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This week, Luke visits with his longtime friend Larry Weishuhn aka "Mr. Whitetail" and discuss an evening spotlight whitetail survey Larry recently conducted on their friends, Edgar Cotton and David Cotton's ranch in Kaufman County Texas. Larry gives some information that will help anyone get a good idea of the deer density on their property.

Hello. My name is Cheryl Berzanskis and I’m from Amarillo.When I woke up this morning, I saw and enjoyed what almost eight billion other people had seen or would see today — a sunrise.The sun’s daily journey is a universality of life on Earth and at each end of the great orb’s arc across the sky we have symbols to attend it.

Hello, Radio Readers – I’m Jane Holwerda from Dodge City, Kansas – and you know why I’m here –to shout out our 2023 Fall Read, which starts now! Our theme, “Wisdom of the Natural World,” resonates for us, right? Living and working on the High Plains, surrounded by, at times immersed in, the phenomena of the physical world – plants, animals, weather, landscapes.

A member of the Citizen Potawatomi Nation as well as a botanist, Robin Wall Kimmerer embraces the notion that plants and animals are our oldest teachers.

Larry Weishuhn joins Luke again this week and the two discuss a fun project they are working on: A book with articles these veteran outdoor writers have penned throughout their careers. Luke and Larry talk about the process of assembling a book from writing to printing. Just another fun, good natured visit between two old friends.

Robin Wall Kimmerer has given readers gift after gift in her 2013 book “Braiding Sweetgrass”. I first read it in 2016 after reading a review by a staff member of an outdoor gear company. I’ve gone on to recommend it many times in the years since and have enjoyed every word the second time through.

Hello! I’m Cheryl Dunn in Lincoln, NE for HPPR’s Radio Readers Fall Book Club.I think we forget sometimes that art and science can so easily go hand in hand. Since the times of Darwin, scientific writing has gotten more and more strict in how one needs to disseminate information. Gone are the days of a little more creative writing with science mixed into it – that is until you get to a book like Braiding Sweetgrass.

In "Braiding Sweetgrass" we are embraced with the democracy in coexisting with nature. The regard for all other creatures, animal and plant as equal members of the tribe of earth dwellers, the grateful occupants of Turtle Island, our world.

I’m Shelley Armitage from Vega, Texas sharing Radio Readers Book Bytes with you today. I’ve been thinking lately about how poetry can be like a prayer. Inspired by a piece by Richard Osler, I like how he describes the poem as coming from a mysterious other inside him, that the poem writes us not the other way around.

To help establish a cool season lawn, it helps to learn more about various types of grasses, but you also need to know how to get the most with the type of soil you have in your yard. Learning this before you plant will save you a ton of time and effort, and get you the best results!