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Political Animals L ast month, in observing our 33rd Anniversary, we didn’t really get into the motivation for starting texas fish & game. We did tell its origin story, starting as part of a weekly newspaper that served the outdoors rich area

All About Hog Poisoning If landowners would allow access to their land to hunt these hogs, then hunters could stop the advance of hogs. Instead, some landowners are using the hogs’ advance to gain wealth from hunters by charging high

The Return of Ursus Americans to Texas T he tracks were so fresh I  expected to see their maker appear at any second. Nearly as wide as my two hands combined and nearly as long as my foot there was no

Stinger Shock T ime and tide finally caught up with me. After more than 50 years of “pushing green water” while wade fishing and surfing, I was hit by a stingray. Over the years I’ve had several near misses with the

Teach the Children Well I rant and rave and raise as much hell as I possibly can all the time here there and everywhere about how critical it is in this crazed culture war against all things America that we who

Fake Fish News N ote to those who post photos with exaggerated and erroneous information attached: Cut it out. A while back a photo was forwarded my way by a friend. The bold subject line read: 40-inch trout. The text beneath

Zero Intelligence T here has to be a point where we draw the line. A place where we, as a nation, decide we’ve had enough of the bullying, name-calling, and harassment. Sooner or later we have to stand up to the

Live in the sunshine, swim the sea, drink the wild air. —Ralph Waldo Emerson The surf beckons. It always has, since my earliest years in fishing. An open beach of clean sand and the push of green tide and the

Working in any branch of law enforcement is a dangerous way to earn a pay check, but for those who don the badge of a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game warden the inherent risks of crossing paths with trouble

A ‘Classic’ Comback I t’s been said many times that a guy can’t win the Bassmaster Classic on the first day, but he can certainly put himself out of contention with a crappy performance in the tournament’s opening round. In

Hog Hunting is Banned or Limited on Millions of Acres of State and Federal Land in Texas. No Wonder We Have a Hog Problem. Warfarin. That was not a word the hunting public was familiar with until a couple of

Hunting Merriams in South Dakota (Part 1) F requent readers of this column know by now how much of a turkey -hunting fanatic I am. Whenever I have a free morning during turkey season, I am out there hunting these majestic

A 1972 Robalo sportfishing boat pulled up to an oil platform off the coast of Corpus Christi. As the waves rose and fell around this giant manmade structure, Capt. Bill Sheka lowered a big hunk of cut bait seeking out

The easiest way to catch speckled trout in Texas bays is to look for gulls diving over the shrimp and shad that specks send to the surface. But can anglers specifically target large speckled trout under the birds? If you’re

Playing Well With Others T his is a column that I occasionally moved to compose, but some other seemingly more pressing subject pops up that demands my attention. Even so, the grist for this piece never dissolves or blows away. It sits