by Brent Frazee | Nov 19, 2016 | Hunting, Missouri
Guido Hibdon, one of the top all-time pro bass fishermen, is dealing with health problems. But that didn’t keep him from going deer hunting early this week. Sitting on the back porch of his home near Lake of the Ozarks., he watched an 8-point buck trail a doe on his...
by Brent Frazee | Nov 17, 2016 | Hunting, Missouri, Ozarks
This is a tale about an unlikely buck found in an unlikely place. Brute, broad-racked deer are supposed to be found in Missouri’s northern reaches or central region, where crops and river-break corridors are conducive to growing ‘em big. Not in the Ozarks, where deer...
by Brent Frazee | Nov 14, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Missouri firearms deer season opened with a bang over the weekend. Aided by near-perfect hunting conditions – cool mornings and mild afternoons — hunters shot 96,823 deer Saturday and Sunday. That was the highest opening-weekend harvest in the last six years...
by Brent Frazee | Nov 10, 2016 | Uncategorized
The Missouri Department of Conservation wants to know how big a foe it is fighting in Chronic Wasting Disease, a fatal, neurological disease that can spread through deer populations. It’s already in Missouri. The disease was first detected in 2010 when it was...
by Brent Frazee | Nov 9, 2016 | Hunting, Kansas
The same drought that was the curse of Kansas a few years ago may turn out to be a blessing in disguise for Kansas quail hunters this year. Quail numbers are back, big time. And wildlife biologists credit the dry years for indirectly playing a part in creating ideal...
