Outdoors

What a hail storm the Midwest just had! “ I ain’t never seen nothin’ like it”, I heard one old timer say. I have said the exact same thing several times the last few years. You have to start getting some age on you to say that effectively. I never, ever said that when I

Bullfrog season is open! I might go down to my pond soon and grab a couple to eat. Usually, when you read a natural history account, it discusses the basic things you find in a nature book of some type, like when the bird or animal migrates or hibernates, how many young it has, and

There have been many innovations since the use of the first fishing lures, including the advent of the many varieties of pork-rind. Probably the use of pork-rinds all came about when some old-timer couldn’t find any fishin’ worms, and turned as a last resort to a strip of thin-sliced bacon. My uncle, an old time

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm After hours 660/781-8020 The boat ramp is open. The river is down to about 2 ft. above normal. They caught a 62 lb. flathead on a trotline, a 54 and a 40 and lots of smaller flatheads and blue cats.. We are open from 8 a.m. until

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm After hours 660/781-8020 The boat ramp is open. The river is down three or four feet. Don’t know if the river is rising or falling. You can fish with rod and reel. River is too swift to set trotlines, Throw lines and bank poles are working. They

Adult male summer tanagers are entirely red and easily seen as they forage for insects among bright green tree leaves in early summer. With Independence Day coming up in July and other semiquincentennial (250th anniversary of the U.S.) celebrations, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) encourage people to look for red, white, and blue in

I tried my best to create a Big Piney River museum and Nature Center near my hometown of Houston Missouri. But it was not to be and now I have to empty it in hopes that someone else can take over and use that building, there in a beautiful, wooded setting a mile south of

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds deer hunters to apply online from July 1–31 for a shot at more than 140 managed deer hunts throughout the state. There are hunts for archery, muzzleloader, shotgun, and modern firearms from mid-September through mid-January at designated conservation areas, parks, national wildlife refuges, and other public areas. Some

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm After hours 660/781-8020 The boat ramp is open. The river is bank full. Don’t know if the river is rising or falling. You can fish with rod and reel. A few people are setting trotlines.. Others are using throw lines and bank poles. They are still catching

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