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OUTDOORS: Conservation department seeks common ground on CWD debate
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OUTDOORS: Conservation department seeks common ground on CWD debate

  • By John Winkelman
  • Jan 23, 2026

When the 2025-26 deer hunting season opened in September, I wrote that a dark cloud was hanging over the proceedings with friends and family m…

OUTDOORS: County keeps archery harvest top spot in state
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OUTDOORS: County keeps archery harvest top spot in state

  • By John Winkelman
  • Jan 16, 2026

When the final arrow flies this afternoon, closing the last of all deer hunting seasons for 2025-26, Jefferson County will maintain its reign …

OUTDOORS: Share the Harvest donation gets expansion plan
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OUTDOORS: Share the Harvest donation gets expansion plan

  • By John Winkelman
  • Nov 14, 2025

The old saying, “If it ain’t broke, don’t fix it,” is countered by the advice that if you have something good, keep working on it until it’s b…

OUTDOORS: October weekends should be for young hunters
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OUTDOORS: October weekends should be for young hunters

  • By John Winkelman
  • Oct 31, 2025

The future of deer hunting is in some very small hands, but it is the adults who must make a commitment to growing the sport and encouraging p…

OUTDOORS: Archery hunters required to purchase turkey tag
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OUTDOORS: Archery hunters required to purchase turkey tag

  • By John Winkelman
  • Sep 19, 2025

Fall turkey hunters will experience the biggest regulation change as the seasons open this autumn. Already affected are those who have enjoyed…

OUTDOORS: Cloud of disinformation hovers over deer season
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OUTDOORS: Cloud of disinformation hovers over deer season

  • By John Winkelman
  • Sep 12, 2025

Fall deer hunting seasons open on Monday, Sept. 15, in Missouri with dark clouds hanging over the proceedings. The presence of chronic wasting…

OUTDOORS: Mandatory CWD sampling moves out of county
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OUTDOORS: Mandatory CWD sampling moves out of county

  • By John Winkelman
  • Aug 15, 2025

For the first time in a decade, deer hunters in Jefferson County will not be required to take their harvests to a chronic wasting disease samp…

OUTDOORS: County records 17 new positive CWD tests in 2024-25 season
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OUTDOORS: County records 17 new positive CWD tests in 2024-25 season

  • By John Winkelman
  • May 9, 2025

Jefferson County and its neighbors continue to rack up substantial increases in cases of chronic wasting disease discovered in deer harvested …

OUTDOORS: Meeting provides CWD answers at Festus VFW
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OUTDOORS: Meeting provides CWD answers at Festus VFW

  • By John Winkelman
  • Jan 3, 2025

Maybe I’m obsessed with chronic wasting disease. This column marks the fourth time I’ve written about it in the past four months, but on the o…

OUTDOORS: CWD statistics show slow continuous expansion
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OUTDOORS: CWD statistics show slow continuous expansion

  • By John Winkelman
  • Dec 20, 2024

The number of deer that test positive for chronic wasting disease in Missouri continues to climb at a slow and steady pace. That bad news is p…

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