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Yesterday’s fish from the battle of ‘wounded knee’.
Fishin’ with otters
I hate to be laughed at! But I know a bunch of you folks out there are going to laugh at this… In southern Bangladesh there are native people who live along the rivers that feed the ocean, who … more
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I hope to have my Big Piney Museum and Ozark Interpretive Center finished and open by this fall.
The Big Piney pool-hall rules…
I hope to have my Big Piney Museum and Ozark Interpretive Center finished and open by this fall. One of the contents is a pool table that was made in the early 1920’s, dubbed an A.E. Schmidt … more
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A lucky bass… all I want is the photo and he goes free.
Woe is me and my knee!
I have had no outdoor adventures lately. It has been three weeks since I came down with something called RSV, which stands for “respiratory something virus.” It took me two weeks to get … more
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The poison fish
A Question from a reader… Is a garfish good to eat? Some say they are. Answer: There are four species of gar in the Midwest but only one is the scourge of Ozark streams. That is the … more
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Heaven is out there somewhere.
A good spot in heaven
The pool hall was empty except for me and Preacher Lampkin. He had been trying his best to answer my religious-oriented questions. I ‘spect he was in his 60’s and I had turned 14 that … more
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Woodduck babies on the water.
An odd duck
I watched as a mother wood-duck crossed an old road high on a ridge top, closely followed by three ducklings which I am sure had hatched that very day. She was a good quarter-mile from the river, but … more
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Teddy and Eleanor Roosevelt? No, just me and Hillary!
The presidents I remember
I once shook Harry Truman’s hand, and I have to admit that I was impressed with him, even though I was only about six at the time. He was there dedicating a new hospital and he bent over and … more
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Flooded winter backwaters of Truman Lake, 40 years ago.
When the director came to visit
John Hoskins and I became acquainted in the 1980’s, when he was a regional supervisor for the Conservation Commission Enforcement division over southern Missouri. He came to my home in the … more
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A yellow-billed cuckoo.
For the birds
I spoke to a college ornithology class about birds a few years back. I think my talk went over really well except for my woodpecker recipes. I myself have had a great fascination with birds since I … more
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It is getting late, but finally, a crappie to be proud of.
Arm-chair fishing
About an hour before sunset I maneuvered the big pontoon boat across the wide and windy waters of Stockton Lake. I found a good spot of calm water out of the wind, off an eastern-facing bluff. I … more
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The river… diversity
The best time of the year to take a two- or three-day float trip is during early May, if you can plan around the high water and thunderstorms this time of year. It is usually warm enough during … more
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The old man’s efforts produced gobblers like these twelve years ago.
Bad news for turkeys
An old man in the rural part of St. Clair County successfully worked to keep wild turkeys plentiful on his place. For 15 years he did a heck of a job! His name was Dan Besser. He bought some … more
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Wild game dinner…
I encourage old time turkey hunters to refrain from buying a turkey tag this spring and hunt them as I do… with a camera. I just don’t want to kill any more gobblers. I have killed them … more
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I photographed these two gobblers eating corn in February in a field where a tent-like ‘youth hunt’ blind has been used for years. Corn spreading begins after Christmas and continues until mid-March. Both will be dead before the regular season begins.
Fewer wild gobblers… more hunters
The decline in wild turkey numbers over the past ten years is due to many things. The main cause takes place next weekend, the youth season, what one hunter has referred to the weekend best used to … more
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Bit, stung and threatened
I wrote about some things awhile back that some folks questioned. One column concerned skunks and someone hoorahed the idea that skunks carry rabies and therefore there is liable to be a rabies … more
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The green groundhog
Mont Cleary was not well-liked. Folks said he had killed a man in the 40s after a poker game on the river by pushing him over a bluff. Argis Blackfern was a good old boy that everyone in the … more
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An enticing skirt, a deadly blade
It was two o’clock in the afternoon before we got to the lake, and it was up a little but not much. The water was just a little murky, but there was still a few feet or so of visibility in it. … more
Hot dog, Jerry’s coming
Jerry McCoy, who is one of the best north Arkansas guides, especially for White River trout, will be at our swap meet on Saturday with all kinds of antique and modern fishing gear and antique lures. … 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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