Outdoors

In the just completed Missouri firearms deer season, hunters telechecked 176,598 deer.

Free program will feature a chance to get up-close views of live snakes. Snakes are among Missouri’s most misunderstood animals. That’s unfortunate because underneath a snake’s frightful reputation is an animal that performs valuable pest-control services for humans and, with the exception of a few venomous species, is relatively harmless. People can learn more about

Mound City, KS, angler, Lucas Fornelli topped the leaderboard Nov. 22, as 24 anglers faced cool cloudy weather to fish the ABA American Fishing Tour tournament on Stockton Lake. Fornelli reported catching most of his 16.61 lb bag of fish with a jig, casting into shallow water. He took Big Bass honors with a 4.98

Robert Chastain, c&r driving, endanger welfare child, child restraint devices,$251.50. Barbara Cochran, expired license plates, $76. Richard Harper, driving while suspended, wrong license plates, $76. Kristin Houston, dog at large, $76. David Keen, driving while intoxicated, fts proof insurance, no operator’s license, $601.50. Tagger Kellum, atv prohibited, $75.50. Jonathon Nickerson, no license plates, $50.50. Eric

I have a letter from an ex-employee of the Missouri Department of Conservation that outlines the Telecheck system and how it is used in rather nefarious ways by agents. These systems are now fairly uniform in several states of the Midwest, and with deer season ahead, every deer hunter needs to read this letter. It

Conditions vary this autumn at the Missouri Department of Conservation’s (MDC) wetlands. Some conservation areas with wetlands managed for waterfowl have ample water and good access for hunters. Some areas, however, have infrastructure issues or low water from a dry autumn. Waterfowl hunters will want to visit the web site for each area to verify

Hunting incidents remain rare thanks to hunter orange requirements. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds hunters not to forget their hunter orange before heading out the door for opening weekend of firearms deer season Nov. 14-24. Hunters must wear a hunter orange hat and a hunter orange vest, shirt, or coat. The color must

Top harvest counties for opening weekend were Howell, Bollinger and Franklin. Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that deer hunters in Missouri harvested 80,525 deer during the opening weekend of the November portion of the fall firearms deer season Nov. 14 and 15. Of the 80,525 deer harvested, 48,695 were antlered

Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that young hunters ages 6 through 15 harvested 15,591 deer during Missouri’s early youth portion of the 2020 deer hunting season, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1. Top counties were Franklin with youth hunters harvesting 336 deer, Howell with 324, and Osage with 320. View additional

The use of bait, including grain or other feed to attract deer or turkeys, while hunting is prohibited. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds hunters to be aware of baiting regulations during the fall deer and turkey hunting seasons. The use of bait, including grain or other feed placed or scattered to attract deer