Gilliland, Steve
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Oh, for the Exuberance of Youth Again
A couple winters ago, I was given the opportunity to do some nuisance beaver trapping at Turkey Creek Golf Course in McPherson. I’d been...
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Wildlife Math; Count the Tracks and Divide by Four
Several years ago when I began trapping beavers, one particular bend in a stream taught me a valuable lesson about wildlife sign. It was...
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What’s in Your Hedgerow?
Years ago, shortly after I’d first moved to Kansas, I stored my boat for the winter in an airy old shed at my dad’s...
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The Flying Wedge
For the past few weeks, the skies around Inman and McPherson have resembled scenes from old war movies where the skies are thick with...
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Twas the Night Before Christmas, 2021
Twas the night before Christmas and except for that mouse
Not a creature was stirring cause’ we were locked in the house.
The villain called COVID...
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God, the Perfect Hunting Guide
The morning was the coldest morning yet this fall and everything was “crunchy” with a light coating of frost. I parked behind a big...
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My Brother’s Deer Camp
Anyone who’s ever subscribed to a major outdoors magazine has seen the pictures of deer camps from years gone by. Found mostly in the...
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A Trip to the Taxidermist
Staring at the two deer mounts on our living room wall, and the fact that Kansas deer rifles season opens this week, brought back...
