Texas Boating
Looking Up, Down, and All Around Side-scanning sonar has now been around for several years, down-scanning units have come to incorporate CHIRP technology, and for 2014 even more new ways to find those fish have been released on the […]
True Green
Scientists Create New Oyster Reef Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi researchers have fine-tuned a method to create oyster reef by charging sea water with electricity, something that officials said is a way to replenish the coastal ecosystem. In some areas of
The TF&G Report
Grants Awarded for Texas Coast The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) today announced $8.8 million for five Texas projects that address high priority conservation needs. The projects, developed in consultation with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, Texas Commission
Texas Saltwater
Resolution The last two years have been rough on me. At no time was I more reminded of my mortality than during the stretch from March of 2012 to last October. In those 20 months, I said goodbye to three
Pike on the Edge
Pulling the Plug It wasn’t until November that I realized how dependent we all are on electronic communication. More important, I also realized that even without it the world around us doesn’t skip a beat. Not that there’s anything wrong
Ted’s TexasWild
Most Mystical Flight of the Arrow Skunked! And skunked again! I think this was my 15th or 16th day of nothing. Zero. Nada. Zilch. Backstrapless. Empty handed. Like nuthin! But alas, ol Nuge never gives up. I never say never,
Letters to the Editor
A Disturbance in the Force For several weeks, I have discerned a disturbance in the force but, have not been able to determine its source. I am not going to say it has haunted me, but I have definitely noticed
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Hunt Texas
Shedding Some Light I found my first shed deer antler when I was a youngster slipping up behind a stock tank dam on my grandparents’ dairy pasture in Comanche County with the anticipation of bagging a bullfrog or two with my
Open Season
Tagged Wrong Willie and I were sitting in a large deer stand, admiring the south Texas countryside. “Did Cash say we could both take a buck?” he asked. I glanced out the window on my left side. “He said one
Doggett at Large
Mighty Misses Outdoor writers almost never miss big bucks. There’s a reason for this. It was explained by Texas scribe Tom Hayes in his classic1960 book, Hunting the Whitetail Deer. The no-nonsense Hayes wrote: “I honestly believe that a deer
Texas Department of Defense
Gun Control I am a firm believer in reasonable gun control. Now, before you get your tonsils in an uproar, let me explain my idea of gun control. My old Border Patrol shooting instruction used to say that the only things
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Commentary
The Real Bow Christmas came early for me this year. To be exact, it showed up on September 28, the opening day of the archery deer season in Texas. Besides having a successful hunt, I received a life lesson in
Editor’s Notes
Wildlife Must be the Focus The name of this publication for the last 30 years has been Texas Fish and Game. It could have just as easily been Texas Fishing and Hunting or something of that nature but in the
Texas Bowhunting
Those Late Season Whitetails “I t ain’t over until it’s over!” I am sure that somebody famous first used that line though I have no idea who that could be, but how true that statement is especially for deer season
Wild Cats in Texas
The wild cats of Texas represent the most mysterious and beautiful elements of our native fauna. Throughout the years, I have learned that nothing grabs the attention of an outdoors lover quicker than a wild cat encounter. It was the
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In the Belly of the Beast
You know what most birds, fish and animals love to eat, and as hunters and wildlife conservationists you often provide them with many of their favorite foods plus other morsels enhanced by the sweet scents and tastes of apples, cinnamon,
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Texas’ Top Five Cold Water Bass Lakes
The “best of anything” assignments make me nervous. Especially when the topic revolves around Texas bass lakes. Texas enjoys a passel of great bass lakes. So many, in fact, that it is going to be next to impossible to whittle
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Goosed on the Prairie
Lying on their backs in the middle of a wheat or rice field, many coastal goose hunters this year watched dawn break under wet, cloudy skies while listening to the cackling and honking as dark silhouettes rose from roosting places
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Big Game Cross to Bear
Through the lens of a camera and the eyes of a sportsman, Gerald Burleigh has seen many amazing things in his career. The longtime TF&G photographer grew up as a hunter and found a love for photography at a young
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