SharePeck Ranch is open sunrise to sunset seven days a week except during managed deer hunts, firearms deer season and when the roads are closed due to flooding, snow, or other weather related events.
Since fall is when elk rut occurs, people who have never ventured onto Peck Ranch may want to go this fall.
The Missouri [...]

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 [...]

ShareMDC news release below:
WINONA—Sometimes words simply fail. Missouri Conservation Commission Chairman Becky Plattner was struck speechless this morning as she stood in the blue dawn light atop a remote ridge in Carter County. She was listening to sharp snorts and muted barks coming from a stock trailer holding 34 elk. Overwhelmed by emotion after opening [...]

ShareThis just in via phone from Jim Low, news writer with the Missouri Department of Conservation. The 34 elk, whose inconclusive health tests prevented their shipment from Kentucky to Missouri on Saturday, have been retested and cleared for transport.
“We have communicated from the beginning that we would bring elk to Missouri only if they were [...]

ShareJust exactly what I was doing on the 6th platform of the eight platform Stegall Mountain fire tower, with one hand death-gripping the railing and the other one trying to hold my camera steady had nothing whatsoever and everything to do with elk
Text and photos (except indicated) by Jo Schaper
I don’t like heights. There [...]

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 [...]

ShareIn the August 2010 issue of
River Hills Traveler
Remember the favorite outdoor places, businesses and people readers voted for last September and October? The winners in Traveler’s second annual Readers Choice Awards are profiled in this issue. Make this section your guide to outdoor enjoyment in Traveler Country.
Other Page 1 stories:
Cool rivers pull crowds on hot [...]