The debate over bait has been a long and difficult one which has pitted friends and relatives at each others throats for years. I first got introduced into the debate over the use of feeders and feeding corn while I […]
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Hunters Have Reason to Smile This Season! Deer hunting brings in more than 2 billion dollars to the state’s economy each year and as fall comes to Texas, more than one million hunters are gearing up for another season. But
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AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department announced the 14 lucky winners of this year’s Big Time Texas Hunts selected at random from entries in the drawing. All told, hunters bought over 79,000 Big Time Texas Hunt entries during
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Recently I received an email from a reader who said they caught what they thought at first was a decent speckled trout but when they took it out of the net they realized it was a huge sand trout. I caught some that size under
Bull Croaker and Mega Sand Trout? You Bet! Read More »
I guess you could say I am the quintessential Texas outdoors RIVER RAT, HILLBILLY, REDNECK and I am pretty ok with that. I was raised in a time when bell bottoms and disco reigned supreme and I hated it. I
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TF&G has just learned that Jim Wallace has passed away at age 66. Wallace was the angler who broke the state record for speckled trout in Baffin Bay in 1996 with a monster 33.13-inch 13 pound, 11-ounce sow. “Jim was
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Debbie caught this red on a curly tailed gulp while sight casting in a narrow bayou off of Trinity Bay. Great fight in a confined space, hooked reds were charging the boat and actually running out in the marsh grass
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33″ Redfish caught on light tackle. It took 20 min. to land this hard fighting Lake Calcasieu Red.
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Oysters and fishermen rate it as a Texas Coastal Hot Spot One of the more popular fishing spots in West Matagorda Bay is the Half Moon Reef. The reef is one of the largest, innovative, and hugely successful oyster reef
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38″ Redfish caught on a spinnerbait / paddletail combo, Oct 21. Released.
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Quail Season opens Saturday with high expectations AUSTIN – Quail live on the edge. In lean years when weather and habitat conditions conspire against them, the birds hunker down and then when things are right their numbers explode. Experts refer
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High Quality UV resistant 3M material Updated Regulations Amazing Graphics Easy to Apply Made in the USA 100% Satisfaction Portable Ruler or Decal $15.99 + shipping The Texas Inshore Slam Release Ruler is the perfect tool to help aid in
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Whitetail movement increasing after cold fronts is a commonly held belief among hunters. But according to Ken Swenson of Swenson Whitetail Ranch, he sees something different. “Our deer absolutely increase their eating in a big way before a front arrives. A
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This week on The Best of The Outdoors Podcast, we visit with Marty McIntyre, owner of GARQUEST Bowfishing Adventures. In this show we cover bowfishing for common carp, grass carp, gar, tilapia and more and how you can get started on a
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Flounder! No, we are not talking about that pudgy fraternity pledge in the movie Animal House. We are speaking of that flat, spotted, strange bottom-hugging fish known as the Southern Flounder. For most of the year, the elusive flounder avoids
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You Must Outplay Nature to Outwit Deer. I hate crows. Well, I don’t really hate them, but the dislike is powerful since they have caused me to lose shots a couple of times. I did everything right. I wore camo, set up my stand
It’s exciting to stretch a caliber to its limits. Personally I’ve only shot a .22LR out to 300 yards. However I stumbled upon this video with an Australian shooter making repeated hits at 720 yards. Nearly half a mile with
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The Toyota Sharelunker season annually begins Oct. 1 and that is when state officials accept donations of bass weighing 13 pounds or more. Looking at the Sharelunker records you can see that early fall has been fairly successful for those huge fish. Looking at the Sharelunker database Toledo Bend
Sharelunker: Secrets of Giant Fall Bass and More Read More »
Feral hogs are not native to Texas. In fact, they are not native to the United States at all. According to a report entitled, “Feral Hogs in Texas” compiled by members of the Texas Agricultural Extension Service, explorers such as
So, Where Did Texas Hogs Really Come From? The Answers Might Surprise You Read More »
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