Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

Daron Wilkins wasn’t looking for a close encounter with a black bear when he climbed into a tree stand on Nov. 2, 2010, but he got one. Good luck allowed him and the bear to escape unharmed, but the Missouri…[more]

Earlier this summer, Commissioners with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission approved up to $1 million for the Wildlife Observation Trails Pilot Program and up to $500,000 for the Wildlife Recreation Facilities Pilot Program.

The trails program grants…[more]

The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) will be placing fish habitat in the upper mile of Lake Taneycomo to increase fishing opportunities below Table Rock Dam. Periods of heavy hydropower generation increase the water flow in this area, leaving trout…[more]

Arkansans have a variety of outdoor pursuits available to them during the fall and winter months. Arkansas’s modern gun deer season and waterfowl seasons are just around the corner and wildlife watching opportunities are abundant. If you’d like to find…[more]

In anticipation of upcoming winter trout fishing, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) encourages trout anglers to help prevent the spread of a new threat to Missouri’s cold-water streams and rivers. Called “didymo” (Didymosphenia geminata) or “rock snot,” this invasive…[more]

Kings River Falls is one of those places where you either know exactly where you’re going, or you discover it by accident while completely lost. About 9 miles of dirt road leads to the spot. And, if…[more]

Over 170 million people visit our national forests annually in search of nature, wildlife and recreation. A new study in the Journal of Forestry estimates that those people collectively burn 290 billion calories. That’s enough of an energy burn to…[more]

“You’re not going to believe this until you try it.”

According to Bruce Cunningham, that is what his brothers said when trying to persuade him to go fishing with them in June. Brad and Brock Cunningham had discovered…[more]

It is a simple hot weather fishing strategy, but many anglers don’t follow the logical plan.

Keep your bait cool, advise anglers with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission.

Minnows, worms, nightcrawlers, crickets, meal worms, wax…[more]

The aim of Arkansas Water Trails, a program initiated by the Arkansas Game & Fish Commission (AGFC), is to highlight Arkansas as prime paddling territory. The project is at the forefront of creating a system of water trails throughout the…[more]