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January 25, 2016

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Skyrocketing East Texas Lease Fees I am 56 years of age. Live in Jefferson County. Hunt in Tyler County. About 80 miles to drive. Been doing so on my own for 43 years, chasing squirrels at […]

January 25, 2016

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Things You Can’t Unsee I read your article titled “Things you can’t Unsee.” I just wanted to let you know it was both moving and inspirational to me. It made me think of things I experienced […]

January 25, 2016

In Search Of Monsters The brush popped as footfalls sounded in the forest. As I flipped on my Generation 3 night vision goggles, a low grunt sounded from the direction of the footfalls. Just down the […]

January 25, 2016

EDITOR’S NOTES by Chester Moore

Discovering Wildlife hat is out there? That is the question that has led me to spend vast amounts of time in the woods and on the water since childhood. What is out there? I have yet […]

January 25, 2016

THE TF&G REPORT

Game Wardens Encounter Wild Situations The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement field investigations. Into the Night As two Val Verde County game wardens conducted their nightly patrol, they […]

January 25, 2016

TEXAS HOT SHOTS

Bison Bandera County Cutbow Trout Colorado Mahi Mahi Sabina Pass Post your own Action Photos and Check Out the TEXAS HOT SHOTS Photo Contest

January 25, 2016

THE TF&G REPORT

Fishing and Hunting Now a Constitutional Right in Texas Last November, Texas voters made an overwhelming decision to make fishing and hunting a constitutional right. Prop. 6 passed by a margin of 82 to 18 […]

January 25, 2016

DOGGETT AT LARGE by Joe Doggett

The Junction Monster he Texas white-tailed deer season opened the fourth of November; but, as far as I was concerned, it might as well have been the Twelfth of Never. Such were my chances of going on […]

January 25, 2016

TEXAS HOT SHOTS

Black Drum Galveston Grand Slam Port O’Connor Hawaiian Sheep Uvalde Post your own Action Photos and Check Out the TEXAS HOT SHOTS Photo Contest

January 25, 2016

DOGGETT AT LARGE by Joe Doggett

What’s In A Name? he name game can be confusing in fishing. You need to cast no farther than in the direction of the nearest “speckled trout” to realize this. Our most popular inshore saltwater fish is […]

January 25, 2016

PIKE ON THE EDGE by Doug Pike

Try to Fill Your Bucket here comes a time in very person’s life when he or she contemplates, in earnest, the inevitable end. Some people make bucket lists. I prefer instead to recall some pretty cool boxes […]

January 25, 2016

NUGENT IN THE WILD by Ted Nugent

Celebrate the Glorious, Glorious RUT! hen you’re out in the deerwoods everyday like I am, you become extremely tuned in to God’s miraculous creation, the pulsations of nature and her majestic, soul-stirring critters. There really is a […]

January 25, 2016

PIKE ON THE EDGE by Doug Pike

Nature Calls t isn’t easy working in an office of people who, with a handful of exceptions, are unfamiliar with hunting, fishing, or anything else related even marginally to the outdoors. They’re bright and successful people, well-meaning and […]

January 25, 2016

NUGENT IN THE WILD by Ted Nugent

In the Wind, Dad is Still Alive celebrate everyday I’m alive in America as a magnificent gift from God, especially during the dynamo that is my sacred hunting season. But every year on Thursday, December 17, something […]

January 25, 2016

COMMENTARY by Kendal Hemphill

Vote Wisely or some reason, Americans seem to have a knack for electing brainless goober heads to Congress and the Senate. One of the most popular examples of this phenomenon is the video, which can be found […]

January 25, 2016

DAWN OF THE SPAWN

Strategies for Early Spawning Bass Like most bass fishing junkies, I enjoy chasing America’s fish during all seasons of the year. But if I had to choose a time period when my radar really lights up, […]

