2017

A Sporting Chance W hether you believe that global warning, or Climate Change, is a real phenomenon or just a hoax cooked up in the back rooms of sinister New World Order conspiracy factories, there is one undeniable—if not entirely inconvenient—truth: […]

More on the Hog Issue First, let me say that I appreciate the fact that effort is being made to control or eliminate these scavengers. I am over 80 years old; have hunted and fished for over 70 years; have

No Black Cougars, but How About a White One? S ightings of “black panthers” are common throughout Texas. Many hunters, fishermen, birdwatchers, hikers and people of all walks of life reporting seeing large long-tailed black cats they label as “black panthers.”

Like Mayberry T he Andy Griffith was a favorite of mine when I was a kid during the early ’60s. I still recall the opening credits, when Sheriff Taylor and young Opie are walking along a road to a wooded lake.

Boarders Mean Nothing to an Invasive Species I t seems a good time to change the term “invasive species” to “entrenched species.” For the better part of 30 years, I’ve watched our Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and its equivalencies around the

Varmint Control is a Conservation Duty P olitical correctness and its inherent scourge of dishonesty and denial are bad and dangerous wherever you find them. When people living in Detroit can spew their comfortable disconnect and resultant ignorance about wolves and

Sticks and Stones and Snowflakes B ecoming a full-time college student after age 50 is probably not for everyone, but it has its perks. A few months ago, during my last semester as an undergrad, I enjoyed an opportunity available to

By design, kayaks are stealthy vessels, but hushed operation isn’t a foregone conclusion; it requires knowledge and practice.  Kayaks were invented by Inuits hunters longing to put more meat on the table.  The original kayaks were made of whale bone,

On a scale of one to ten, I’d have to rate Texas bass fishing a rock-solid eleven. I say that because a passel of top-notch lakes across the state have abundant bass populations, the fish are fat and sassy, and

Growing up in Northeast Texas offered very few opportunities for crabbing. We enjoyed pulling monster crawfish from their holes with some bacon on a string, which I guess was a bit of little league practice for the big time of

Hunting South Dakota Merriams, Continued A s promised the saga of my incredible South Dakota hunt continues (see Part One, in the June issue). After an unforgettable morning of hunting Merriams with no luck, we headed back through the prairie fields

The Smartest Trolling Motor Ever Made O ne of the coolest perks of this business is I often get to check out some of the latest and greatest in fishing gear and boating accessories before they go main stream. I’ve field

The dingy waters of Cow Bayou wind through the southernmost reaches of the Piney Woods and empty into the coastal marsh near the mouth of Sabine Lake. The upper reaches north of FM 105 are lined with hulking cypress trees

Black July J uly was usually a special month for me because I would attend ICAST and marvel at the different and vast examples of innovation that the fishing industry had to offer. These days, my health prevents me from venturing

There is a rule in writing: Never write about dead friends or dead dogs. Well get ready, because I am going to break that rule right now, and I think you will enjoy the result, especially if you are a

Isn’t This a Fine Pickerel Did you know there are pike right here in Texas? Well, sort of. The chain pickerel, a close cousin of both the northern pike and muskellunge (musky) can be found right here in local river

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Testing CZ’s P-10C Every year, the NRA Annual Meeting (NRAAM) provides a showcase for hundreds of new guns and shooting accessories to whet the appetites of America’s gun enthusiasts. In the coming months, I hope to try out some of

Red Hot Snappers E veryone seems to be  seeing red over snappers in the Gulf of Mexico. State fisheries officials claim that the majority of red snappers caught by recreational anglers come from federal waters while federal officials with fisheries

The Heat is On at the Rigs S ummer has arrived in full force here on Texas’s uppermost coast and the heat is definitely on.  The arrival of one of our hottest months here on Sabine means that if you haven’t