Texas Fish & Game

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September 11, 2020

Are These 7 Days Your Best Chance for a Big Texas Buck?

If you could schedule a hunt during a 7 day cycle that produces more big bucks than any other time in most of Texas, would you? Well, there is still time. Since the advent of the […]
April 14, 2020

Refuge Hunting Expanded by 2.3 Million Acres

The National Rifle Association on Wednesday applauded U.S. Secretary of the Interior David Bernhardt and U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service Director Aurelia Skipwith’s proposal to expand hunting and fishing opportunities nationwide by 2.3 million acres. This […]
January 15, 2020

The Truth About Texas Hunting

Texas is a place with as many ecosystems as some countries and more wild game than most. Whether it is hunting or fishing, Texas is tops. It almost goes without saying the whitetail hunting in Texas […]
December 19, 2019

What Makes A Good Hunt?

This hunting season has been less than spectacular for me to say the least.  I have been on two guided hunts that I felt could have been once in a lifetime great hunt. However each hunt […]
November 1, 2019

Corn Is Not Deer’s First Food Choice

Deer hunters like deer are creatures of habit and over the last 20 to 30 years, they seem to have gotten into a rut of putting our corn and doe-in-heat scents and leaving their hunting experience […]
November 1, 2019

Opening Day Brings Excitement!

The general whitetail deer season opens Saturday, bringing a high level of excitement to the outdoors community. While hunting in the Hill Country as a teen, opening day was about as exciting for me as Christmas. […]
October 29, 2019

What Are The Perfect Food Plots?

All too often I get asked about what I plant for my food plots for whitetails.  The truth is that far too regularly I see hunters planting things that have no real draw or affect on a […]
October 18, 2019

Fooling Deer’s Eyes & Ears Challenging

Camouflage is the most obvious way we hunters try to fool deer’s senses. While it is a widespread fashion statement these days, camouflage is a practical application against the eyes of the game we pursue. Here […]
October 18, 2019

Trust Your ‘Ballistic Bridge’ To Nosler Ballistic Tip

Think about the number of hours that goes into the preparation of a whitetail hunt. Researching sections, buying tags, preparing food plots, scouting for rubs, tending game cameras… it’s a year-round job. But all this work […]
September 26, 2019

“Now” Acorns Key To Archery Success

The archery-only season for whitetail deer throughout Texas opens Saturday Sept. 28. Tens of thousands of bowhunters will take to the field to get within 30 yards (yes, some further) of an extremely wary game animal […]