A Slap in the Facebook T he twentieth century gave us airplanes, motion pictures, radio, air conditioning, penicillin, television, computers, organ transplants, and men on the moon. Almost two decades in, the Twenty-First Century has given us Facebook. And already, millions […]
INSIDE FISH & GAME by Roy and Ardia Neves Read More »
Texas Outdoor Nation Kudos I just picked up my May issue and was so excited to see the Texas Outdoor Nation section. There is definitely something special about Texas and you at Texas Fish & Game have tapped into it.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Read More »
Don’t Believe Them A s I sat down to write my June column, I heard a political radio advertisement. It was in support of one of the Republican candidates and to say it got me fired up is an understatement. I had
EDITOR’S NOTES by Chester Moore Read More »
Loose Lips, Golden Tips T he young bank fisherman was proficient. He carried proper tackle and used it well. He moved smoothly, hugging the shadows of the pond bank while fan casting to cover each station. I walked over and we
DOGGETT AT LARGE by Joe Doggett Read More »
Jordan Farms I n late April, I got word through a good friend that Lyle Jordan had passed away. The name won’t mean much to most of you, but the man meant a great deal to Texas waterfowl hunting—and to me.
The Sportsman’s Food Plot Phenomenon N othing makes for more soulful, greasy, stimulating guitarlicks like adequate terra firma shrapnel twixt one’s ten digits of doom. Allow me to translate for the adventure challenged linguistics amongst us- The more a guitarplayer works
NUGENT IN THE WILD by Ted Nugent Read More »
Water the Stakes? L ake Falcon is now about 22 feet below its conservation pool level. Choke Canyon Lake is more than 23 feet low. Lake Amistad, although much higher than it was a couple of years ago, still laps about
COMMENTARY by Kendal Hemphill Read More »
Is it Safe to Hunt and Fish on the Rio Grande Yet? I have to admit, I cringed a little when I first read this assignment. It centers on a controversial topic where the subject matter sometimes gets so badly twisted or
BRAVING THE BORDER by Matt Williams Read More »
Casting to Cunning Tripletails With a limit of red snappers already cooling in tthe fish box, we decided to turn toward home. Perched high in his flying bridge, Captain Sammie Faulk watched with keen eyes and years of experience for
HIT A TRIPLE By John N. Felsher Read More »
The Texas- Africa Connection has revitalized a world of exotic game animals I first saw the big kudu while sitting in a blind, hunting other game. It was a huge old beast, though near its last days. It hobbled along
Hunting African Trophies In Texas Read More »
Successful Hunt I know that most of the readers here, right now, have nothing but fishing on their mind. After all, it IS summer and in most states, that is the primary outdoor activity this time of year. Fortunately, Texas is
BARE BONES HUNTING by Lou Marullo Read More »
Tempt Deep Water Crappie with Vertical Jigging When crappie go deep to escape temperature extremes, anglers sometimes need to spoon-feed finicky fish. In deep water, crappie might not chase baits far or aggressively, but they may hit something dangling in
SPOON FEEDING CRAPPIE By John N. Felsher Read More »
The swamps, marshes and waterways of Texas are loaded with snakes. In most cases, every dark-colored snake encountered in these realms is labeled a “water moccasin” or “cottonmouth.” In reality, the vast majority are simply nonvenomous watersnakes or even other
IS THAT A WATER MOCCASIN? OR JUST A HARMLESS WATER SNAKE? By Chester Moore Read More »
A Writer’s Heroes O ne of the great perf I have as a writer is that I get to speak to students about my writing and my experience as a writer. Considering how the suits in Austin have completely mucked up the teaching
TEXAS SALTWATER by Calixto Gonzales Read More »
Wild Bill It seems like an ocean of rough water has passed beneath the bridge, but it’s finally smooth sailing for Billy Ray Williams. My life-long mentor, confidant and fishing partner passed away on the eve of Easter 2016.
TEXAS FRESHWATER by Matt Williams Read More »
No animal symbolizes the marshes of coastal Texas better than the American alligator. Once an endangered species, the population rose enough to open a hunting season in 1984 and now thanks to solid management by the Texas Parks & Wildlife
GATOR COUNTRY by Chester Moore Read More »
Redfish Classic Kicks Off in Texas The Elite Redfish Series “Redfish Classic” held at the City of Orange Boat Ramp in April showed that Texas has what it takes when it comes to redfish and redfish anglers. Texan Clark Jordan
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Spider-Man This piece is not actually about Spider-Man. It is about something that one of the characters in the first Spider-Man movie said. Spidey was talking to his uncle and the uncle told him “With great power comes great
THE DEPT. OF DEFENSE Read More »
Private Property I f there is a downside to hunting in the Lone Star State, it relates to access, with roughly 97 percent of lands resting in private hands. That being said, it’s hard to overlook public hunting locales in Texas—with
THE DEPT. OF CONSERVATION Read More »