January 25, 2016

GAR ARE GETTING A BAD RAP

For many years, the alligator garfish has had a reputation as a possibly dangerous fish that occasionally would take a bite out of humans. It supposedly ate its weight in game fish every day, particularly largemouth […]

January 25, 2016

TEXAS SALTWATER by Calixto Gonzales

Cold Trout, Warm Hearts uch like many others anglers out there, I have been the victim of a myth. I have believed, for quite some time in fact, that fishing is the pits in February. January fishing […]

January 25, 2016

HAND LOADING 101 by Steve LaMascus

Handloading, also known as reloading, is in its simplest form the act of replacing the components of an expended centerfire cartridge. This can be rifle, pistol, or shotgun. It is not possible for the handloader to […]

January 25, 2016

THE DEPT. OF DEFENSE

Practicing for Self-Defense hen you go to the range to practice with your concealed carry handgun, you need to do more than just stand at 10 yards and shoot a few magazines at a target. If you […]

January 25, 2016

BARE BONES HUNTING by Lou Marullo

Cold Season have to say that for me, February is the worst month of the year. The rut is over, whitetail hunting is over, and unless you are after exotics or hogs, hunting is over—period. All that’s […]

January 25, 2016

BASS RUSH

Catching Largemouth in a Current Not all Texas bass are caught in reservoirs. In fact, not even all major bass tournaments are held on reservoirs as evidenced by two very successful Bassmater Elite Series events in […]

January 25, 2016

COMMENTARY by Kendal Hemphill

Peace on Earth t’s working The terrorism, I mean. You can’t watch the news, or go on Twitter or Facebook, or have a conversation, without hearing one side or the other of how we should be […]

January 25, 2016

SPECIAL SECTION

East Texas Needs More Turkeys The Pineywoods region of Texas has long been a bastion of wildlife, harboring some of the best deer hunting and duck hunting in the state. However, one outdoor pursuit that seemingly […]

January 25, 2016

THE RAIN EFFECT

The big rains that fell across much of Texas last spring and summer brought utter devastation to parts of the landscape and wrecked countless lives as it caused historic flooding that washed out roadways, breached dams […]

January 25, 2016

SONIC BRINE

Down & Side Imaging in Saltwater Imaging sonar systems may have first been introduced as a way of catching more bass, but they’ve proved their worth in saltwater, too. In this day and age if you […]

January 25, 2016

MATCH THE HATCH FOR SPECKLED TROUT

Speckled trout are finicky creatures. All fish have periods of aggressive biting and lockjaw but in terms of inland saltwater fish in Texas, specks are the most confusing, especially the larger ones This is especially true […]

January 25, 2016

TEXAS FRESHWATER by Matt Williams

Giant Salvinia Finds Its Way to Fork t’s hard to imagine that one knucklehead could change the face of what is arguably the most storied bass lake in all of America in a matter of seconds, but […]

January 25, 2016

TEXAS SALTWATER by Calixto Gonzales

Decompression ishing can be a high pressure endeavor. Tournament anglers don’t fish just to have fun. They MUST catch fish—usually the largest of the targeted species—to have a chance of winning, or at least finishing in the money. […]

January 25, 2016

FISH & GAME PHOTOS

Last November we put out a call for game camera and hunter kill photos of monster hogs and the response has been phenomenal. Photos are still coming in and one thing is certain. There are plenty […]

January 25, 2016

OPEN SEASON by Reavis Z. Wortham

Through a Scope arm pine trees scented the air. I tried to be absolutely still, even though an angry squirrel chattered forty yards away, scolding me for being in his woods. I employed my Husband Senses and […]

January 25, 2016

THE PRACTICAL ANGLER by Greg Berlocher

White Bass: Feeling the Love ometimes an article writes itself. It flows from my fingers into the keyboard and onto the screen easily and 20 minutes later I’m done. This is not one of those articles. Why? […]

January 25, 2016

TEXAS GUNS by Steve LaMascus

He’ll Do to Ride the River With here is an old saying in Texas: “He’ll do to ride the river with.” This is the epitaph on the headstone of my old friend Bill Waldrop. Bill was […]

