Texas Fish & Game

The National News of Texas

January 2, 2014

Scientists: Alligators, crocs use tools

It’s springtime at Louisiana’s Lake Martin. The air is filled with the chattering of wading birds in the trees that ring the shoreline as they build their nests and prepare to lay eggs. An alligator lies […]
January 2, 2014

Duck Commander launches line of guns

The gunmaker Mossberg has teamed with Duck Commander, the company owned by “Duck Dynasty’s” Robertson clan, to release nine different shotguns, as well as two semiautomatic rifles and a semiautomatic pistol. Mossberg has begun shipping some […]
January 2, 2014

Whitetail jumps into cheetah enclosure at zoo (not good for deer)

A white-tailed deer did not survive an encounter with two cheetahs after apparently jumping into their enclosure Friday at the National Zoo, authorities said. It was the most recent of the violent confrontations in the Washington […]
January 2, 2014

Gun control groups outspend NRA, others 7 to 1

In the year after the massacre at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Conn., gun-control groups spent $14.1 million on TV advertising. According to Kantar Media’s CMAG, that gave such groups a seven to one advantage […]
January 2, 2014

Bobcat Thinning the Herd

January 2, 2014

A fish as big as the fisherman

My 9 year old son caught this huge black drum on December 27th. It measured 44″ and weighed over 50#.
January 2, 2014

Texas Tasted

Chowhound Chicken Tenders (Serves 3 to 4 regular eaters or a couple of chow hounds) I have a couple of bottomless pit chowhound teenagers at home who are good for a cook’s ego, but hard to fill […]
January 2, 2014

Hotspot Focus: Lower Coast

Braving the Elements Humans for the most part prefer comfort over hardship. If we wake up one morning for a fishing trip and the Weather App tells us that isn’t just cold, but DANG COLD outside, […]
January 2, 2014

Hotspot Focus: Rockport

Climate Realities Even the most ardent critics of climate change have to admit that our planet is changing and, for the most part, not for the better. Acidity levels in our oceans are rising due to […]
January 2, 2014

Hotspot Focus: Upper Mid Coast

Chasing Coldwater Fish Just because Christmas is over doesn’t mean you have to give-up on fishing. The coastal regions of Texas will still have plenty of speckled-trout, redfish, and even some flounders available this month for […]