Episode 2 of God’s Outdoors with Chester Moore is in the on-demand archive at GETV.org. It’s called “Wildlife Encounters on a Budget” and features encounters with Gulf Coast box turtles, bald eagles and a crazy spider crab, all the while
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Chester Moore “Strange things are done ‘neath the midnight sun.” Had the author of that line, Robert Service, lived in Texas, he might have penned similar words about fishing the bays. Robert Sanchez and party could provide inspiration. Several years
Being a photographer and videographer has given me a unique opportunity to look into the eyes of many, many wild creatures which has allowed me to learn so much about them. The following is some wild eyes I have looked
Ligers. Despite rumors to the contrary they are not just the figment of movie nerd’s “Napoleone Dynamite”. They are a real hybrid consisting of a female lion and a male tiger. Terri Werner and I interviewed “Doc” Antle of the
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The first episode of God’s Outdoors with Chester Moore is available for viewing online at GETV.org. Click here to watch the episode on demand in HD. The episode is called “Wildlife in the City” and features opossums, foxes, geese and
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African elephants have been at the forefront of international “green” wildlife conservation efforts for the last 30 years. When ivory poaching was brought to the public’s consciousness in the mid 1980s, the world was rightly appalled and millions of dollars
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The alligator garfish is my favorite creature that dwells the rivers and lakes of North America. Growing possibly up to 10 feet in length and routinely measuring more than seven feet they are legitimate “River Monsters”. As a child I
We got a great response to our jaguarundi special on Extreme Wildlife Radio. In case you missed it, Terri Werner and I interviewed Jim Broaddus with Bear Creek Feline Center about these mysterious and uniquely beautiful cats. I just got
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A story in The Huffington Post on a Texas couple who say they caught an alleged “chupacabra” in a live trap caused a gigantic stir on social media last week. I got dozens of inquiries about the identity of the
Chester Moore IF THERE IS A DARK SIDE to hunting in the American South, it comes via wild hogs. No animal from Texas to Florida is more unpredictable, aggressive and, in some circumstances, downright evil. Take, for example, the “Satan
Kingdom Zoo is a lifestyle and although I didn’t have a name for it back then, it always has been. This is a shot of me outside the serpentarium at The Houston Zoo when I was eight years old. I
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Ted Nugent The spectacular view from atop the jagged, silver cliffs of the Greenwood Valley Ranch was spine tingling and breathtaking to say the least. The colorful winter beauty of the eternal Texas Hill country went on forever and titillated
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Chester Moore Some 26 years ago, when I graduated high school, I considered myself an environmentalist. I was concerned about the destruction of wildlife habitat, the degradation of certain endangered species and cancer causing chemicals being put in the air,
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The shrew is a mouse-sized insectivore that is arguably the most voracious predator on the planet and the two most common varieties are the southern short-tailed shrew and the least shrew. Shrews have an extremely high metabolic rate. According to
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During my early research into red wolves, my aunt gave me this clipping from the Orange Leader newspaper dating back to 1986. It shows a man with what looks very much like a red wolf he shot in Orange County in 1986.
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If your image of the kangaroo is simply a beautiful creature hopping around the Australian outback, you’re in for a shock. The red kangaroo is the largest variety and they can grow up to six feet tall. I photographed this
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Owls are my very favorite bird. Since I saw a massive great-horned owl fly right over my head on a narrow wooded trail they have had a special place in my heart. Here’s a cool shot of a barred owl
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This is the coolest wildlife photo I have ever taken. It is a red-tailed hawk carrying an endangered Texas kangaroo rat in one talon and with a band showing it had been captured and released at some point. Talk about
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Helen Curl shared this super cool photo of a tiny flounder caught 35 miles north of Sabine Lake in the Indian Lake area of the Sabine River near Deweyville. I am not sure what variety of flounder this is (Some tiny varieties
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