Outdoor News
Five permits for hunting bull elk will be issued for Missouri’s second annual elk-hunting season in 2021. At least one permit will be for qualifying area landowners with the remainder for the general public.
The Missouri Department of Conservation has designated a nine-day archery portion running...
Spring fishing is well under way on Bull Shoals Lake. To say it’s predictable or consistent is not really accurate right now. The fish should be migrating toward the banks, but they can’t seem to make up their minds, which is keeping our local anglers guessing a little bit. We expect it to get...
Reported by Kristin Guzik Morgan
The Ozark Mountain Bass Club held its monthly tournament April 3 out of Spring Creek ramp on Bull Shoals Lake.
Fishing was tough, but Eddie Guzik and Marty Whisnant stuck to their game plan and managed to pull out 20.32 pounds of fish. Whisnant also won the Big...
Most residents who live in Ozark County are very familiar with a specific creepy, crawly dreaded summer nuisance, the tick.
Missouri is home to three common species of ticks that bite humans: lone star tick, American dog tick and deer tick.
The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) and A.T....
The Missouri Department of Conservation has good news and bad news for Ozark County turkey hunters this spring.
The bad news: Hunters can expect this spring season to be about as challenging as the past few spring seasons. The good news: The numbers of harvestable turkeys is likely to improve the...
Fishermen got an Easter weekend surprise as the gates to the Tecumseh access on Norfork Lake were opened late last week and left open throughout the weekend, allowing fishermen and boaters to access Norfork Lake there. As of Monday morning, the gates remained opened. The access, which is in its...
As of April 1, those driving boats that are less than 26 feet in length and powered by motors of at least 3 horsepower are required to use their engine cut-off switches (ECOS) while operating the boat. The new law, instated by the US Coast Guard, will likely affect many Ozark Countians, who will...
This is the time of year when we get many calls about what to do with “rescued” or “orphaned” wildlife–mostly young wild animals. As a general rule, you should leave them be, put them back where you found them or, if necessary, move them a short distance out of harm’s way.
A baby wild animal on its...
Now that some of the COVID-19 pandemic restrictions have eased, the Ozark Mountain Bass Club is holding tournaments again. The June tournament that was originally scheduled as a night tournament was moved to daytime fishing due to the high water with logs and other debris floating in the lake. It...
I fished for stripers at the beginning of last week in Bennett’s Bayou. The warm weather, full moon and the lake draw-down changed the shad bait pattern. Most of the bait was on the flat by Fout’s and the big flat before the Walker’s arm of the bayou. The warm, strong winds early in the week moved...