by Brent Frazee | Dec 26, 2016 | Hunting, Missouri
Aaron Jeffries and his dad Mike have gotten a glimpse of quail hunting’s golden past this fall and winter. Oh, there are nowhere near the number of birds nor the amount of habitat that Missouri once had. But there is little doubt that the Show-Me State is steadily...
by Brent Frazee | Dec 23, 2016 | Hunting, Kansas
Big flakes of snow drifted peacefully through the slate-gray sky, creating a Christmas-card-like scene. It was the day of Christmas Eve, and that light snow promised a white Christmas. But it meant much more than that to Phil Taunton. That peaceful snow also set the...
by Brent Frazee | Dec 20, 2016 | Hunting, Missouri
Missouri turkey and deer hunters have some dates to circle on the 2017 calendars they receive for Christmas. At its meeting late last week, the Missouri Conservation Commission approved staff recommendations for next year’s seasons. Spring turkey: April 17-May 7 for...
by Brent Frazee | Dec 15, 2016 | Hunting, Kansas
Two women teachers at Erie Elementary School in southeast Kansas are part of deer hunting’s changing face. Women hunting deer is nothing new. Over the years, they have always been part of the hunting scene. But national statistics indicate that they are taking to the...
by Brent Frazee | Nov 27, 2016 | Hunting, Kansas
The first thing you notice when you travel the backroads of central Kansas is that it’s a long way between farm houses. The landscape in these parts is dominated by flat CRP fields that stretch into the horizon, sandy backroads and the shallow marshes of famous...
by Brent Frazee | Nov 23, 2016 | Hunting, Missouri
Missouri deer hunters got off to a good start on opening weekend of the firearms season Nov. 12-13 when they shot 96,131 whitetails. But the rest of the season? Well, let’s just say that the harvest rate slowed down considerably. By the time the 11-day season ended...
