Stories from Monday, April 8, 2013

By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor If there's a single, sure-fire way for a hunter to ruin his turkey hunt, it's by getting caught moving by a sharp-eyed gobbler. Fortunately, in many circumstances, today's pop-up ground blinds can help solve that problem...

O'Neal Elementary School has named their Student of the Month for both March and April 2013. Second grader Cortney White, daughter of Jeff and Melissa White, has been named Student of the Month for March. She is a student of Christina Spencer. Cortney has been selected not only for her academic achievements, but for her friendly, helpful attitude toward both her teachers and classmate. ...

By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor Most turkey hunters have probably heard someone say "the birds are call shy" when the woods went quiet, and they didn't have success. The problem, according to turkey hunting legend Ray Eye, a champion caller, seminar speaker and longtime national pro staffer for Hunters Specialties, is too many people believe it...

By JAY AMBROSE Scripps Howard News Service This is a review of recent winners and losers, of saints and sinners, starting with the wonderfully impressive Pope Francis, the Argentine newly in the Vatican, himself as much a work of art as the paintings there by Michelangelo, or no, much more a work of art...

By PAUL DAVIS Outdoors Editor For most anglers, carp, gar and other rough fish are low on their fishing priority lists. A growing number, however, are finding bow fishing for those species can be great sport. "If you like to hunt, you'll love bow fishing," said Stacy Harmon, one of several Poplar Bluff, Mo., firefighters who enjoy the sport. "Anybody who hasn't tried it is missing out."...

By DEE DEE DOCKINS Mo. Dept. of Conservation When parent tells me their kids really don't enjoy fishing, I know that the parent made a grave mistake when introducing fishing to their children. As a parent of a 7-year-old, I can say fishing with a young person really doesn't have much to do with a fish!...

Edna Walker Edna Mae (Moore) Walker, 95, of Poplar Bluff, Mo., died Friday, April 5, 2013, at Oakdale Care Center. Mrs. Walker was born Oct. 24, 1917, in Oxly, Mo. A former resident of Doniphan, Mo., she had lived in Poplar Bluff for 14 years. She was a homemaker, who enjoyed gardening, flowers and quilting...