January 25, 2016

INDUSTRY INSIDER

Berhorst Wins Lew’s Speed Fishing Title Lew’s announces that Missouri’s Dennis Berhorst is the first to win the company’s new Speed Fishing Angler of the Year title, and also that it will be offering the awards […]

January 25, 2016

FISH & GAME GEAR

Hip Hugger Classic Holster The Hip Hugger Classic Holster is America’s premier solution for today’s conceal carry woman on the go. The most popular item in our line, the HipHugger conforms to a woman’s body and […]

January 25, 2016

COASTAL FORECAST: Sabine

Wintery Fish Finds ishing along the Texas Gulf Coast in the month of February can at times be pretty tough. From the bone chilling north winds, to the frigid waters, extremely low tides, and seeming lack of action, […]

January 25, 2016

COASTAL FORECAST: Galveston

February Memories arly in my surf fishing “career,” I can remember a nice, sunny Sunday evening in February near San Luis Pass—on the Galveston side. After a chilly Saturday and a cold night, temperatures warmed enough […]

January 25, 2016

COASTAL FORECAST: Matagorda

Finding Fish in February t Matagorda harbor on a mid-February afternoon I was cleaning a redfish—the only fish my wife and I caught on that day. As I worked, two young men came to the cleaning table carrying […]

January 25, 2016

COASTAL FOCUS: Upper Mid Coast

Coastal February Fishing ormally in February we begin noticing an increase in the frequency of frontal passages, which means there is a good possibility that there will also be a lot of variation in water levels, water […]

January 25, 2016

COASTAL FORECAST: Rockport

Rituals & Superstitions: Are We Crazy? had the fortune of fishing with a physician and his psychologist wife a few years back. We had a good trip but I must admit I suspected she was psychoanalyzing me […]

January 25, 2016

COASTAL FORECAST: Lower Coast

My Black Valentine ‘m slowly beginning to warm up to February. Most anglers will tell you that the shortest month is also the toughest, angling-wise. The stout cold fronts, north wind, and otherwise snotty conditions make for […]

January 25, 2016

TEXAS TASTED

Habanero Glazed High Flying Quail Quail hunting in South Texas may be having its best season in several years. With the wet spring and summer we experienced, there have been plenty of insects, especially those darned […]

January 25, 2016

OUTDOOR DIRECTORY

TEXAS FRESHWATER Lake Amistad Lake Texoma DFW Metroplex TEXAS SALTWATER Upper Texas Coast Mid Texas Coast HUNTING South Texas

January 25, 2016

Explorer Henry Worsley Dies 30 Miles from Finishing Solo Antarctica Trek

British explorer Henry Worsley died last week while attempting the first solo expedition across Antarctica in recorded history. After spending 71 days alone on the continent and traveling over 900 miles, Worsley was just 30 miles […]

January 25, 2016

FISH & GAME PHOTOS

Speckled Trout Galveston Alligator Gar Caddo Lake Turkey Eagle Pass Bobcat Bee County Whitetail Eden Whitetail Holman Redfish Olivia Shark Galveston Whitetail Menard Bass Caldwell County Corsican […]

January 25, 2016

Texas Fish & Game February 2016

January 21, 2016

TFG at SHOT Pt. 3

The number of products specifically marketed to ladies at SHOT has grown in the last decade and we were relieved to find one that didn’t just slap on some pink and call it a female product. […]

January 21, 2016

TFG at SHOT pt. 2

Today at SHOT we were happy to find a new product by Thermacell. This is literally a life-saving product as mosquitoes can carry the deadly West Nile Virus and the woods and marshes I hunt are […]

January 21, 2016

The Best New AR Products from SHOT Show 2016

SHOT Show 2016 is here, so it’s time to check out all the latest gear. Let’s take a look at some of what’s new for the AR platform. Read full story at OutdoorHub.com

January 20, 2016

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