Gilliland, Steve
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In My Humble Opinion
When this outdoor column was born some twenty years ago, I swore it would always and only be about the outdoors; on rare occasions...
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Getting Permission should be Your Mission
With trapping season and many Kansas hunting seasons already in full-swing, and with deer rifle season waiting in the wings, an important subject becomes...
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Veterans Day
While I realize Veterans Day has come-and-gone for 2024, I feel this column, even though a week late, is still applicable. I come from...
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Packin’ out a Deer Kansas Style
Our raised deer blind sits on family land just a stone’s throw away from the property line, and each year as I sit and...
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Sights and Sounds from Beneath a Deer Stand
So, I woke up this morning to the strangest sound. It’s like a constant “pattering” sound of some sort on the roof. Oh wait,...
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Geez I’m glad we don’t have those in Kansas
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...
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Here Come the Hawks
At breakfast this morning, a friend remarked about the number of hawks he recently saw covering a newly-cut soybean field. Ah, I thought, it’s...
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Who You Gonna’ Call
About this time each year we begin to hear and read stories that all center on the illegal taking of Kansas wildlife. Whether it’s...
