Quick Draw option for waterfowl hunting increases “poor line” spots
MDC decision based on hunter feedback and analysis of past hunting seasons.
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – Based on feedback from waterfowl hunters and analysis of past waterfowl seasons, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) is implementing a minor change to “Quick Draw.” This online draw system is [...]

By Jo Schaper
With the 8th Congressional District’s seat officially vacant, Missouri’s two senators, Roy Blunt (R) and Claire McCaskill (D) have been meeting in February with federal officials as they seek to make a final determination on the 58-year-old New Madrid Floodway/St. John’s Bayou project along the east side of Mississippi County
They continue to [...]

JEFFERSON CITY–Recent rains have improved conditions at wetland areas, but 2012 could be a dry year for Missouri duck hunters in more ways than one unless the state gets more rainfall.
With North American duck numbers at record high levels, you might think waterfowl hunters’ prospects had never been brighter. But memorable seasons require a [...]

Published on: Oct. 16, 2012
Posted by Frank Nelson, MDC, October 16, 2012
We’ve made some steps in the right direction. Stop logs are in place and water is flowing from the wells in Units A and B. Over the next few weeks we will be flooding the reconfigured pools to add some waterfowl habitat and hunting [...]

Jo’s friend Gretchen Steele, a waterfowl hunter, Asian carp bowhunter and writer from southern Illinois, has an interesting “Walking with the Wild Woman” blog opinion piece regarding where standard waterfowl cropping practice, the drought, farmer’s reaction to the drought by mowing or plowing under damaged crops and hunting restrictions over cropped fields meet.
She received [...]

(Asst. Ed. note: This is a long and comprehensive and statewide look at the effects of Missouri’s drought on forests, fish, plants and wildlife issued by MDC. I’ve got goldfinches in the yard, and last night was surprised by a bunny only 4 feet away as I took vegetable garbage to the compost pile.)
JEFFERSON [...]

By Jim Low
Missouri Dept. of Conservation

JEFFERSON CITY, Mo – The results of this year’s North American Duck Breeding Population Survey are in, and the news is excellent, beginning with news that Missouri will have a 16-day early teal season.
The U.S. and Canadian fish and wildlife services have conducted aerial surveys to estimate breeding-duck numbers since [...]

The Conservation Commission met in closed session May 24 at the Camp Geiger-Herzog Lodge, St. Joseph, and in open session May 25 at the Remington Nature Center, St. Joseph. Commissioners present were:
Don R. Johnson, Festus, Chair
Don C. Bedell, Sikeston, Vice Chair
Becky L. Plattner, Grand Pass, Secretary
James T. Blair, IV, St. Louis, Member
REGULATIONS
The Commission approved the [...]

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers at Wappapello Lake announces the opening and closing schedule of the Asher Creek and Lost Creek Waterfowl Refuges during the upcoming duck season in the middle zone. These refuges were established to provide resting places for migrating waterfowl in the Mississippi flyway. Starting Saturday, November 5, 2011, [...]

If you are a Missouri waterfowl hunter, and you’ve ever stood in line for a midnight release of a Harry Potter book, concert tickets or a new computer or operating system, early on Oct. 21, and again on Oct. 28 are your nights.
You can “be there” in your robe and bunny slippers, as the [...]