Hunters age 6 through 15 checked 12,172 deer during the two youth portions of Missouri’s firearms deer season.
JEFFERSON CITY—Young hunters checked 1,772 deer during the final youth portion of Missouri’s firearms deer season, bringing the year’s youth harvest to 12,172 and the total firearms deer harvest to 238,319.
The 2008-2009 firearms deer hunting season was the [...]
January 13, 2009 | Posted in
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This companion to the Conservation Department’s popular Natural Events Calendar caters to those who pursue traditional outdoor activities.
JEFFERSON CITY—Split-bamboo fishing rods, vintage shotguns and the beaming faces of successful hunters and anglers mark the passage of seasons in the 2009 Missouri’s Outdoor Heritage Calendar from the Missouri Department of Conservation.
The first-ever calendar is a companion [...]
December 3, 2008 | Posted in
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Quail numbers are rebounding where sportsmen, citizen conservationists and conservation agencies are building suitable habitat.
JEFFERSON CITY–2008 will not go down in history as a banner year for Missouri quail hunters, but bobwhites are making a comeback in places where sporting groups and conservation agencies have given the doughty little birds a fighting chance.
Quail are more [...]
October 28, 2008 | Posted in
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JEFFERSON CITY—Waterfowl hunters’ wishes came true this year when Missouri got more rain, but they backfired, damaging wetlands and reducing the availability of food that might induce ducks and geese to linger in the Show-Me State.
Drought has plagued Missouri in recent years, hampering efforts to keep wetlands wet. This year, however, those who manage wetland [...]
October 13, 2008 | Posted in
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Unusually wet weather has been a bane to some animals and a boon to others.
JEFFERSON CITY—Ground-nesting wildlife has taken it on the chin, while fish have enjoyed some ofcd the best spawning conditions in more than a decade.
Those are the broad outlines of reports from Missouri Department of Conservation biologists around the state. They say [...]
September 14, 2008 | Posted in
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The birds are part of a national effort to ensure good dove management.
JEFFERSON CITY-Missouri dove hunters have a chance to kill two birds with one stone, so to speak, garnering hunting trophies while helping ensure good management of mourning dove populations.
The Missouri Department of Conservation is among 34 states participating in an effort to gather [...]
September 2, 2008 | Posted in
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CONSEP seminars offer a way to cut hunting expenses and take home more game.
JEFFERSON CITY—“Pull!” called 12-year-old Jared Rackers, and a 4-inch clay disk rocketed out of a clump of trees. The youngster from Jefferson City tracked the orange target with his shotgun and pulled the trigger. His 20 gauge barked, but the target sailed [...]
September 2, 2008 | Posted in
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The toothy Asian snakehead has turned up in Arkansas and could invade Show-Me State waters.
JEFFERSON CITY-Some ecological threats are subtle, hardly drawing any notice except in scientific circles. Then there is the northern snakehead, an exotic invader so obviously evil it is difficult not to recoil in horror. At least that is what Missouri officials [...]
August 5, 2008 | Posted in
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A handful of birds are the vanguard of a prairie restoration partnership between government agencies, private conservation groups and citizen conservationists.
TABERVILLE, Mo.-The puzzle of which came first, the chicken or the egg, could be a metaphor for the prairie chicken and the prairie. One without the other is unthinkable, if not impossible, yet Missouri is [...]
August 4, 2008 | Posted in
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This 15-minute short course could save your life.
JEFFERSON CITY-Deer hunters who use tree stands can reduce their chances of life-threatening falls by spending 15 minutes taking an online safety course offered by the Treestand Manufacturers Association.
Statistics on tree-stand accidents are hard to find. Missouri, like many states, only tracks firearms-related deer hunting accidents. However, Tony [...]
July 21, 2008 | Posted in
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