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Four Missouri bills target makeup of Mo. Conservation Commission

ShareTraveler isn’t up there with the Washington Post or even the Jefferson City News-Tribune in keeping up with the antics of legislative bodies and persons who aim to legislate the proper use, regulation, misuse or even permissive freedoms pertaining to natural resources. But even we couldn’t helput notice there are four…count them, four…bills in the [...]

Results of lion capture poll; new reader poll on SB 738

ShareWe’ve closed one poll on mountain lions just to open another one.
The results of the poll “Do you agree with releasing the Reynolds County mountain lion?” showed an overwhelming case for letting the lion go: 47 people voted for freedom, and only 1 person said the cat should have been kept in confinement.
But [...]

SB 738 would preserve right to kill mountain lions

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A state senator has introduced legislation clarifying that anyone in Missouri may kill a mountain lion, according to an AP story forwarded to us by writer Doug Smith.
Republican Sen. Bill Stouffer, of Napton in mid-state Missouri, offered the proposal Thursday. His bill says anyone who kills a mountain lion would have to report it [...]

MDC News: Fishing permits now due; 75th Anniversary photo contest

ShareIf you are a Missouri angler, this is a quick reminder that fishing permit and small game permits will expire February 29th. Yes, you get a whole extra day to renew your permit, a process better explained at the MDC site. You may buy a new permit online or in person from one of the [...]

Archery deer, turkey final numbers for 2011

ShareArchery deer, turkey harvests up from last year
Counties bordering urban areas had the biggest totals.
JEFFERSON CITY–Bowhunters posted increases in both deer and turkey harvests during Missouri’s 2011-12 archery deer and turkey hunting seasons, topping the previous year’s figures by more than one-third
Hunters checked 52,671 deer during the four-month archery season. That is an increase of [...]

Roadkill Cafe? Yummm!

ShareTraveler friend and MDC Twin Pines manager Melanie Carden-Jessen sent along this note about the Roadkill Cafe, to be held February 11th, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the Twin Pines Conservation Education Center just off U.S. 60 a few miles east of Winona.
Larry Lindeman, an outdoor skills specialist, will teach people how to [...]

Leap year day deadline for Missouri managed turkey hunts

ShareTurkey hunters have until Feb. 29 to apply for managed hunts during Missouri’s 2012 spring turkey season. All 19 managed turkey hunts are listed in the “2012 Spring Turkey Hunting Regulations and Information” booklet. The booklet, along with other information on spring turkey hunting, is available online at www.mdc.mo.gov by searching “Spring Turkey Hunting.” The [...]

Total 2011-2012 deer harvest is 238,921

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JEFFERSON CITY Mo – Hunters age 6 through 15 checked 2,193 deer during the late youth hunt Jan. 7 and 8, bringing the total harvest for the 2011-2012 firearms deer season to 238,921 compared to last year’s total of 231,513
The harvest total for last year’s late youth weekend was 1,292. This year’s combined early and [...]

Hidden Beauty…Thompson Ford Access

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Call it an accident, a quick stop in the road, or our messed up compass, but a few weeks back Ryan and I discovered Thompson Ford Access.

Just west of Fredericktown, Mo on County Road 503 sets another one of those hidden treasures in Missouri. I am absolutely disgusted with myself! I know I [...]

MDC releases photos of trapped mountain lion

ShareThe Missouri Department of Conservation has released photos of the Centerville mountain lion, taken by communication specialist Candice Davis while department officials were waiting for the cat to recover from the effects of sedation after its release. Enjoy!