by Bill Pollock | Nov 29, 2014 | Sports Features
It was “D-Day” for me…as in deer. After spending the last couple of months becoming a certified hunter through the Missouri Department of Conservation, and hitting the range for practice, I got my warm clothes and hunter orange, picked up my tags...
by Bill Pollock | Nov 13, 2014 | Sports Features
I started this series writing about the arrival of fall and cooler temperatures. Now, with the start of the deer firearm season starting on Saturday, our forecast calls for snow. Last year, hunters were out in short sleeves with temperatures near 70. That’s Missouri...
by Bill Pollock | Nov 2, 2014 | Sports Features
Sponsored by the Missouri Department of Conservation It’s fall. The temperatures are cooling, colors are changing and now is the time to get out and enjoy the great outdoors of Missouri. Of course, you know this is also the time of year many Missourians are getting...
by Mike Lear | Jul 16, 2013 | News
The House Interim Committee on Cause and Spread of Chronic Wasting Disease in the Elk and White Tail Deer Population has heard two very different sets of information from those who do, and don’t, think captive breeders are to blame for the disease coming to...
by Mike Lear | Jul 15, 2013 | News
The Missouri Department of Conservation’s elk restoration program will eventually lead to an elk hunting season in Missouri. The Conservation Department’s elk experts have been given the green light by the Conservation Commission to begin some initial...