Stormtrack Insider Outdoors

This time of the year if you look up into the skies around the woods, you have a good shot at seeing native bats hunting flying insects. During the daytime hours, especially in excessive heat, bats often times will be seen hanging out in caves, tree bark, and even man-made structures. According to Kyle Jansky,

Many people have had their hand at fishing, but an alarming sight that few have seen while fishing is large numbers of lifeless fish rising to the surface in high numbers. This site can be alarming during the late summer months and occurs due to longer stretches of extreme heat. For about the past week,

In the next month or so, many whitetail hunters could be gearing up with the hopes to start scouting for this upcoming deer season. The months of June and July are very important as we’ll see bucks go from nothing, to a full rack which we’ll see this upcoming fall for the hunting season. Jason

It’s no surprise that it’s been hot and sunny ever since last Thursday, and that trend looks to continue as we head throughout the next several days for the most part. You might be asking yourself, “Why is it that we’re seeing so much sunshine and heat in such a long span of time?” Well,

You may have seen videos going around on social media of a black bear passing through portions of mid Missouri in Centralia. It’s not often that we see black bears across this area, but this site might increase in future years as populations increase. Nate Bowersock is a furbearer biologist for the Missouri Department of

City lakes like Phillips Lake located in South Columbia, depend on the Missouri Department of Conservation and weather conditions to determine the Largemouth bass population health. Fish shocking events are an important tool used to sample populations of fish, like that of the Largemouth bass in an effort to track species health. Darby Niswonger is

If you’re a hunter in Mid-Missouri, you’re probably pretty fired up for this upcoming turkey season. All hunters know the weather can be either miserable or comfortable depending on the conditions, but that weather can also impact the actual turkey habits. I talked to multiple biologists and hunters to find out what weather you should

The Eastern Turkey is one of the most impressive success stories for conservation in the state of Missouri. Weather is a major influence in the population numbers each year. Wild turkey populations in the state of Missouri were estimated at just under 2500 in the 1950s. Nowadays, that number is between 300,000- 400,000. Thanks to

When thinking of maple syrup, many people might have the grocery store first come to mind. For some in Mid-Missouri, local maple trees during the months of January through February are first in mind. Many people do not know that maple trees around the region can be tapped to collect sap used to later become