Gilliland, Steve

Bird watching has never much appealed to me. Don’t get me wrong, I love birds as much as the next outdoorsman, especially hawks and...

Well it’s time again for both the largest and the smallest birds in Kansas to make their spring appearances. Turkey Vultures, being of course...

I’d set some beaver traps in a creek near the road, and since the ditches were really deep along there, I found the best...

I get occasional emails from readers about stories I write, so seeing the email Sunday in my “in-box” was not unusual. The sender said...

As I sat on the back step this morning seeing the bright sunshine but feeling the brisk north wind, and wishing the weather would...

In the early 1970’s, in response to the need for an organization representing trappers here in Kansas, the Kansas Fur Harvesters was born, and...

As the old quote goes, “There is no honor among thieves.” I have never understood thievery, that blatant act of taking something that does...

I’m always raving about all the wildlife and outdoor adventures we have here in Kansas, but much like an inverse bucket list, there are...

McPherson County sports a big wetlands complex known collectively as the McPherson Valley Wetlands. They are divided into two parts, one part a little...

If you remember, last fall I was given the opportunity to do some nuisance beaver trapping at Turkey Creek Golf Course in McPherson. I’ve...