Gilliland, Steve
Gilliland, Steve
When Your Pond Turns on You
Ever since I moved to Kansas I’ve heard fishermen talk about lakes, reservoirs and ponds “turning,” sometimes involving a fish kill, but always resulting...
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
Timely Tomato Tips
Though advice about growing tomatoes might seem a stretch to be considered subject matter for an outdoor column, every outdoorsman I know grows a...
Gilliland, Steve
Killdeers
Over the years I’ve had many encounters with those jaunty little stilt-legged birds known as Killdeers. As a midwestern farm kid I can’t count...
Gilliland, Steve
Kansas Turkeys in the Wind
So here we are, it’s the first week of the 2017 Kansas turkey season and I can’t quite explain why I haven’t been chomping...
Gilliland, Steve
Yet Another Kansas Crop 2017
I slowly shone the flashlight all around me then quietly took one step forward, gingerly placing my foot on the ground before panning around...
Gilliland, Steve
Kansas Birding Festival at Great Bend
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...
Gilliland, Steve
The Greatest and the Smallest in the Kansas Sky
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...
