1710Oct

New Beginnings T wenty-five years ago this month, my first published article appeared in the pages of a weekly newspaper called The Opportunity Valley News. The story was about red wolves and “coywolves” the hybrids between red wolf and coyote. My […]

Harvey Hellbanger W e were still drying out from the  floods visited upon us by Hurricane Harvey as the deadline for this issue arrived. This powerful force of nature hammered the upper two-thirds of the Texas Coast relentlessly for almost a

Love Those Doves D ove hunting is a big deal in Texas. Based on annual statistics compiled by Texas Parks and Wildlife, the various dove seasons draw approximately 400,000 hunters. The actual number of “dove hunters” probably is greater, since some

Tamning San Luis Pass I n mid-August, after a short-term spate of drownings, Brazoria County officials opted to shut down the recreational dipping of so much as a toe into water around San Luis Pass. To make their message clear, signs

Welcome Felix M y dearest grandson Felix, Welcome to planet earth and the loving Nugent & Kennedy families and America at 1:07am on July 28, 2017 youngman! Those 1st 9 months were as comfy as it is going to get, but

Lion for the Cause N o doubt most TF&G readers will remember Cecil the Lion, the lion that was killed a couple of years ago by a Minnesota dentist named Walter Palmer. That lion caused pretty much every animal rights activist,

Hunting Desert Mule Deer with a 10mm Semi-Auto It looked like a Photoshopped scenic portrait. Rolling, dense fog draped the west Texas brush like a wet blanket. Something between rain and mist accented the color of every rock, bush and

Ready, Set, October! O ctober has finally arrived! Serious deer hunters have been counting down the days. They have checked their favorite tree stand sites and have scouted for months now. They are ready… at least they think they are.

The Great Adventure M y good friends Marin and Sarah have just become new parents to twin boys. Marin is reveling in fatherhood and, as an ardent outdoorsman and angler, has already made plans for all the hunting and fishing trips

TPWD Says No More Alabama Bass for Texas S eptember 1, marked the start  of a new fiscal year for the folks at Texas Parks and Wildlife Department—the beginning of a new budgetary timeline for the state agency and the

Texas has been a fertile breeding ground for pro bass anglers ever since the dawn of tournament fishing. That’s largely because some the very best bass fisheries in America are here. Texas bass fisheries are ripe with all sorts of

5 Fatal Tips to Score on Big Boars Deer season is upon us but that does not mean hog hunting is over. In fact, some of the best opportunities to kill hogs is during the fall and winter and the

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Using binoculars or a Spotting Scope is an Art I have seen many hunters pick up binoculars, take a quick look at a mountainside a half-mile away, and state unequivocally that there was no game on the mountain. The truth is

Wildlife Displaced in Wake of Harvey Flood Waters As flood waters from Harvey recede and those affected begin to sort through the damage left in the wake of the storm, biologists with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department say encounters

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Scopes and Ballistics [dropcap font=”” size=”1″ background=”” color=”” circle=”0″ transparent=”0″]H itting a target at long-range with a scoped rifle ain’t easy. Doping wind, estimating range, and compensating for bullet drop present a mind-boggling mix of skills that few shooters have the time

Open Access Hunting T exas public hunting program is a model for both conservation initiatives and access to the masses. While the Lone Star State doesn’t boast as much public land hunting as those states farther to the west, the areas