Texas Fish & Game

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June 23, 2014

Bacon Preservative Is Being Tested for a Surprising New Use

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — A preservative used to cure bacon is being tested as poison for the nation’s estimated 5 million feral hogs. Descendants of both escaped domestic pigs and imported Eurasian boars, the swine cost the […]
June 22, 2014

Buffalo, bears and batteries — Oh My!

I have never used a vehicle makers headline before, but this one was just to good to not steal. I also apologize for the exclamation point but it also seemed like a perfect match.   I […]
June 21, 2014

Measuring the “dead zone”

The Houston Chronicle reports that a team of Texas scientists are releasing four torpedo-like, remote- controlled gliders into the northern Gulf of Mexico to measure oxygen levels, bringing researchers closer to a long-cherished goal of broadly […]
June 20, 2014

Great white shark attacks and destroys a camera rig

A large great white shark destroys a camera by biting it, now the expensive equipment is on the bottom of the ocean off the coast of New Zealand Diver Andy Casagrande IV was using new camera […]
June 20, 2014

Man used bleach to kill $20,000 worth of competitor’s bait fish, say cops

Alexander Ramer found a way to kill off the competition, say police. The Lake Worth man is accused of boating to a Boynton Beach man’s house and pouring bleach on the man’s live bait fish, killing […]
June 20, 2014

Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Grants Itself Authority to Shut Down Any Business at Anytime…Guess What Industry is First on the List…

Last week the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, through the power of Dodd-Frank, passed a rule giving the agency unprecedented power to shut down businesses, no matter what the reason, at any time it wishes through a […]
June 19, 2014

On All Continents Except One, There Are Spiders That Actually Do This

The image of a spider sitting in a web just waiting for its prey — usually an insect — to become trapped doesn’t apply to all arachnids. In fact, scientists recently found more spiders than previously […]
June 19, 2014

Spray it

Fishing guide, Capt. Billie Kocian, sportfishingtexas.com, advises anglers to carry a spray bottle filled with a mixture of bleach and water as part of their gear when they head out to fish this summer, especially if […]
June 19, 2014

Video Recounts History of First ShareLunker, a Fish Called Ethel

ATHENS—A seven-minute video about the most famous largemouth bass ever caught in Texas is now available for viewing on YouTube. “The Legend of Ethel” tells the story of how a 17.67-pound bass caught in November 1986 […]
June 19, 2014

Five Persons Sentenced in Connection with Texas Game Warden Assaults

AUSTIN — One of two men arrested last fall for assaulting two Texas game wardens following a high-speed pursuit in Limestone County has been sentenced to 30 years in prison following guilty pleas to five felonies […]