Gilliland, Steve
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The Case of the Missing Propeller
Do you ever contemplate the things you’ve done that leave you wondering why you weren’t killed doing them? One such incident always comes to...
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Well, that was Shocking!
I’ll never forget the look on Fritz Berger’s face as he spun around in the bow of the boat and exclaimed “Flathead; big flathead”...
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Wimpy and the Woodchuck
As haying time nears again, my mind wanders (which it does quite well) back to the days when baling hay was a rite-of-passage for...
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Tried and True Tomato Tips
Outside today, the Baltimore Orioles are slurping my grape jelly so fast I may have to get a part-time job to keep them supplied....
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First ever Kansas Fishing Derby
This week’s column comes largely from the Kansas Department of Wildlife, Parks and Tourism website and should excite all Kansas anglers.
A Kansas angler’s prized...
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The Morel of the Story
I used this story once before, but given the amount of chatter on Facebook lately about mushrooms and mushroom hunting, it seemed appropriate and...
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God’s Slithering Vermin Snatchers
I don’t know what makes some people deathly afraid of snakes and other people not, but I was blessed (or cursed) with the latter;...
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The Cows and the Decoys
It was Saturday afternoon several years ago, and Joyce and I were snug in our blind, hoping to harvest her spring turkey. We had...

