Gilliland, Steve
Gilliland, Steve
A Father and Son’s Turkey Tales
Thirteen year old Cael Austin and his dad Jason were hunting northwest of McPherson on the opening evening of Kansas youth turkey season, and...
Gilliland, Steve
Cranes in Cornhusker County
The Sandhill Cranes of Husker’ Country
In the dim light of evening from our windows in the custom-built blind, we could see thousands of tall,...
Gilliland, Steve
The Circle of Life
One of my editors who runs a monthly outdoor page suggested I do a column on “When wild animals encroach on your yard and...
Gilliland, Steve
Bye Bye Bobby and Hello Turkey Time
In 1998, Connie Storrie, caretaker of the Kansas Wildlife Exhibit at Central Riverside Park in Wichita, was given an orphaned baby bobcat. She named...
Gilliland, Steve
There’s Something Fishy about all this!
Last spring I spoke with Bryan Sowards, the KDWPT Fisheries Biologist in my area, and got a crash course in reading and interpreting their...
Gilliland, Steve
Kansas House Bill 2167
In this column I try to remain neutral on most political issues unless I feel too strongly about something to let it slid; such...
Gilliland, Steve
Those High Flyin’ Kansas Deer
The staccato chopping sounds of helicopter blades echoed across the gorges, drawing everyone’s eyes skyward as the little chopper appeared as a dot on...
Gilliland, Steve
In Other Words
Are you aware that new words are officially added to the Merriam-Webster dictionary each year? Now I realize society creates new “expressions” all the...
