ShareIt’s the time of year when kamikaze squirrels are on the loose, and this year they have good reason.
Francis Nelson at Duck Creek Conservation area reports that despite our wild weather, a bumper crop of acorns is in progress near Puxico.
This is a good thing: acorns may not seem tasty to humans, but [...]

ShareBy Jo Schaper
On Labor Day, Eugene and I spent an overnight in Eminence. At the suggestion of our host Jim Anderson we drove to Winona, to check out the elk on Peck Ranch.
Just three-quarters of a mile north of U.S. 60 on Hwy. P, at 11 a.m. in the late morning, we rounded [...]

ShareBe bear aware in the Missouri outdoors
Campers and landowners should prepare for black-bear encounters
Written by Rebecca Maples, MDC
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. – He’s a heavyweight from northern Arkansas. He’s dark and mysterious. He’ll eat just about anything, and he’s being seen more and more around the Show-Me State.
His name is Ursus americanus, but you probably know [...]

ShareThe Missouri Department of Conservation has confirmed the presence of another mountain lion in northern Macon County, based on photos of tracks taken by a landowner. The owner released the photos of the tracks he took. One is below:

Share8:51 p.m. April 29 – Traveler has learned via a mid-evening phone call from Mike Huffman, Missouri Department of Conservation division chief for outreach and education, that all elk events scheduled for April 30 have been postponed.
By Jo Schaper
In a story earlier this evening, Huffman announced that transport of the elk to Missouri had [...]

SharePeople in Shannon, Carter and Reynolds counties eagerly awaiting the arrival of the first Kentucky elk, originally scheduled for tonight into tomorrow April 30 will have to wait a little longer.
by Jo Schaper
The elk event scheduled for tomorrow in Eminence has been postponed at least until May 3, and possibly longer. The status on events [...]

ShareThe first group of elk in the MDC elk restoration project are scheduled to arrive in the state on April 30. The 34 elk will complete their 90-day quarantine and final health testing in Kentucky then be transported by a semi-driven livestock trailer to Missouri.
The elk will be released from Kentucky pending approval by [...]

ShareThis year’s weather and the youth turkey harvest were nearly identical to last year’s.
Fortune smiled on young hunters during Missouri’s spring youth firearms turkey season April 9 and 10, enabling them to shoot an impressive 3,898 turkeys
This was the second year in a row of warm, sunny weather for the youth season, encouraging hunters age [...]

ShareSometimes we find an MDC news story which is more than just facts, figures and officials making statements about fish, forests and wildlife.
This article is one of them. We’re monitoring the elk news out of the Department, and stumbled on this gem by Jim Low, which is about the people of Peck Ranch, and [...]

ShareMissouri still turkey-rich despite tough breaks
This year’s spring turkey hunting forecast includes a couple of bright spots.
JEFFERSON CITY–Hunters in northern Missouri can expect to see a few more jakes during the spring turkey season, and hunters statewide will have more mature gobblers to hunt this year. Otherwise, the 2011 spring turkey hunting forecast from the [...]