Horse Killings

I READ WITH great horror the series of articles and podcasts you did on the horse killings in Texas and in Florida.

Do you think it’s possible there is someone out there killing horses like a killer would kill multiple people?

Deborah K.

Horse killings around Texas have been the topic of Chester’s recent podcasts at
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Editor: I think there are at least two different things going on. I think, as in the cases we covered in the Houston metro area, an underground horsemeat trade is involved. In these cases, meat is harvested, and there has been some proof of illegal horsemeat showing up in markets.

The killings we have discussed involving the shooting and leaving of horses is different. It is possible someone connected to several of these is essentially a pattern killer of horses. We also have to consider just random bad people who see a horse and think it’s funny to kill it. Strange world we live in for sure.

Fishing Lights

I HAVE FISHED most of my life up until about 10 years ago. I just retired from the sheriff’s office and am getting back into saltwater fishing.

I want to do some night fishing using lights. Are there months that are more productive than others? I know summer is big because it’s only 85 degrees at night like a blue norther.

Is the fall and spring just as productive? And would you focus more on shallower water during these seasons, instead of places like the dike?

Not sure winter is a great idea during nighttime hours.

I appreciate any help you can provide.

Robert Noack

Editor: Summer is great. Late spring can be good as well. Fall is pretty good up until around November in my experience. Focus on where you have concentrations of baitfish. The baitfish are the link to the sportfish around the lights.

Strange Sightings

CHESTER, WHAT is the weirdest thing you have ever seen in terms of exotic animals driving around Texas. I saw a big red kangaroo in the Hill Country behind a high fence, and I thought that was pretty crazy.

Pete Campbell

Editor: Yes, seeing a big red kangaroo would be pretty crazy. I saw my ultimate this summer as we were driving in an undisclosed part of the Hill Country when I saw a pair of tapirs from South America in a large high-fenced pasture. We were on a Higher Calling Wildlife expedition with some boys and I told them, “No one will ever be able to one-up you now on roadside sightings.”

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