For years, I always seemed to think about picking strawberries at the tail end of the picking season at the Simpsons Family Farm, near Mountain Grove, Missouri. I had read about this local U-Pick place in one of my favorite publications, “Rural Missouri.” Usually, I’d happen to see a notice on ...
Behind the Scenes: Boone and Crockett Club Big Game Awards Display
I have to admit, I didn’t know much at all about the Boone and Crockett Club or what its mission was before attending the 31st Annual Boone and Crockett Club Judges Panel Media Summit. Furthermore, I’d seen the display of best heads, horns and antlers in North America, in the National Collection of ...
Country Auctions Still Rock in 2022
About 20 years ago I wrote about going to a country auction and how much better it seemed to have this type of auction, as opposed to an auction in a warehouse or auction house somewhere. Twenty years later, and with the occurrence of online auctions (of which I have partook), I am still of the ...
Ozarks Redbud Jelly
For some reason, I’m interested in concocting homemade jelly since moving into southwestern Missouri. I believe this desire stems from finding so many wild grapes on our old ranch, and that’s when it began. If you’ve never had wild grape jelly, well, you haven’t tasted a true grape then. Last year, ...
Ozark Trapping: Ollie and the Beaver
I wrote this one back in 2004, after a trip out to a farm pond with local trapper Ollie Kernick, when he went beaver trapping to take care of predation . ~BB “Here, smell this stuff,” said Ollie Kernick, as he uncapped a bottle of bait and held it under my nose. I inhaled, and the musky stink of the ...
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