If you ever wanted to meet a guy who you felt you have known for 20 years after 20 minutes then Troy King is that guy. I first met Troy while working at a local wood mill. Troy ran a […]
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ZAPATA, Texas — Authorities continue to look into how two Texas fishermen were shot while boating on a border lake. One died from wounds while the other remains under medical care. The shooting took place Tuesday night on Falcon Lake,
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Year of the Bass W[/drop]elcome to 2017. Well, okay, we know you’re most likely reading this in December, 2016. But while you’re leafing through this issue, relaxing between bursts of Tree Trimming energy and gift list checking, we’re already working
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Pike Fan Wonderful story (Pike on the Edge) in the October issue. I agree, opportunistic feeders are becoming more and more common. My favorite method for duck blinds is building it without seats but walls too high to just sit
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The Drive D ecember 27 will mark two years since I lost my father Chester Moore, Sr. while hunting on our friend Robert Scherer’s South Texas deer ranch. My favorite hunting partner fell dead from a massive heart attack while cleaning
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Marsh Madness T exas offers some of the finest duck hunting in the nation. The options are many and there’s no such thing as a “typical” situation. For example, we have bay flats, flooded timber, rice prairies, large reservoirs and small
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For s Secure Outdoors Future, Let Kids Go Wild S ince our nine-year old boys were barely eight, Andrew Cloutier and I have tried to coordinate a fishing trip for ourselves and the three of them. His are a matched set,
Texas in December I love America so much it hurts. As she struggles at the hands of political maniacs, my love and patriotism for her grows and I am driven beyond words to fight more and harder for her soul. I
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Christmas Traditions C hristmas one of my favorite times of year, which is surprising, considering the emotional trauma it brings. Most Christmas trauma, I’m convinced, is brought on by Christmas traditions. No season is so fraught with activities we all participate
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There is nothing better than a Christmas ham, and in my opinion there is no ham better than that made from wild hogs. I killed a 200-pounder back in 1995, and we had a ham cured out of it for
BRING HOME A CHRISTMAS HAM with High Tech and Hard Core Tactics by Chester Moore Read More »
Sight and sound combined in a lure can make a huge difference in catching big trout. Trout have a layer of tissue that allows them to see in low light conditions and be superior night feeders. Fishing the pre-dawn hours
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Yes, it is the Christmas season but it is also the month when water temperatures cool and speckled trout move into their winter patterns. Some of the biggest trout of the year are caught during this period so we thought
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Other Alternatives to Baiting Deer I’d be lying if I said I’ve never popped a deer with its head down, munching corn beneath an automatic feeder. My guess is the same could be said for the majority of Texas’ 650,000-plus
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The Fish Never Go Out of Style, So Why Should The Lures? If you call yourself a bass fisherman—NEVER, NEVER throw away a functional fishing lure or abandon a productive technique. As young adults, and understandably so, fishermen tend to
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Tweaking Lunkers T he first phase in a series of tweaks to the much fabled Toyota ShareLunker program is now in place. Texas Parks and Wildlife’s Inland Fisheries Division is revamping its Florida bass hatchery brood stock while regaining angler confidence
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What is the future of duck hunting in Texas and beyond? The answer to that question depends upon whom you ask and what aspect of the waterfowl issue they understand best. There is no one simple answer as to what
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Six armed men in line abreast formation headed across a soggy pasture to search for an elusive quarry. Without warning, a tiny screeching object exploded from beneath a clump of weeds almost at the feet of one man. It hurtled
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TPWD Confirms Four Class 1 Black Bear Sightings in East Texas One of the cool things about leaving a game camera in the woods is you never know what might be on the flash card when you go back to
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