold fish, small bullheads, carp big enough to cut up and perch. Store hours are 9 a.m.

Fall in the Missouri outdoors offers some wonderful wildlife viewing for the hundreds of thousands of hunters in the field, along with many hikers, wildlife watchers, and others. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) asks hunters and others to report sightings of key animal species they see when outdoors. They include elk, black bears, mountain

Missouri State Parks announced today that DarkSky International has certified Thousand Hills State Park in Kirksville as an Urban Night Sky Place. A culmination of years of collaborative effort, the certification validates the park’s work in protecting the night sky above and around the city from the effects of light pollution. “This achievement reflects the

Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) agent Cpl. Susan Swem’s long-term dedication to conservation has earned her the National Wild Turkey Federation’s (NWTF) Missouri Wildlife Officer of the Year. Cpl. Swem, who has been a conservation agent in Polk County for 35 years, will represent MDC at the NWTF’s National Convention and Sport Show in February

The complete December 2024 issue of the Missouri Conservationist is now available for viewing and/or downloading at mdc.mo.gov/conmag.