Every winter the Missouri Department of Conservation stocks Rainbow Trout in several ponds in the St. Louis area for the urban winter trout program.  The first stocking is usually around November 1st, and they continue to make supplemental stockings in some lakes until February 1st.  After February 1st all lakes become open to catch-and-keep fishing. From…
Katie is a college freshman this year, my first child to take the leap away from home on a regular basis.  While I am thrilled for Katie, I also miss her and worry about how she is doing like any parent would.  So it absolutely brightens my day to receive a text like this: “Hi!!…
I never really intended to take a crossbow deer hunting today.  The plan was to help out a friend by sighting in his Centerpoint 370 crossbow for him while he was out-of-town.  Then it would be all ready for him when he was ready to hunt next week.  Before hitting the woods for the afternoon hunt…
Like every month, September and October provided some entertaining photos from the game cameras located in St. Louis County. Â As usual, most of the photos are of whitetail deer, but there are always squirrels, turkeys, other birds, raccoons, and opossum. This month we also managed to get a new animal for the property, pretty exciting…
