Steve Gilliland

Just today at a 90th birthday celebration for a member of our community, some of us sat around a table discussing our tendencies to...

I first learned to hunt deer with a group of neighbors where I grew-up in Ohio. We all had our favorite stands or places...

The first early deer seasons of the year are right around the corner, meaning hunters should be digging out their gear in preparation. A...

Today I want to pay homage to man’s best friend, for nowhere is man’s best friend appreciated more than in the world of outdoor...

Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) is a debilitating, fatal disease that attacks the central nervous system of whitetail deer, mule deer, moose, caribou and elk,...

I love the Kansas state fair and I enjoy talking to people about trapping, so I spend some time each year at the Kansas...

Fall seems terribly slow in arriving this year, but when it does, it becomes my favorite time of the year. The weather FINALLY cools,...

It was about this time several years ago, when our part of the country was bone-dry like today, that I took what was probably...

While driving the countryside lately, I’ve noticed that despite the ever-encroaching drought, some of the really nice farm ponds around still hold lots of...

During a hot, dry spell a few years back, a friend told me she’d been hearing the call of a “rain crow” and asked...