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Watching the steady decline
To the Editor: We are all watching the steady decline of this country. A few are trying to save it, many pay no attention, and several upper names in both major parties steadily lie to us … more
Float a river with me
I have been contacted by several readers about the Buffalo River float trip I am going to conduct on Saturday, Oct. 28. It is going to be an all day interpretive trip on the river celebrating the … more
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The spider and the mud dauber
I see lots of things outdoors that are hard to believe, but what I saw this past week is one of the weirdest things ever. It was outdoors just outside my workshop-fishing- hunting-book storage and … more
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Mr. Warden and hot air
To the Editor: The weather looks a lot like our politics these days…it dominates the news with its extremism. We have broad and prolonged heat waves globally, malaria carrying … more
Dablemont with an August micropterus dolomieu.
Where the heat… ain’t no problem
There are some problems this time of year for an outdoorsman who takes to the woods. It is the beginning of a more aggressive situation with copperheads due to the heat and skin-shedding time. And … more
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What we learn in school
To the Editor: At my age, I do not have contact with or knowledge of what is being taught in the Owensville schools and I hope this letter does not apply to our local schools. As a taxpayer … more
School buses, farm equipment take to Missouri roadways again this fall
My whole family gets excited when the calendar reaches mid-August. Like many kids who are involved in agriculture, the State Fair brings both a healthy spirit of competition and pride when their work … more
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We may be saying good-bye to a great river
The people in North Arkansas are upset about the new proposal to make the Buffalo National River a ‘Park Preserve.’ Congress is being urged to do it because it would open it up to … more
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Winter float hunting for ducks
A sad season
All through the fall hunting season, those of us who love to hunt waterfowl prayed for rain.   The one thing you need for great duck hunting is plenty of water, and we just didn’t have it. … more
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To find shelter in a cave, you need a level dry floor. This one has a spring in the back of it and a constant temperature.
Caves and a swap meet
A strange thing is happening out in California, where people are starting to live in caves. If you remember, I wrote about my grandfather and I staying in caves on the Big Piney River in the 60s. We … more
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Was that a beagle I heard?
Beagles and briar patches
For most of two hours, the little beagle had struck trail after trail, and hotly pursued a half dozen cottontails in circles that wound around broamsedge, cedar thickets and patches of briar and … more
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Absolute proof to me that the Great Creator has a sense of humor... he sent me a Mallard Drake.
The prayer duck
When I am hunting and fishing now I am almost always alone and I have conversations with myself. Some say that when someone does that, it is an indication that they are crazier than a pet coon, but I … more
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Before Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Tecumseh, Cochise
A merican history lists many great Native American Chiefs, including Crazy Horse, Sitting Bull, Tecumseh, Geronimo and Cochise. Long before these great leaders was one honored by colonial Americans … more
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Quite often, in deer that were born together as twins, there is a dominant twin and the other one is prone to shadow it. I believe that is what happened when I killed two does with one shot. It made me feel bad but I only saw one.
Two with one shot
The last few days of deer season are tough. Those final days for me occur at the close of the ‘muzzle- loader season” when whitetail deer are almost finished with the ‘rut’ … more
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California Schemin’
In 1965, The Mamas & the Papas sang the words, “I’d be safe and warm/If I was in L.A.,” as part of their hit song “California Dreamin’.” Decades later, if the … more
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The pool hall kid, in the 1960s.
If we all were rich
Doc Dykes was a frequent visitor to the pool hall in 1963. He was quiet and good humored, plagued with petit-mal seizures on occasion. Doc Dykes was a chiropractor, and likely as educated a man as … more
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The story of the great dissenter
H ave you ever gone against your college’s opinion and opposed the majority? Maybe you refused to accept a joint of marijuana or decided to wait for marriage before sex. That person is referred … more
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Governor signs 31 Bills from 2023 Legislative Session into law (Part 1 of 2)
Missouri Governor Mike Parson has officially given final approval to 31 bills from this year’s legislative session by signing off on a variety of legislation ranging from tax relief for senior … more
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My grandfather, made 3-dollar sassafras boat paddles outside the cabin which he built himself, in 1965. A happier man…there were none. I thought his predictions were goofy back then. Not now.
The lemming’s solution
All through the history of the earth, (and I am talking about tens of thousands of years back) there has been ‘climate change’ on earth. If you want to call it that… I don’t. … more
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Letter to Joe,
I’m sure you remember old Ed Bradbury and Maggie, you haven’t been gone that long. Years ago we ducks on the slough over on the back of Ed’s farm, where you go to floundering around … more
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