ROGER’S 6 PT
Roger killed this deer in San Saba county as a cull buck. Brow tines not make an inch. It’s 24-1/2 wide , his best
Sharpshooters to take out Illinois deer
Sharpshooters will return to a Will County forest preserve to take out a few more deer in an effort to curb a fatal disease among the herd. Forest preserve officials discovered chronic wasting disease in the Kankakee Sands preservation area
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Saltwater guide catches 12 pound bass on Toledo Bend
Every year, Jared Adams makes his first fishing trip for Toledo Bend bass in February, then transitions to saltwater fishing after early spring. Before he became a licensed charter guide for trophy speckled trout and redfish on Calcasieu Lake, Adams
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Rattlesnakes without rattlers increasing
Rattlesnakes without rattlers? That is what researchers have found in South Dakota where the prairie rattlesnake is the only venomous snake to be found. Over the past couple of years, Terry Phillipp (of Reptile Gardens in Rapid City( has noticed
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Dem. bill would require all new guns to be “personalized”
Sen. Edward Markey has unveiled a gun control bill he says will help reduce firearm violence by requiring all new guns be “personalized” with special features, such as fingerprint-reading technology, so they can only be fired by their owners or
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State seeking info from Tawakoni catfish anglers
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is asking Lake Tawakoni catfish anglers to participate in a brief survey to determine opinions, characteristics and experiences of catfish anglers with emphasis on the blue catfish fishery. Signs and laminated posters promoting the
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Battleship Texas celebrates 100th anniversary
LA PORTE — The Battleship Texas Foundation, working in partnership with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the commissioning of the Battleship TEXAS with two events next month. There will be a private final
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TX Squirrel, mule deer changes examined
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is proposing expansion of mule deer hunting in several counties and extending squirrel season into February across parts of East Texas. TPWD staff presented proposed amendments to the 2014-15 Statewide Hunting Proclamation to the
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TPWD proposes freshwater reg changes
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is proposing freshwater fishing regulation changes that will affect anglers in diverse areas of the state. They are as follows: Guadalupe River below Canyon Reservoir (Comal County): rainbow and brown trout regulations on a section of the
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TPWD proposes 5 trout limit, 2 flounder limit into Dec.
The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department have made official proposals to the 2014-15 Statewide Recreational and Commercial Fishing Proclamation to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. Three of these involve coastal fisheries and two are sure to get the attention of many anglers.
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M16 in Slow Motion (18,000 fps) [video]
The Slow-mo guys recent M16 video lets you see a little full auto action in slow motion: Some folks were amazed at the “glowing embers in the shell casing”. That didn’t impress me, that’s normal. But what I found interesting
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Is the Iphone of guns here?
A dream of gun-control advocates for decades, the Armatix iP1 is the country’s first smart gun. Its introduction is seen as a landmark in efforts to reduce gun violence, suicides and accidental shootings. Proponents compare smart guns to automobile air
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TPWD says Bigfoot hunting legal
Rick Dyer created a stir when he claimed to have shot Bigfoot on the northwest side of San Antonio, Texas, in 2012. While doubts remain on whether it is the real thing or a modern day Cardiff Giant, one of the many questions
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Florida led world in shark attacks in 2013
GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) — Florida was the world leader in unprovoked shark attacks last year with 23, easily most in the United States and more than twice the number as any other country, according to a report released Monday. None of the
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Hope for duck hunters in LCRA counties?
Members of the Lower Colorado River Basin Coalition celebrated a small victory when the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality did not make a determination on the proposed Lower Colorado River Authority’s Emergency Order increasing the interruptible water cut-off trigger to
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Copperheads common when king snakes are not
The ecosystems that shape our planet are a delicate balance of water, mineral, plant, and animal life, and a large part of what maintains the natural order is the predator–prey relationship. Unfortunately, when we see a shift begin to occur,
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