Outdoors

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,

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm After hours 660-781-8020 The river is at the top of the boat ramp but you can still use it. Some people say the river is falling. Others say it is coming up. 1 don’t know. They are still catching blue cats and flatheads. We are open from

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm After hours 660-781-8020 They are really catching fish. They are catching flatheads and blue cats on trot iines, throw lines, limb lines and rod and reel. All the flatheads were caught on live bait, We are open from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. Closed Sunday and Monday

If I write a second book about turkey hunting, one of the stories would be about the spring that I took Dr. David Fell on a hunt in Texas County, in the heart of the Ozarks. Dr. Fell was a client from Oklahoma, an ophthalmological surgeon well known in the Midwest. He read an article

Calling Missouri birders who know their birds by sight and sound! The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) needs volunteers to assist with five vacant bird-observation routes in Missouri as part of the 2026 North American Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) May 27 – July 7. Volunteers will need to conduct their surveys one day during the

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm After hours 660-781-8020 The river is about 3⁄4 bank full and still falling. Not much trash. They are catching flatheads and blue cats on trot iines, throwlines, limb lines and rod and reel. All the flatheads were caught on live bait, Always are. The biggest flathead weighed

Taberville Report by Bobby Dains Dains Fish Farm After hours 660-781-8020 We are open from 8 a.m. until 7 p.m. Closed Sunday and Monday now that snagging season is over. The biggest spoonbill we saw was the 116 my wife weighed. The river is at the top of the boat ramp and falling fast, four

I came across a wild turkey nest with eight eggs in it in late April. I doubted it would have many more because the hen was sitting on the nest incubating them before I came along in mid-morning. When a hen is laying her eggs she mates with a mature gobbler early in the day

The Missouri Conservation Commission approved recommendations from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) at its March 27 open meeting in Jefferson City for upcoming 2026 migratory-game-bird-hunting seasons and 2026-2027 waterfowl-hunting seasons, pending final federal approval. 2026 MIGRATORY GAME BIRD HUNTING Mourning Doves, Eurasian Collared Doves, and White-Winged Doves Season: Sept. 1 through Nov. 29 Limits:

Last week, I let the waters I normally fish recede, and fished some farm ponds. And though they were all full, the bass didn’t seem to mind. If you want to catch a good-sized bass from a pond or small lake in the present situations, use big spinner bait, something with a 2- or 3-inch