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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