Larry Peltier caught these two bass, an 8.2-pounder and a 5.1-pounder, while flipping the bushes on Lake Sam Rayburn.

Thirteen-year-old Alice Aitken got this deer on her first hunt last New Year’s Day. She was hunting with her dad, Thomas.

Jacob Wagner caught this big drum in Port Aransas on 15-pound test line. It took 45 minutes of fighting and a mile of water to bring in the 56-inch long, 34-inch girth, 74-pound fish.

Jackie Holman caught this 39-inch red while fishing in the surf at Bolivar Peninsula in his kayak.

Thirteen-year-old, Brooklyn Polk of Allen, caught this nice bass on a white Biffle Bug while fishing at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center in Athens.

Garrett Leitko of Friendswood was hunting with his uncle when this 200-pound boar hog walked out and was shot with a .30-06, which dropped him in his tracks.

Two-year-old Matthew Landers with his first fish, a red caught on Estes Flats near Rockport.

Nine-year-old Logan Mount caught his first fish ever, this nice catfish, while fishing with his grandfather on a pond at Rowlett.

Johnny Walbrick caught this 28-inch, 9+ pound speckled trout, his personal best, while fishing on Galveston Bay. He released the trout to fight again.

Fourteen-year-old Ethan Garcia of Corpus Christi caught this 28-inch red, his biggest so far while fishing the Packery Channel Bend.

Pat Adcock of Spring with a nice redfish from Galveston Bay.

Daniel, Dakota, and Roger Roberts with a huge boar hog taken while hunting in Montgomery County. The awesome beast tipped the scale at 329 pounds.

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