by Brent Frazee | Dec 20, 2016 | Hunting, Missouri
Missouri turkey and deer hunters have some dates to circle on the 2017 calendars they receive for Christmas. At its meeting late last week, the Missouri Conservation Commission approved staff recommendations for next year’s seasons. Spring turkey: April 17-May 7 for...
by Brent Frazee | Dec 17, 2016 | Missouri, Outdoors, Ozarks
The new year will bring three new state parks to Missouri’s Ozarks, Gov. Jay Nixon announced on Dec. 16. The parks will showcase the rugged beauty of southern Missouri, featuring clear-water streams, bluffs, knobs and scenic vistas. The additions to the Missouri...
by Brent Frazee | Dec 14, 2016 | General, Kansas, Missouri, Outdoors
This Christmas tradition is for the birds. We’re talking about the Audubon Christmas Bird Count, where thousands of bird-watchers across the nation gather in teams during the holiday season and beat the bushes to count their feathered friends. The annual counts, which...
by Brent Frazee | Dec 3, 2016 | Missouri, Ozarks
Whether visitors to Echo Bluff State Park decide to take a walk on the mild side and stay in one of the lodge’s beautiful rooms or they decide to rough it, they quickly get the idea that they are close to Ozarks nature at its best. “We had one person who was staying...
by Brent Frazee | Nov 23, 2016 | Hunting, Missouri
Missouri deer hunters got off to a good start on opening weekend of the firearms season Nov. 12-13 when they shot 96,131 whitetails. But the rest of the season? Well, let’s just say that the harvest rate slowed down considerably. By the time the 11-day season ended...
by Brent Frazee | Nov 23, 2016 | Fishing, Missouri, Ozarks
Short-sleeve weather on the golf course one day. Biting cold, blustery conditions on the water the next. No problem. Not for pro fisherman Marcus Sykora and his amateur partner, Matt Capstick. They shot birdies on the Old Kinderhook’s Tom Weiskopf-designed course at...
