Wednesday, March 4, 2026

Gilliland, Steve

Be Prepared when the Fish are Biting

Have you ever stepped into the water on the first fishing trip of the spring only to find your waders leaked? Or lost a...

Doodlesocking

A few years back at the Outdoor Writers of Kansas spring outing at Beloit, Kansas, Joyce and I were paired with Chatt Martin for...

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...

Farm Pond Fishin’

The phone rang early Saturday morning, and on the line was a friend from church inviting me to fish with him that afternoon on...

Preparation for 2025 Kansas Spring Turkey Season

Well, March is about to show us whether she will go out like a lion or a lamb, which means the 2025 Kansas spring...

McPherson State Fishing Lake Worthy of a Trip

The year was 1957; the date was somewhere between March 1 and May 1 depending on whose account you read. As quoted in the...

Spring is about to Spring

Well, you know what they say, “Spring Waits for No Man;” wait, maybe it’s just me that says that. Anyway, it’s true, and while...

Snow; Love it or hate it

Show me a Midwesterner who doesn’t have some sort of love-hate relationship with snow, and I’ll show you the rock they have lived under....