April 30, 2012

First It was Kids Hunting and Shooting, Now They Are After Farm Kids

The days of a kid coming home from school to grab his .22 or .410 and head down to the creek bottom to pot a few squirrels are gone, legislated away by the mindless nannycrats and […]

April 28, 2012

Shemane “Queen of the Forest” Crossbow Antelope

The sonic bombast emanating from our little SpiritWild Ranch bunkhouse was ferocious. A couple of MotorCity Madmen were unleashing a torrent of maddeningly intense all American rhythm and blues rock-n-roll to die for as Derek St. […]

April 27, 2012

USFWS Harrasses Gibson Guitar Co.–over Wood

With a veritable arsenal of Gibson guitars and 6,500 flamethrowing concerts under my belt, so far, I have turned the skulls of millions of fun musical gluttons to a fine dust over the past 50 years. As […]

April 25, 2012

The Infamous Alaska Bear: The plain truth

Ignorance of the law is no excuse. Not a day goes by where an American outdoorsman doesn’t confide in me that due to the increasingly complex, illogical hunting and fishing regulations across the nation, that it […]

April 25, 2012

Bigger (live) bait equals bigger bass!

A couple of years ago my wife Lisa and I took our friends Rion and Cythia Carlos fishing. Well, things were slow on the saltwater front so we ended up heading back and taking them fishing […]

April 23, 2012

WD-40 for fishing?

Over the years I have heard numerous people claim they knew someone who sprayed WD-40 on their fishing lures to attract strikes. I have never actually heard anyone admit they used it themselves but it seems […]

April 22, 2012

Senator Reid’s Pony Express

I’m embarrassed for the great state of Nevada. Really. Senator Harry Reid is about as sharp as a bag of Nevada desert sand. He obviously doesn’t believe in President Lincoln’s advice: Better to remain silent and […]

April 18, 2012

Target “coves” at jetties

If you are seeking redfish at jetty systems look for “coves”. This is what I call areas that are where the rocks are sort of spread out in awkward fashion and form a round area with […]

April 16, 2012

Record TX trout eaten? (photo)

The latest outdoors urban legend is circulating the Internet. The photo you see attached has been emailed all over the place and as the story goes the angler in the photo caught the fish on the […]

April 12, 2012

Are Crappie Texas’ smartest fish?

Crappie Brains Are crappie the smartest fish we deal with in Texas on a regular basis? In my opinion the answer is “no” but they are certainly near the top of the list. In fact, the […]

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