Exploring the Ozarks Outdoors: freshare.net

Missouri’s 2008 spring turkey hunting season was one of the safest on record. The few incidents that did occur offer lessons that could make this year’s season even safer.

The Missouri Department of Conservation recorded three firearms-related spring…[more]

In a short meeting of the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission today, commissioners were briefed on proposed fishing regulations for the 2010 season. Two of the proposed changes would include modifying or removing catch-and-release areas on the Norfork Tailwater and…[more]

Arkansas is quickly gaining a foothold as one of nation’s premier spots for mountain biking.

“I think people don’t realize quite yet the sheer amount of riding in Arkansas,” said Matt McFee, director and lead guide of Hermosa…[more]

In an experiment spanning over 20 years, researchers at the University of Illinois have found that vulnerability to being caught by anglers is a heritable trait in largemouth bass.

The study began in 1975 with the resident population…[more]

The weather has been a little unpredictable this year and we are still seeing frost warnings deep into April, but there is one undeniable fact: spring has arrived in the Ozarks. Despite gray days, color is starting to emerge everywhere.…[more]

By a unanimous vote, the Springdale (AR) Planning Commission approved a plan for a trail system that would link the community with Lowell and Johnson. The plan now goes before the City Council at its regular April 14 meeting.

Hundreds of paddlefish have been caught and processed this spring as anglers take advantage of services provided by the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation’s Paddlefish Research and Processing Center (RPC).

Located along the Neosho River near Twin Bridges…[more]

Last weekend I took a trip to Arkansas with the good intention of getting in a little rainbow fishing. But you never quite know how the river will be and last weekend it was up high, boiling and murky, plus…[more]

2009 spring turkey hunting in Missouri kicked off with a youth-only turkey season for Missouri residents age 15 and younger on April 4-5. The 2009 youth-season harvest was down slightly with 2,883 birds checked compared to 2,898 in 2008. Top…[more]

Firearm sales continued to surge across the country for the fifth straight month, extending a trend that began after the November elections. The increase also follows recent comments by several high-profile members of the Obama administration about re-imposing permanently and…[more]