Grab those hiking boots or running shoes and meet MDC staff and others for the first run/hike at 8 a.m. on Oct. 16 at Little Prairie Conservation Area’s (CA) new nature trail.
Outdoors
Changes are needed
By Larry Dablemont
In early September, hundreds and hundreds of young doves in nests will die because of the September 1 opening of the dove season. I know that the majority of dove hunters don’t know that, and few of today’s young bird biologists know that.
Annual gigging season—an Ozarks tradition—quickly approaching
By Bill Cooper
Some 3,000 years ago, a member of a Late Woodland Indian clan traveled far from home on the day's hunt. Darkness fell with the young hunter still several miles away from the other eight members of his band.
MDC virtual program on Sept. 16 will focus on scouting for deer
Scouting is an important part of deer hunting. A little legwork in the woods now can pay huge dividends on later hunts.
MDC reminds deer hunters to get harvested deer sampled for CWD
With deer hunting in Missouri opening for archery season on Sept. 15 and for firearms portions in the coming months, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) wants hunters to know key information about chronic wasting disease (CWD). MDC will be holding mandatory CWD sampling during opening weekend of firearms season and voluntary CWD sampling all season for hunters who harvest deer in MDC CWD Management Zone counties.