July 2016

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Hit’Em Where it Hurts M ail fraud has been a problem before Benjamin Franklin’s time, and as a high profile user of the U.S. Postal Service, we have come to realize that it is not going to go away any time

Fishgame.com Kudos Just wanted to say I love Jeff Stewart’s “Old Moss Back” blog in the Texas Outdoor Nation part of the website. It brought back memories of chasing a big, old buck on our Lampasas County lease years ago.

Whitetail Management Rules Changed by TPWD J ust as the deadline for this issue hit, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Commission approved a set of regulations pertaining to chronic wasting disease (CWD) and deer management. CWD and its related

Small Fish Big Reward E very angler hopes to hook a big fish. That pretty much defines the expectations at the beginning of each trip. Yet, with some regularity, the big fish fail to cooperate. Sometimes, thinking small can salvage an

Gun Control Really Only Control the Law Abiding G uns. What else did you think might land here in the wake of a lone-gunman terrorist attack that left 49 dead and 53 wounded this past June? First reactions among politicians

It’s All About the Kids I have witnessed perfection and lo and behold, it is indeed our beloved Ted Nugent Kamp for Kids charity. I wish every human being could attend one of these sacred events and see first-hand the sheer

Liberty and Hate O ur country was shocked and horrified on June 12 by the largest mass shooting to occur on American soil to date. Forty-nine innocent people were killed, and another 53 wounded, by one hate-filled man. We read the

Does the Flounder Run Really Start in August? The teal told the story. As I heard about small flocks of blue wing teal starting to arrive in the marshes on the Upper Coast, I knew it was time to get

More Texas Teams Get on the Bus for High School Bass Some serious fishy business  is going on in high schools across Texas. But make no mistake. There is nothing smelly about it. In fact, the fishy business in question

Alternative Game Birds Add to the Diversity of Texas Hunting Ever get tired of competing with a thousand other hunters for game? Want to hunt abundant species with long seasons, liberal bag limits and little pressure— sometimes no seasons or

Have Fun, Hunt Safe W hitetail season is right around the corner and that means most deer hunters will soon be perched 15 to 20 feet above ground in their favorite deer stand. The percentage of hunters who choose to hunt

“What is that?” My fishing partner and (now former) Texas Fish & Game sales rep Nicole Becka asked me and our boat captain Robert Scherer. As she pointed toward the tip of the Port Aransas Jetties, several long black fins

Bench Depth I am an unapologetic piscavore. I love eating fish, often to the chagrin of some of my more “enlightened” fellow anglers who think keeping, filleting, and eating fish like trout, snook, and redfish is some sort of mortal sin

A beautiful herd of longhorn cattle made their way across a bluebonnet covered meadow. Walking down a trail from an oak thicket, one particularly massive bull stopped and glared at us, so I felt obliged to jump out of the

Catching Kermit L ongview Bass Pro Jim Tutt has been sharing entertaining stories with me about his nephew, Andrew, for several years now. To hear Tutt tell it, the Johnson-McQueen Elementary fourth grader is waay mature for his age and has

For this article we are going to assume that you are an experienced reloader who has all the usual equipment and appurtenances. This said, we are going to look at how to make better ammo and reload some of the

Feral Hogs Threatening Texas Eastern Turkey? Despite the intensive efforts that saw turkey hunting opened throughout most of the East Texas region over the last 20 years, more recently numerous counties lost turkey hunting opportunities because of declining numbers. At

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