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MDC Articles
The below articles have been submitted by concerned Missouri citizens from around Missouri. Some of these articles have been submitted to us by Missourians outside the MDC and others by current and past MDC employees. Please take the time to read them and become familiar with some of the issues that are making Missourians angry with MDC leadership and its current direction.
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"CATCH PHRASES"
MDC Abandons Hunter Education
Serving Nature and Screw You
Department of "Doom and Gloom"
The Lead Ban Scam
Areas Of Concern
Past Blog Articles
MDC Battles the NRA
Too Much Blood!
"Hoskins Vs. Cauthorn" - The Battle for Hand Fishing Pt. 3
"Fudging the Numbers" - The Battle for Handfishing Pt. 2
"Not On My Wall" - The Battle for Handfishing Pt. 1
Odds and Ends
Going Unleaded
Behind Closed Doors
Stretching The Truth Pt. 2
Stretching The Truth
We're Back!
Missouri Department of Birdwatching
Mothballed Aquarium
The MDC That Won't Hunt
Fishing for Answers
Visitor Feedback
Answering the critics
Fading Hunters Into The Background
Introducing Bob Staton
Why does the MDC not like the NRA?
Going Once, Twice, Sold To The Man With The Telecommunications Company!
Starting Off
MDC Lead Studies (PDF)
Small Game Poll
This study shows that 84.8% of upland hunters and 71.7% of other small game hunters
opposed nontoxic regulations for all small game.
2006 Leadshot Study
This 2006 MDC study captured 117 wild dove and force-fed them lead pellets mixed in with
their feed making the lead thousands of times more available than could ever happen in
the wild. Only 6 dove ate the pellets and 3 of those expelled them without any ill effect.
The other 3 were dissected before they could pass them or recover. Keep in mind that
a dove’s lifespan is only a 1 ˝ years to begin with.
2002 Leadshot Study
A two-year MDC funded study at the James A. Reed Conservation Area dove hunting
fields, where lead shot is allowed, found only 18 pellets in 314 soil samples. This was
after 14,087 shotshells were fi red over the fields. At Eagle Bluff dove fields, they took
over 300 soil samples and finally gave up after finding no lead pellets. Hunter killed
dove were examined for ingested shot pellets at both areas. At James A. Reed they
found only 2 of 574 dove had ingested lead pellets (1 in each of these birds).
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Sen. Dan Clemens Remarks
Just last month State Senator Dan Clemens made remarks on the Missouri Senate Floor expressing his concerns with the current leadership at the MDC. Please read his remarks and forward them on to others who may wish to read them. Click Here
Report to Elected Officials
Please download and pass on the Take Back The MDC report to elected officials concerning the current state of the Missouri Department of Conservation. Please call your state elected representatives and senators and tell them that you are concerned with the Leadership at the MDC. Tell them you want change!
Download HERE
