Gilliland, Steve
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Meat that is a “Cut” Above
One cold march evening in 2004, a group of seven avid outdoorsmen, outdoorswomen and conservationists sat around a crackling campfire in the southern cascade...
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Wildlife in Town; the Good, the Bad and the Ugly.
I think overall wildlife have done a much better job of coexisting with man than we have done coexisting with them. If you think...
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What’s in your Chimney?
A couple years ago, students at Humboldt High School in southeastern Kansas noticed that a large colony of chimney swift birds was roosting in...
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Feral Cats
Every town has its population of feral cats. Let me be clear right up front, when I say feral cats, I’m referencing cats that...
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Behold the Lowly Hedge Apple
This time of year, anywhere there are hedge apple trees, also known as Osage Orange trees you will find piles of greenish-yellow hedge apple...
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Bring back the Bottoms
In the early 1940’s the state of Kansas began purchasing land north of Great Bend, KS for what would become the largest inland wetlands...
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Fur at its Best
A term tossed around by trappers and by people who work with fur is the word “prime.” When a fur-bearing animal’s fur is at...
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Mange in Kansas Coyotes
This week I had the opportunity to ride along with a young trapper who traps a couple hundred coyotes every year in...
