2016

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You’re the Boss As we enter this new year, we want to begin by saying “Thank You” to our loyal readers. Without you, we literally could not do this work, which we consider a true calling and a blessing. Many

Kudos for Kendal Just last week, I was attending the grand opening of a local Dick’s Sporting Goods in Katy. While standing in the hot sun waiting my turn to meet Uncle Si from the TV show “Duck Dynasty,” I

State of the Nation Last year we introduced the concept of the “Texas Outdoor Nation.” Texas is larger than many countries and in many social and natural ways is a nation unto itself. Our goal is to give all of

Yield to Nature Henry David Thoreau famously called it “the therapeutic value of nature.” The mid-19th Century American philosopher and naturalist based this conclusion on the two years he spent living by Walden Pond in New England. In his book, Walden,

Play Date on a Bay Boat Since our nine-year old boys were barely eight, Andrew Cloutier and I have tried to coordinate a fishing trip for ourselves and the three of them. His are a matched set, and I’ve got

The Politics of Hunting Politics! Bah Humbug! I’ve heard it over and over again and again for so many years. “That Nugent is just too damn political!” What a terrible shame that any American can reference politics as anything negative,

Trump .45 Barring unforeseen events to the contrary, Donald J. Trump will be sworn in as the 45th president of the United States of America on January 20. Some Americans are happy about that, some are ambivalent, and some are

The vast majority of Texans lives within 90 minutes of world-class bass fishing. Whether it’s Lake Falcon to the south, Toledo Bend to the east, Alan Henry to the north or a host of lakes in the central part of

The Truth About Dioxins in Galveston Bay The Galveston Bay area has official warnings on the consumption of speckled trout in large portions of the ecosystem. According to the World Health Organization, dioxins are environmental pollutants. They belong to the

Free-Ranging Across the State for More Than 60 Years, These Exotic Imports are Right at Home in Texas The aoudad may be the most challenging animal to hunt in North America. There I said it. Whitetail purists are liable to

The Lake Most Likely I t’s hard to believe, but January 24 will mark the 25th anniversary of Texas’s current state record bass. Weighing a whopping 18.18 pounds, the heavyweight fish was reeled in on a chilly Friday afternoon by Barry

Cold Strategy T here’s nothing novel if I were to tell you that wintertime is prime time for big speckled trout. Countless big yellow-mouths have been pulled out of cold Texas waters during the winter over the years. Ironically, the biggest of

  January 2-15 marks the late muzzleloader season for whitetail deer in 90 counties across the state. It gives hunters an option to score on deer that eluded them during the archery only and general season. “The last muzzleloader season

Hype or Deathly Seriously? Roughly five years have passed since chronic wasting disease first reared its ugly head on Texas soil. That’s when sample collections and testing of more than two dozen free ranging mule deer in far West Texas

This is the best time of year to see boats, boats and more boats! As 2016 becomes history, so do the 2016 model year boats. And if you’re in the market for a new boat, 2017 holds some great surprises