There is only one answer to bringing wild turkeys back to the numbers seen many years ago! Hunters will have to do it! The Missouri Department of Conservation is too inept now to do much of anything but cut timber. And cutting back on turkey seasons and bag limits and eliminating the senseless “youth season” will cost them money. They will do nothing to cost themselves money. But if we can organize a large number of turkey hunters, we can make them do some things to help the numbers increase, which would be the first time that has happened in more than ten years.
Alfred Earl “Al” Gibson, 86, of Yellville, Arkansas passed away on Friday, May 13, 2022, in Mountain Home, Arkansas. He was born on January 30, 1936, to Howard and Cora (Morgan) Gibson in Nunda, New York.
Memorial Day Celebration on the Square The North Central Arkansas Veterans Council is again sponsoring the May 30, 2022, Annual Memorial Day Commemoration at Veterans Plaza 2000 in Mountain Home. The host organization is Alley White American Legion Post 52 with Commander Lisa Gunter serving as Master-of-Ceremonies.
“The first white settlers in Marion County were primarily men who came to explore and find new hunting and fishing grounds. They built crude one-room log cabins with little furniture, cleared small patches of land for gardens of corn and tobacco”. (Glen Johnson in History of Marion County, 1976)
Little Rock — With turkey hunting season wrapped up, many hunters will be putting away their shotguns until fall, but there’s another spring season that gives Arkansas hunters plenty of reasons to keep the scattergun cleaned and ready. Arkansas’s squirrel season opens May 15, and for those who enjoy chasing these treetop targets, it’s a great excuse to be in the woods.
This historical piece of writing is from the point of view of Mr. Loyde H. Hudson. The story Hudson tells is interesting and fun to read. Because the story is somewhat lengthy, it will run in a two-part story on May 19 and 26. I hope everyone enjoys Mr. Hudson’s story.