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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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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Night Stalkers Texans enjoy almost no restrictions on night-time varmint hunting using artificial light and even firearm silencers, as long as you hunt on private property that you own—or, of course, with permission. Hunting varmints with predator calls and artificial

Hunters Bring in Big Buck$ F or many folks, deer hunting is life. From Amarillo to Brownsville, north to south, and Texarkana to El Paso, east to west, it’s easy to see why. Local business owners revel in seeing camouflage from

December Beginnings & Endings D ecember is here and it signifies an end as well as a beginning. It is the end of another fine year on Sabine Lake and the beginning of some of the best redfishing on the upper

The Holidays are Special for Fisherman Too T he holiday season  for most Americans—Texans proudly among them—begins in earnest with the approach of Christmas. This is a time to spend with family and friends. However, there is no reason fishing

Try One More Cast; It May Be Turn-On Time S o you have your honey hole, a fishing spot that has produced for you many times. You know the water temperatures and tidal movements that you like, and you might even