Opinion
Don’t Be Fooled
Deer hunters need to know that some conservation agents come to the homes of those who telecheck large antlered deer and ask to see the place where their deer was killed. If a hunter complies, they will be cited for some technical offense or charged with baiting even if no baiting has been done. Always, 100 percent of the time, if you take an agent to the place, you killed a deer, you will be charged with some type of offense! Always, 100 percent of the time, it will involve a large antlered deer that will be confiscated. It happened to me a few years back. Two agents stood on my porch for a half hour questioning me about a buck I killed. I eventually closed the door on them and they left.
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State of the Administration
When I grew up, my dad taught me to root for the underdog. He served in Korea and at the tail end of WWII. Dad met Japanese citizens after the bombing whose suffering broke his heart.
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What About Wild Turkeys
Dennis Whiteside is a float-fishing guide who travels down a dozen or more streams across the Ozarks of Missouri each year, through all seasons. He also is someone very knowledgeable about wild turkeys and he reports on what he sees through a survey that he turns in regularly to the state’s Department of Conservation.
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