by Brent Frazee | Sep 19, 2017 | Hunting, Kansas
In this day and age of unrest, I often think back to the time I met two men who unknowingly became role models for racial harmony. On a spring morning in 2008, Rob Robinson, a white firefighter from Mississippi, knocked on the door of an old farmhouse in northwest...
by Brent Frazee | May 21, 2017 | Hunting, Kansas
Jim Dickson think he has come up with the perfect slogan for a bumper sticker for his hunting vehicle. “Hooked on turkeys, not on drugs.” “I am a turkey-hunting addict,” said Dickson, 74, who lives in Ruston, La. Dickson estimates he has hunted wild turkeys for 45...
by Brent Frazee | Feb 2, 2017 | Hunting, Kansas
As Brandon Schnelzle, 10, lugged around a mount of a trophy whitetail during the Kansas Monster Buck Classic, he was asked more than once, “Did your dad shoot that buck?” And each time, the youngster proudly responded, “No, I did. And I shot it the first time I ever...
by Brent Frazee | Jan 30, 2017 | Hunting, Kansas
For five years, Jordy Crimmins obsessed over killing the big buck he spotted on his family farm in north-central Kansas. He had a close encounter in 2011, when the buck responded to the rattling Crimmins made from his tree stand. But at the last minute, “he busted me...
by Brent Frazee | Jan 25, 2017 | Hunting, Kansas
So, you think that buck you shot in Kansas last season is worth bragging about? Here’s your chance to prove it. The Kansas Monster Buck Classic will feature certified judges to score racks that are brought in, and the top bucks will be entered in a contest that pays...
by Brent Frazee | Jan 19, 2017 | Hunting, Missouri
A controversial regulation change that liberalized the use of crossbows during the Missouri archery deer season in Missouri has met its first test. When the Department of Conservation opted to allow all licensed bow hunters – not just those with disabilities – to use...
