2021

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In This Issue: Best Lakes for Record Bass  •  Freeze Frame: Analyzing Last Year’s Frigid February  •  A Real Woman of the Outdoors  •  Green Hunts: A Win for Conservation  •  Inside the Boating Boom. • Special Section: The Best

Vigilante Conservation     AS TEXAS FISH & GAME evolved over our almost 40-year history, we cultivated strong working partnerships with a number of “Boots on the Ground” conservation organizations. These groups stand up for the welfare of wildlife and habitat,

Women Hunting I JUST WANTED to say I really appreciate the article on the Women Hunt program in the September/October Issue. It was interesting to see the industry stepping up to get real women hunting initiatives out there. And I

Elk, Nature and Love DAD, THERE’S A BUNCH of elk out here, and one of them’s a bull—a big bull!” My daughter Faith rarely rises first in the morning, but in October 2019 on a trip to Estes Park, Colorado, she

Pump Perfection CERTAIN THINGS BECOME benchmarks of excellence. And these things gain traction through the decades. For example, if you are talking about something as profound as gospel singing, where do you go from Mahalia Jackson and her rendition of Trouble

Analyzing the Impact of Last Year’s Frigid February TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT (TPWD) biologists have recommended the following special trout regulations. • Past emergency rule provisions • Three fish bag limit • 17- to 23-inch slot limit. No fish

Using Darts Instead of Bullets for Wild Game Management, GREEN HUNTING is Also a Win for Conservation and Hunter Recruitment NATHAN CHIDRESS WAS NERVOUS. The huge ibex billy he was hunting had eluded him all afternoon, but now it seemed as

 I AM 33 YEARS OLD, born and raised in New Mexico. I grew up living with my mom, brother, and sister in the city of Albuquerque. My mom’s family is mostly non-hunters, but they support wildlife conservation. There are several hunters

Keeping the Hunt Going KNOW YOU’VE STILL got a hunt or two left on property under the TPWD’s Managed Land Deer Permit program,” stated my brother. He continued, “Some of the bucks I saw early before the season on my property

Five Lakes That Could Set a New Bass Record JANUARY 24, 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of Texas’s state record bass. Many TF&G readers weren’t even born when the 18.18-pound largemouth gobbled up the live shiner Barry St. Clair of