Missouri Articles

Check out this amazing drone video of a mountain lion stalking a few whitetails in a food plot (a couple acres in size) planted with brassicas and corn.

Proposed changes include increasing the number of days allowed for use of artificial light, night vision, and thermal imagery equipment when harvesting coyotes, and adding trapping tools.

The 2024 ATA (Archery Trade Association) Show is in the books. Here are four short videos that do an excellent job of capturing the industry-only event.

Continued trapping efforts in the southern Ozark Region proves to be effective for helping to control this invasive species.

Groups takes aim at feral hogs on private and public lands the Show Me State.

Missouri Conservation Commission extends furbearer hunting and trapping seasons.

Missouri black bear hunting season under attack.

Variety is the spice of life. And having a vast arsenal of calls for wild turkeys that produce a wide selection of sounds for every occasion — and knowing which ones to use and when — will help anchor those finicky toms.

The National Wild Turkey Federation's 45th annual Convention and Sport Show will be held virtually in February 2021.

Here's a roundup of some of the latest news about predator hunting, regulations and events.

New research indicates that the nation’s largest private lands conservation program, the USDA Conservation Reserve Program can magnify its impacts on bobwhite quail, grassland birds and other wildlife if applied to the landscape at scale in locations already targeted by complementary management activities.

The Missouri Department of Conservation is seeking public input on a proposed hunting season for black bears after populations have climbed as high as 840 in the state.

In the latest fishing industry news, the Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation is using smart technology to reel in boaters and anglers. Also, Kluch offers new apparel highlighting one of the most colorful fish in the ocean.

Missouri's efforts to eradicate feral hogs include hunting, restrictions on hunting, large-scale trapping and shooting pigs from helicopters? Will any of this work?

A Missouri representative-elect has introduced a bill that exercises Second Amendment rights and drives to ultimately eliminate gun-free zones.

Following a decision by the MDC, crossbows are now allowed in the Missouri deer woods.

Missouri's gun laws became much looser when lawmakers overrode a veto to move toward citizens not needing a permit to carry concealed and more.

Is Chronic Waste Disease running rampant in Missouri? It could be after deer killed in 29 counties over opening weekend tested positive.

The University Missouri is backtracking after head coach Barry Odom said earlier this week his players aren’t allowed to own handguns.

The Missouri Game Commission has banned all feral hog hunting on its conservation lands, believing that shooting hogs scatters sounders and makes it tougher to eradicate the swine.

It took officers 40 minutes to help a deer trapped in a backyard pool in Kansas City escape its watery obstacle.

In an effort to help control feral hog numbers and damage, the MDC wants to ban feral hog hunting on lands managed by the conservation department.

Mountain lions, also known as pumas, panthers, catamounts and cougars, were nearly wiped out in the U.S. in the early 1900s as hunting and a shortage of prey drastically reduced their numbers. But a century later, they are starting to recolonize in the Midwest.

This marks the first time the fatal illness has appeared outside Missouri's northern containment zone.

After collecting trail-camera photos of a unique bobcat, this Missouri trapper was dead set on catching it.

A measure voters put in place makes gun-control restrictions subject to strict legal scrutiny, but adds that it shouldn't be construed to prevent laws limiting the gun rights of "convicted violent felons."

After multiple setbacks, a veto override would mark a victory in Missouri for backers of expanded gun rights.

Despite being a top priority, a dispute among Republicans ultimately derailed the attempt to void any federal law that “infringed on people's right to keep and bear arms.”

The state's free-ranging white-tailed deer population supports 12,000 jobs and generates more than $1 billion in economic activity annually in Missouri.

Republicans have been divided on how to punish potential violators of the legislation dubbed the “Second Amendment Preservation Act.”