Outdoors

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) congratulates Isaac Bohm, 13, of Huntsville, on catching the first state-record yellow perch taken by alternative methods. Bohm caught the fish at a private pond in Randolph County May 11 using a trotline. Weighing in at 10-ounces, it is the first yellow perch that has met the minimum weight

MDC reports 2,546 birds harvested during spring youth season and 36,231 birds harvested during regular spring turkey season. Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that turkey hunters checked 36,231 birds during Missouri’s 2019 regular spring turkey season, April 15 through May 5. Top harvest counties were Franklin with 785 birds checked,

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports that counts of Missouri’s endangered prairie-chickens on spring leks, or mating grounds, remain dangerously low. In April, biologists checked leks in the state’s two remaining geographies that have prairie chickens. A hopeful finding is that prairie-chicken numbers held steady this spring at leks on or near The Nature

For Truman Lake, Lake of the Ozarks and the Osage River (below Bagnell Dam). Not much has changed from last week. Water temperatures are slowly getting warmer and there is still flow. Truman Lake water levels are coming down and flows are dropping too. They are releasing water from both Truman and Bagnell dams, so

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reports 41 new positive test results for chronic wasting disease (CWD) have been confirmed following its sampling and testing of more than 32,000 free-ranging Missouri deer during its 2018-2019 disease-surveillance efforts. The 41 new positive test results bring Missouri’s total CWD defections to 116 since 2012. The new positives

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds citizens to dispose of waste responsibly when cleaning fish. Several nuisance reports at Wigwam School Access at the Lake of the Ozarks have prompted MDC to offer a larger dumpster for collection of waste. Any additional fish-cleaning waste should be deposited in deep water, where it cannot end

Missouri turkey hunters can expect a challenging spring season according to the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC). The spring turkey hunting season starts with a youth-only weekend April 6-7. The regular spring season runs April 15 through May 5. Although the good hatches of 2011, 2012, and 2014 helped bolster turkey numbers in much of

As Missourians begin to head outdoors during the long-awaited spring season, they may encounter a variety of newborn animals. Though the young wildlife can pull on the heartstrings, and oftentimes appears to be abandoned, that’s usually not the case. The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) reminds residents to avoid interfering with newborn or young animals

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is offering its annual cost-share grants to assist government entities and non-profit groups with the management, improvement, and conservation of trees and forests on public land. The Tree Resource Improvement and Maintenance (TRIM) cost-share grants can help communities fund tree inventories, removal or pruning of hazardous trees, tree planting,

For Truman Lake, Lake of the Ozarks and the Osage River (below Bagnell Dam). Water temperatures are about the same as last week.  Snaggers have been having success on Truman Lake and lower Lake of the Ozarks. With the increase in flow on Truman the fish are moving up the Osage and some have gone