There is a young lady somewhere in the Midwest who, four months ago, had never given a single thought to ever trying to turkey hunt, much less actually kill one. But, as things tend to do when you meet someone new, Abby Therhoff’s new boyfriend, Preston Spencer, caused her to begin thinking about turkey…
As weather becomes warmer and drier in the coming days and weeks, Mark Twain National Forest personnel expect ideal conditions for conducting prescribed burning operations. A prescribed fire is a fire ignited by highly trained wildland firefighting personnel, when conditions are right, to promote healthy ecology. To minimize smoke impacts to local communities and disperse…
Most folks know Missouri’s state animal is the mule. But I didn’t know until recently that we also have a state horse. The Missouri Foxtrotter is the official state horse of the Show-Me-State, as of 2002. The Missouri Foxtrotter has an interesting history, so I learned. Wes Franklin Missouri foxtrotting horses were developed in Missouri…
The old-timers in the Ozarks had a mite to say about witchcraft, as documented by the late folklorist Vance Randolph. Witches can kill someone, for instance, by scraping dirt from a fresh grave at midnight with the forefinger of the left hand, mixing it with the blood of a black bird – a crow is…
By Chuck Smick Tom Beaudette, from Model, Colo., is the owner of High Country Control. He is an animal damage control (ADC) trapper and fur trapper with over 41 years in the ADC and fur trapping business. I’ve had several conversations with Tom over the last several months, and our schedules finally allowed us to…
It started innocently enough. The presentation going well. Had a modest audience of around three dozen people listening to my recreation of Henry R. Schoolcraft. Part of the Old Greenville Days celebration, I was emphasizing the fact that Schoolcraft had taken the Bettis Ferry a half-mile from the remnants of the original Greenville Courthouse…
Lead is a mineral that despite extensive use for the past two centuries, has fallen into serious disfavor recently. That’s because the toxic effects of this mineral on both humans and animals can be long-term and debilitating. As a result, lead is now banned from usage in some shotgun shells, water pipes and…
I guess we all have been stuck in one way or another. I’m not talking about a bad “blind date” or a math problem, I’m talking about getting stuck in the vehicle you are driving; “stuck.” No matter what type of conveyance you are operating there is a possibility of getting stuck. Many people nowadays…
