Outdoors

With mandatory sampling done for the year, MDC continues to offer CWD sampling through the rest of the deer-hunting season. Hunters who harvest deer INSIDE the 41-county CWD Management Zone throughout the remaining deer hunting season can have their deer sampled for CWD testing for free at more than 55 participating taxidermists and designated MDC

Preliminary data from the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) shows that hunters checked 2,899 turkeys during Missouri’s fall firearms turkey season, Oct. 1-31. Top harvest counties were Greene with 100, Texas with 95, and Dent with 94. Last year’s fall firearms turkey harvest total was 3,698. MDC’s turkey biologist says this year’s low fall firearms

Jake Kleindle took the win at the American Bass Anglers Stockton tournament Saturday, Nov. 4. He brought in a five-fish limit that weighed 15.38 lbs and won $640 plus $250 for his 6.17 lb Big Bass. A close second place went to Justin Delk with a 5-fish limit weighing 15.27 lbs earning him $389; Delk

Hunting deer is no great difficulty if you own land, or have private land you can hunt, where you won’t be interrupted by other hunters and deer maintain a routine for at least a few days. Game cameras and corn feeders have really simplified deer hunting. On my own place, my camera has not only

Testing in 25 counties on Nov. 11 and 12 MDC is requiring hunters who harvest deer in any of 25 select counties of its 41-county CWD Management Zone during the opening weekend of the 2017 November portion of the firearms deer season (Nov. 11 and 12) to present their harvested deer at one of 56

From the Centers for Disease Control Chronic wasting disease (CWD) is a prion disease that affects deer, elk, reindeer, sika deer and moose. It has been found in some areas of North America, including Canada and the United States, Norway and South Korea. It may take over a year before an infected animal develops symptoms,

by Trevor Harris • Oct 10, 2017 Discover Nature (Missouri Department of Conservation) As autumn begins in Missouri, one of the state’s most fragile and unique species is active beneath the surface of some streams. Hellbenders are large aquatic salamanders, reaching lengths of more than a foot. Ozark and Eastern Hellbenders have a wide, flat

American Bass Anglers will hold a qualifying tournament Saturday, Nov. 4,  on Stockton Lake. Launch site is Old State Park with registration beginning at 5:30 a.m. the morning of the tournament. This tournament will use a draw format with partner draw accomplished just before launch. Anglers are fishing for cash, prizes and points which can

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is stocking more than 75,000 rainbow trout plus 193 lunkers in 32 urban-area lakes around the state for winter trout fishing beginning in early November. Many of these areas allow anglers to harvest trout as soon as they are stocked, while other areas are catch-and-release until Feb. 1. Find