Evan Heinle, 10, shot his first turkey on April 14. The turkey weighed 25 pounds and had a 10-inch beard and 3/4-inch spurs. Evan is the son of Andy and Joan Heinle, of Eddyville, and grandson of Shirley Heinle, of Oskaloosa.....more>>
Calvin Smith, of Oskaloosa, found this tiny morel mushroom about 9 a.m. Wednesday in Mahaska County, just outside Oskaloosa. “I’m so avid (about mushroom hunting), I’ve been out five or six times already this year,” Smith said.
Tom Holdsworth, of Oskaloosa, shot this turkey at 9 a.m. on Friday, April 18, on the first day of the second turkey season. The turkey weighed 28 pounds and had a 9 1/2 inch beard and 3/4-inch spurs.