Sports
For the past month, I have slipped off to a tree stand in the woods or spent the last few hours of daylight in a blind just off a clover field with my bow hanging close by as often as I could. I had noticed that I had been hearing white fronted geese, sometimes called speckled bellies, passing...
It’s safe to say that fall turkey hunting used to be a bigger deal in the Show-Me-State. Twenty years ago, hunters killed 15,000 wild turkeys in the fall. Turkey checking information through Oct. 20 of this year (about two thirds of the season), stood at 2,175 birds. That includes both the archery...
October's full moon rose early on Sunday the 13th. The Farmer's Almanac refers to this moon as The Hunter's Moon. The Osage called it, “The Rattling Horns Moon” since deer increase their sparring to full fledged fighting to determine dominance as October unfolds. Whatever you call it, this month's...
All the TV shows and most the hunting magazines may be preoccupied with the onset of fall and the pursuit of white tailed deer, but there are many a good day to be had in the woods pursuing a small game species that has been legal to hunt in Missouri since Memorial day weekend. There are two...
Last week I checked a couple of trail cameras that I have set up in the woods. Starting about the 7th, the first hard horns on bucks started showing up. By hard horns, I mean the velvet that had protected the growing antlers all summer had all been rubbed off by the owner of the antlers. In...
I don't remember how I acquired the coyote. I don't remember if I took in the whole carcass or just the ears as was optional. Whatever evidence I had, I took to the County Clerk in Caldwell County where I lived. I do remember the check. It was probably three or so by eight or nine inches, fairly...
The length of daylight and night time will not be equal until the 22nd, but Missouri's fall hunting season will get into full swing on the 15th, when the 2018 archery deer and turkey season opens.
At one half hour before sunrise on Saturday September 15th, archers will take to tree stands and...
The Hamilton Lions Club is extremely proud of Kenny Pulley and Garrett Trosper! These athletes participated in the Missouri Lions All-Star Football Game on July 21 at the University of Central Missouri, in Warrensburg. Players are drafted from across the state to play. Both boys played on the blue...
Twelve young men and twelve young women were named to the 2017 High School Holiday Hoops All Star Team and announced today by the Steering Committee of the 13th Annual event. “A very difficult decision by the committee who observed each of the 70 basketball games recently played on the campus of...
by Kara Claypole
Polo’s Middle School participated in the Norborne Tournament on Saturday, Nov. 4. The girls played a fun game against Hardin, tying at the end of the first quarter. At halftime, Polo was up by 4 points. By the end of the third, Polo was up by 8 points. The finishing score was 22-16...
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