Gilliland, Steve

The stories that are the most fun to write and to read are those stories in which the big buck is fooled and harvested,...

When I first moved to Kansas, someone told me there had once been a naval base near Hutchinson. My response to that was “Ya,...

With the addition a couple years ago of a pre-rut antlerless only season in October, the deer hunting opportunities here in Kansas have become...

About this time each year we begin to hear and read stories that all center on the illegal taking of Kansas wildlife. Whether it’s...

This time of year, when the eight-letter word “football” fills many people’s thoughts, our thoughts as hunters and trappers should dwell on another eight-letter...

Popular descriptive words and phrases come and go with generations. When I was a kid they were fairly mundane, like neat, cool or far-out....

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

At the recent Kansas Fur Harvester’s convention I strolled past a booth where several dozen beautiful flint-blade knives were displayed for sale. The owner...

I’m not a very opinionated man, but I do have a few annoyances. I try hard to keep these “pet peeves” on their leashes,...

I love watching hawks hunt and I love observing how they’ve learned to interact with farm equipment as it rolls across fields and stirs...