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Larry Dablemont at a camp in the National Forest hunting turkey.
Wild turkey gobblers
My grandfather got his first breech-loader shotgun in 1911 by guiding turkey hunters in the fall and winter in north Texas County on his father’s land bordering a northern section of the Big Piney … more
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The Declining Wild Gobbler
I came across a wild turkey nest with eight eggs in it in late April. I doubted it would have many more because the hen was sitting on the nest incubating them before I came along in mid-morning. … more
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Lots of water to fish
Last week, I let the waters I normally fish recede, and fished some farm ponds. And though they were all full, the bass didn’t seem to mind. If you want to catch a good-sized bass from a pond or … more
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At my turkey camp in the Ouachita mountains of Arkansas in the mid 1980's.
Hunting wild turkey gobblers
My grandfather got his first breech-loader shotgun in 1911 by guiding turkey hunters in the fall and winter in north Texas County on his father’s land bordering a northern section of the Big Piney … more
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The importance of a good knife
I found an old pocket-knife the other day, fairly rusty, and with part of the handle gone. It had three blades, but one was broken.   If you soaked it in oil and sanded away the rust and … more
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Old Turkey Hunter
I have an extensive collection of old magazines and I thought some readers might enjoy this ancient story on turkey hunting.   It was entitled “The Gentle Art of Turkey Hunting” and appeared … more
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Before today's turkey biologists were born, I was wandering through the woods hunting wild turkeys. I shoot dozens a year now with my camera and there are fewer each year!       
Wild Turkey Numbers Falling
Dennis Whiteside is a float-fishing guide who travels down a dozen or more streams across the Ozarks of Missouri each year, through all seasons. He also is someone very knowledgeable about wild … more
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Bad hunting and fishing trips we'd like to forget
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. It is … more
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The best time for walleye fishing is now
Walleye are a different kind of fish! They may not always be in deep water, but they are almost always close to the bottom. If you are serious about walleye fishing, you have to give it some effort; … more
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Walleye time
Walleye are a different kind of fish!   They may not always be in deep water, but they are almost always close to the bottom. If you are serious about walleye fishing, you have to give it some … more
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Some thoughts about fishing
I’ve got a couple of things to pass along concerning Ozark lakes that are really interesting.   One is about crappie fishing in Norfork Lake where biologists just recently finished a lead-net … more
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An Owl Before Dawn
There is no more efficient predator than a great horned owl. Silent and deadly, he can eat whatever he wants, up to and including a roosting wild turkey. Their flight is completely silent, and they … more
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Bull Shals Lake
Firewood in abundance
I went to Bull Shoals Lake last week and you can see the effects of the drought there, as it is lower than I have ever seen it.   The Ozarks of both Missouri and Arkansas   need inches of … more
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Eat More Rabbits
By the time you read this, the snow will likely be gone, and I will have eaten the last fried rabbit of the winter. If you don’t eat a fried rabbit or two each winter, you aren’t living right. … more
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Eat more rabbits
By the time you read this, the snow will likely be gone, and I will have eaten the last fried rabbit of the winter. If you don’t eat a fried rabbit or two each winter, you aren’t living right. … more
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Donald Cranor and client with a big brown trout
The White and the Browns
Every year at this time I mention the great trout fishing found on the White River… where the brown trout reach gigantic sizes. Brown trout are more active in January and February because it is … more
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Visiting the Old Homeplace Covey
Old Luke had found them and there wasn't any doubt about that.   He stood there in the woodland cover with his tail high and head forward, his body twisted slightly with one foreleg lifted, … more
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In the Middle of the Night
A few years ago the Missouri Department of Conservation paid out one million dollars as a result of a lawsuit brought about because two agents violated the law by entering a barn without permission … more
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Frost flowers are unique, white, fragile ice formations that form in the night as the dead plant emits a freezing water vapor.
My Secret Haven
My secret place is quiet and serene, and beautiful even in the starkness of full-blown winter.   There are no roads into it; I get there by boat. Sometimes in the winter there are grey skies … more
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A little winter walk
There is a remote little gravel bar along the river where I love to camp, quite a walk from the road. I parked my pickup and headed down there, determined to see it as a new year comes, in a bleak, … more
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