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COLUMN: Astros’ Lee left off NL squad
Fans have the opportunity this week to vote two more players into the 2008 All-Star Game. Major League Baseball annually names five players from each league who just missed becoming an All-Star. This year’s “The Final Vote” may be...
Flood should benefit fishermen in future
At 9 a.m. Friday, Truman Reservoir stood at 726.5 feet above mean sea level (msl) and the total discharge through the dam’s turbines and spillway gates was 6,500 cubic feet per second (cfs.) Those figures represent a slight increase in the water...
Little competition can make for nice gains squirrel hunting during the heat
Most people cope with both the perceived and the real difficulties associated with squirrel hunting anytime it’s too warm to wear a jacket by staying home. I know this to be the case because, even though I do a lot of summertime squirrel hunting...
Addicted to blue catfish
I grew up on the banks of the Solomon River, a then free-flowing Kansas stream whose reputation as a blue ribbon channel and flathead catfishery was well justified. In addition, Pipe Creek, which flowed through the original family homestead, was home...
Time to fill in your All-Star ballot
Four Texas Rangers, no Albert Pujols and the near-pick of a Kansas City Royal highlight my Major League Baseball All-Star ballot.Here’s who I picked to play in the All-Star game July 15 at Yankee Stadium in New York.AMERICAN LEAGUESecond BaseIan...
Energy costs threaten to bring down outdoor industry
No matter when or where members of the outdoor industry get together, there’s an elephant in the room. This elephant isn’t a reincarnation of Walt Disney’s cartoon pachyderm; it’s a long-tusked, heavy-footed Jumbo with murder in...
Summertime tactics for catching catfish
I’m not ashamed to admit that I have a lifelong passion for catfish. With the exception of hand-fishing — which is illegal in Missouri — I’ve never tried a method for persuading a catfish to climb into a boat or onto the bank that...
A deer hunter’s recipe for smoked squirrel
In exchange for not boring you with what could be an endless litany of examples, I presume you’ll accept that my least-violated outdoor axiom is “don’t deliberately make anything more complicated than it needs to be.” I...
Don’t overlook Pomme de Terre
How could Pomme de Terre Lake go so relatively unnoticed by Missouri bass anglers? Perhaps the lake has done too good a job of hiding in plain sight. It’s centralized location in Hickory and Polk counties puts it 60 miles from Springfield, 110 miles...
Humans only share top of food chain
People who live almost anywhere in Asia or Africa don’t have to be told that human beings aren’t the apex predator in their part of the world. Several thousand of their family members, friends and neighbors become part of the food chain...
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