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January 9, 2014

Ram Mossy Oak returns to truck lineup

The pattern is so distinctive that even non-hunters readily recognize it.  Mossy Oak is America’s best known camouflage brand.  It speaks to the outdoors and was introduced as a vehicle theme by Ram Brand in 2011.  […]
January 8, 2014

Good samaritan helps rescue TX fisherman

A good Samaritan has helped the U.S. Coast Guard save two men whose fishing boat capsized off the southern Texas Gulf Coast. The men were fishing on Monday near Redfish Bay in Port Aransas when their […]
January 8, 2014

Teachers need guns, says lawmaker

The 18-year-old student who stormed into his Colorado school last month with a shotgun and a bandolier of bullets across his chest, fatally shooting a classmate and setting fire to the library, provided fresh ammunition for […]
January 8, 2014

Will feds use Obamacare to take guns?

I read an article recently, by Brandon Turbeville, about the Executive Actions Obama signed, January 3rd  2014,  further limiting our gun rights, and it got me to thinking about the “Axis of Evil” which have now joined forces […]
January 8, 2014

NOAA announces regulations to protect Gulf marine mammals

NOAA Fisheries announced today final regulations requiring the United States Navy to implement protective measures during training and testing activities in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico to reduce effects on marine mammals. The Navy […]
January 8, 2014

Men plead guilty to smuggling narwhal tusks

Jay G. Conrad, of Lakeland, Tenn., pleaded guilty today in the District of Maine to conspiring to illegally import and traffic narwhal tusks, conspiring to launder money, and illegally trafficking narwhal tusks, announced Robert G. Dreher, […]
January 8, 2014

Wardens encounter poachers, lame excuses

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports. Willie the Decoy  Two Henderson County game wardens and two Cherokee County game wardens were patrolling for night hunters because calls […]
January 8, 2014

Texas State Fish Art Contest seeks entries

The Texas State-Fish Art Contest, headquartered at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC), reminds Texas teachers and students that the deadline for entries in the 2014 State-Fish Art Contest is March 31, 2014. The contest is […]
January 8, 2014

a couple years hunting on public land

January 8, 2014

3 yr old takes me on “guided hunt”

My niece insisted on doing the work, so I let her. Set out a few decoys, called the birds and called shots(better than most) it was fun letting her enjoy the experience!