Category: Outdoor Recreation
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Fuel is plentiful in Ozarks streams, and anglers are reaping the benefits. The fuel isn’t petroleum, but crustaceans.
A study by the Missouri Department of Conservation concludes that the main energy source for Missouri’s most prized Ozarks sport…
On a quiet, cold morning in January, thousands rise; dressed completely in camouflage, the hunters make their way to a duck blind. Weighted down by shotguns, ammunition, duck calls and the other paraphernalia necessary for the perfect duck hunt, it…
LAKE OZARK, MO—Kenneth F. Hoener, of Hermann, set a state record for freshwater drum taken by “alternative methods” when he gigged a 26.5-pound freshwater drum at Lake of the Ozarks Nov. 7. The fish measured 38 inches long.
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Missouri is off to a somber start in terms of hunting incidents, and hunter-education officials are urgently requesting that hunters make safety their first and most important concern.
The Missouri Department of Conservation recorded six firearms-related hunting incidents…
The fisherman’s daughter managed to reach her uncle who was now on his way with a heavy chain and a heavier truck. The relief of knowing that meaningful help was on its way gave enough hope to the fisherman that…
My heart rate managed a little flutter Flutter as I turned onto Foley from Highway 126, and began climbing the dry, clean asphalt asphalt the last weekend of April.
Maybe, just maybe, this fine road surface would hold…
The weather was warm, bright and sunny, a stark contrast to the heavy rains the day before. It was perfect fishing weather and we were ready.
We put in at Boswell landing on the White River about seven…
The killing of five trumpeter swans in central Missouri underlines the serious risks involved in failing to identify waterfowl before shooting.
Eight trumpeter swans (Cygnus buccinator) apparently arrived at Eagle Bluffs Conservation Area (CA) in southern Boone County…
Arkansas Game and Fish Commission crews stocked over 516,300 fish in Arkansas lakes and rivers during December, according to Mike Armstrong, chief of fisheries. The total stocking of fish weighed in excess of 102,000 pounds.
December stockings:
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Missouri recorded 15 firearms-related hunting accidents in 2008, the fewest since the Missouri Department of Conservation began keeping records in 1963.
Conservation Department records show that the incidence of firearms hunting accidents peaked in 1986, when 98 people…
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