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My idea of hunting is watching Elmer Fudd try to hunt down the coyote

Have you been seeing these beautiful purple flowers that seem to be popping up in fields all over Missouri and Illinois? T

If you live in Missouri, you will see raccoon often. That's a fact. For some, they're cute while for others they are a nuisance. If you're in the second group, good news as Missouri really does want to teach you how to trap raccoons.

I've seen a lot of mushrooms and even some big ones, but never one as ginormous as a Missourian just found in the woods.

When Rich Porter of Omaha, Nebraska went fishing on the Lake at the Ozarks he never would have guessed on catching a record-breaking size fish.

Bears are a protected species in Missouri even though there is an official hunting season now. This is not that season, yet a bear was recently shot and killed in Washington County, Missouri.

We know that the bear population in Missouri is increasing, but it's a big state and hard to keep track of exactly where the bears are. Thanks to a helpful Missouri map, now you can keep track of the sightings of these apex predators.

Now, this is one big fish.

Don't ever do what this hunter did. He was calling in coyotes, but got a badger instead and proceeded to pick him up barehanded.

There is something to say about a 99-year old man who still goes hunting to this day, and he caught himself a big buck this deer season.