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December 25, 2016

Aoudad! by Chester Moore

Free-Ranging Across the State for More Than 60 Years, These Exotic Imports are Right at Home in Texas The aoudad may be the most challenging animal to hunt in North America. There I said it. Whitetail […]
December 25, 2016

TEXAS FRESHWATER by Matt Williams

The Lake Most Likely t’s hard to believe, but January 24 will mark the 25th anniversary of Texas’s current state record bass. Weighing a whopping 18.18 pounds, the heavyweight fish was reeled in on a chilly Friday […]
December 25, 2016

TEXAS SALTWATER by Calixto Gonzales

Cold Strategy here’s nothing novel if I were to tell you that wintertime is prime time for big speckled trout. Countless big yellow-mouths have been pulled out of cold Texas waters during the winter over the years. Ironically, […]
December 25, 2016

MUZZLE LOADERS And Other Late Season Options for Deer by TF&G STAFF

  January 2-15 marks the late muzzleloader season for whitetail deer in 90 counties across the state. It gives hunters an option to score on deer that eluded them during the archery only and general season. […]
December 25, 2016

CWD CONTROVERSY by Matt Williams

Hype or Deathly Seriously? Roughly five years have passed since chronic wasting disease first reared its ugly head on Texas soil. That’s when sample collections and testing of more than two dozen free ranging mule deer […]
December 25, 2016

IT’S BOAT SHOWTIME

This is the best time of year to see boats, boats and more boats! As 2016 becomes history, so do the 2016 model year boats. And if you’re in the market for a new boat, 2017 […]
December 25, 2016

LETS GO WINTER SURFING!

The least expensive and most accessible fishing opportunity in Texas lies along the Gulf Coast. Hundreds of miles of shoreline is available to anglers from Sabine Pass to Port Isabel. Despite the cool conditions some of […]
December 25, 2016

THE TF&G REPORT

Changing Lives, One Fish at a Time Can you see yourself walking into a church and being greeted by a smiling and caring young pastor’s assistant who two years ago was in prison for threatening his […]
December 25, 2016

TEXAS HOT SHOTS

Bass Bastrop Axis Winnie   Cobia Galveston   Post your own Action Photos and Check Out the TEXAS HOT SHOTS Photo Contest
December 25, 2016

THE DEPT. OF DEFENSE

Weatherby Accumark could see the forlorn muley’s head and antlers in the gap between a pair of flowering bushes. He was bedded down, the rest of his body stretched out flat behind the shrubbery. I probably would never have […]