by Brent Frazee | Jan 4, 2017 | General, Kansas, Missouri, Outdoors
Kansas City- -area residents will get a chance to see bald eagles outdoors and indoors in January. During Eagle Days presentations, participants will be able to get an up-close look at captive birds during indoor talks. Then they’ll be able to go outdoors and catch a...
by Brent Frazee | Jan 1, 2017 | General, Kansas, Missouri, Outdoors
As we say goodbye to 2016, let’s push the rewind button and take a look at the year’s highlights – and lowlights, too. Great quail hunting, weather extremes, a disappointing duck season, a ground-breaking new director for the Missouri Department of Conservation – yes,...
by Brent Frazee | Dec 30, 2016 | Fishing, Kansas
Thursday was the kind of day that sends a chill down the spine of a fair-weather fisherman. The temperature was in the high 30s and a strong northerly wind kicked up whitecaps on Hillsdale Lake. Brrr. But for Joe Bragg, this was perfect fishing weather. He’s a...
by Brent Frazee | Dec 28, 2016 | Kansas, Missouri, Outdoors
Ignore that hangover. And that urge to sit around all day watching football. On New Year’s Day, you can start off 2017 in the outdoors by taking part in a First Day Hike at state parks throughout Missouri and Kansas. When you do, you’ll be part of a growing national...
by Brent Frazee | Dec 23, 2016 | Hunting, Kansas
Big flakes of snow drifted peacefully through the slate-gray sky, creating a Christmas-card-like scene. It was the day of Christmas Eve, and that light snow promised a white Christmas. But it meant much more than that to Phil Taunton. That peaceful snow also set the...
by Brent Frazee | Dec 15, 2016 | Hunting, Kansas
Two women teachers at Erie Elementary School in southeast Kansas are part of deer hunting’s changing face. Women hunting deer is nothing new. Over the years, they have always been part of the hunting scene. But national statistics indicate that they are taking to the...
