Outdoors

I want to apologize to readers of this column for not having the publication, “The Truth About the Missouri Department of Conservation” mailed out yet. We are very, very close, so please be patient. If your name is not on the list to get that free publication, you need to call my office and being

Do you love Missouri’s state parks and need a way to introduce the fun to someone else? Now is the perfect time to purchase a Missouri State Parks gift card for yourself and receive another one you can use as a holiday gift. A Missouri State Parks gift card is a convenient way to make

Join Arrow Rock State Historic Site team members, friends and family as they open the historic buildings to give visitors a glimpse into what Christmas was like years ago. From 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 10, historic site buildings will be open and decorated for the holidays. Guests are encouraged to tour the buildings

Join team members at Nathan and Olive Boone Homestead State Historic Site as they celebrate decades of Christmas past. Travel back in time as you stroll to the Boone home and see how the Boone family and residents of Greene County have celebrated Christmas since 1840. On Saturday, Dec. 10, visitors can stop by the

Dozens of found usable lures are on my wall in a basement workshop. Among these are about 40 antiques.  The most valuable are wooden, with glass eyes.  Some of them I have never seen before. I am a beachcomber, I reckon. Didn’t know what that was until I saw it in a magazine the other

Top harvest counties were Lincoln, Franklin, and Osage. Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows young hunters ages 6-15 harvested 2,881 deer during Missouri’s late youth portion of the 2022 deer hunting season, Nov. 25-27. Of the 2,881 deer harvested, 1,302 were antlered bucks, 322 were button bucks, and 1,257 were does.

Tis the season to be giving. This holiday season, give a gift back to the environment by being mindful about how you celebrate. Americans typically generate the largest amount of waste between Thanksgiving and New Year’s Day. As you plan your holiday events and gatherings, add a bit of “green” to your party theme. The

Learn some Strange but True facts about how native critters deal with winter weather. Did you know that some Missouri frogs freeze nearly solid in winter and their hearts stop beating. Then they revive! Some owls start nesting in January and their eggs can survive temperatures of 10 degrees or below freezing! Ground squirrels sleep

We can’t help but be thankful that it was such a mild fall, but I refuse to be happy about the cold that has whacked us in November. But then, I am happy to see a good number of ducks arriving from up north as of yet. I can’t see how anyone would not be

Hunters in Missouri killed 88,843 deer Saturday and Sunday during the opening weekend of the November portion of fall firearms deer season. The Missouri Department of Conservation says of the deer killed, 51,086 were antlered bucks, 8,115 were button bucks, and 29,642 were does. Hunters had the most success in Franklin County, with 2,078 deer