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A Word for Our Sponsors ncome from sponsors has been the lifeblood the media business since the earliest newspapers. A penny a copy turned a tidy profit in the 1800s, but much greater riches were there to […]

Love for ‘The Drive’ I am writing this in response to your page-9 article entitled “The Drive” in the December 2016 issue of TF&G. Your article resonated with me due a couple of factors. One is […]

Feeding the Need have always craved any connection to the outdoors. Without hesitation as a little boy, I would ask my mom to take me in to Wingate’s Meat Market in Orange every single time we passed […]

The Phases of Angling t’s been said that a serious angler goes through four phases during a fishing career. As time passes, I’m inclined to support this evolutionary theory. During the first stage, the young beginner just […]

Breaking the Bass (and Buck and Speck…) Ceiling ebruary, since it’s the month of Valentine’s Day, seems an appropriate time to churn some fresh discussion of women in the outdoors. Groundwork for this topic was laid a […]

Cafe Ingratitude rowing up in a central Texas family that ate meat at almost every meal, a large percentage of it wild, I was entirely unaware of vegetarians. Until I left home for college I believed everyone […]

Ethics…When No One is Watching he glorious Michigan bowseason had been blazing along ferociously for just 20 days. Well, maybe not actually blazing everyday, and I guess not really all that ferocious most of the time either. […]

—story by Matt Williams I’m not sure when I caught my first Florida-strain largemouth bass, or one with traces of the fast-growing gene in its DNA. If I had to guess, it was probably way back […]

Reeling in Some Sense in a Fishing Report f you’re an avid reader of this magazine and others like it, chances are you’re a sponge for information that might provide some sort of edge next time you head […]

How Coastal Floods Affect Saltwater Fishing The Texas coast is prone to experiencing freshwater deluge every few years. Last year represented some of the most epic flooding in the history of Texas with the Sabine, Neches […]

A Chance to Heal y wife thought I was nuts.  You’re going fishing? NOW?” “Yes,” I said as I grabbed a rod and stuffed lures into a bag (I didn’t bother looking at what they were).  “I […]

The Lone Star State’s Mysterious Exotic El Diablo!” “El Diablo!” A man came screaming through a South Texas work camp at night frantic and pointing toward the brush. One of the workers grabbed a big Q-Beam […]

Flounder are moving into bays along the Gulf Coast right now. In a super slow fashion, they are coming through the jetties and filtering into the inland ecosystems after spawning in the Gulf of Mexico. I […]

Pint-Sized Leopards Appear to Be Returning to Texas Wildlife biologists in December trapped an ocelot kitten at Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge, just east of Rio Hondo according to officials with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife […]

Memories of a Hunt t was opening day of bow season and dawn found me perched in my tree stand as I waited for another beautiful sunrise. It was unusual to have the wind come from the […]

Profiles of Texas Catfish Recently the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) has taken a renewed interest in catfish. A big part of their strategy for growing fishing interest in urban and suburban areas is the […]

Mulefoots and Other Strange Hogs of Texas For all practical purposes the hogs we hunt are sus scrofa but there are a number of regional variations that some people are adamant are a different species entirely. […]

More on Night Vision ew night vision products are being introduced at an ever-faster pace, which is good news. Even better news is that prices are steadily easing downward. A good example is the new Echo1 thermal […]

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WMA Whitetail Research eer hunting operations making use of the Managed Lands Deer Permit system will be able to continue hunting through February, while most average deer hunters have already stowed their gear weeks ago. Although you […]

Fish Deeper, Warmer Water in February ebruary has found us and there are lots of folks who are waiting as patiently as possible for the consistent warm temperatures that will begin to prevail in the not […]

February Is A Month To Pause And Consider very indication as I write this is that 2017 will begin a “brave new world” for citizens of the United States of America – in one way or another. Because […]

Conditions for a Good Day in Three Locations t was mid-February and the water temperature was 59°F. Jeff Wiley and I waited until late afternoon to launch our kayaks in the Old Colorado River to give the sun […]

February’s Trophy Trout lot of Coastal Anglers who are fortunate enough to be able to fish on a regular basis often manage impressive catches of trout that measure anywhere between 15, and 22 to 23 inches in […]

Cold Meanderigs ow do you get up and motivate yourself to fish in the cold?” I was asked one VERY cold February morning? I have to admit that the friend who asked me had his body pretty […]

Depth Charges ne of my favorite ways to antagonize my Michigan in-laws is to send a picture of me and Sandie fishing in the middle of winter with a caption that says, “Enjoying a balmy day in […]

Rigged for the Hunt ome of us have a dedicated boat (or boats) both for fishing and hunting, but not everyone is fortunate enough to own multiple boats. Many of us have only one boat, and […]

Speed Perch t has been said that Caesar Augustus disliked the month of February so much that he shortened it to 28 days, just so that it would be over sooner. Although scholars might take issue with the […]

The Ruger Hawkeye in 6.5 Creedmoor recently wrote an article on the 6.5 caliber cartridges. In it I mentioned the 6.5 Creedmoor. I have since had an opportunity to use it more and I think it’s time […]

Fisherman’s Lodge on the White River Texas anglers wanting to try their luck at catching rainbow, brown, brook and cutthroat trout need only to make a short trip into Arkansas and fish on the famous White […]

End-to-End Storytelling with Cloud-Connected HERO5 Cameras GoPro, Inc. unveiled new products and services that dramatically simplify the process of capturing, editing and sharing engaging content, establishing GoPro as an end-to-end storytelling solution.  In addition to significant […]

Go Deeper with Sonar I am a bank fisherman. I spent years fishing out of a boat but began from the bank and after getting rid of my boat to reduce expenses around the household, I […]

Boudin Chops This recipe is great for entertaining and tastes just as great as it appears on the plate, I use Venison Boudin, but regular Boudin will work just fine 4—At least 1 inch thick pork […]

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Pitching for Bass in February resh out of high school, Gary Klein moved from California to Texas to begin his bass fishing career, largely because the Lone Star State is blessed with so many great man-made reservoirs. […]

Candles elbert P. Axelrod, better known as Stinkfoot, came struggling through the doors of Doreen’s 24 HR Eat Gas Now Cafe with his arms around a large cardboard box. None of the Hunting Club members moved a […]

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