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April 2018 Cover Volume 34, Issue 12 • In this issue: Reds Against the Wind; Watch Those Hooks!; Livin’ the Bream; Ditch Digging Catfish; Helping a Boat Hero; Message in a Bottle.  

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Animal ID and Fish Question My name is Robert Lyons and I live just outside of Beaumont. I’m 47 years old and have been reading and enjoying your writings for many years. I had a couple of questions for you

The ‘Green Movement’ is Killing Wildlife I T’S ALL ABOUT THE MONEY. It always has been and always will be. The cash cow of the “green movement” and its singular focus on climate change has birthed a monster that is bilking

Have Fun While Keeping Your Job [dropcap font=”” size=”2″ background=”” color=”” circle=”0″ transparent=”0″]A CROSS THE REGION where I live, the first months of the year are a big deal for outdoors enthusiasts. In addition to ongoing hunting seasons and some incredible

Hot and Cold Running Sea Turtles [dropcap font=”” size=”2″ background=”” color=”” circle=”0″ transparent=”0″]I ‘M A PROPONENT OF HUNTING, not only as a source of healthy protein and hearty recreation, but also as a conservation tool. So readers are often surprised to

THERE IS NOTHING FUNNY about inadvertently getting poked by the business end of fishing hook. Just ask Longview bass pro Jim Tutt. Tutt has accidentally impaled himself multiple times over the years, but it was an incident involving another angler

Catching Spring Redfish in Windy Waters WIND IS CERTAINLY NOT AN EVIL FORCE, but you would be hard pressed to find an angler on the coast who does not think of it in an extremely negative light. With limited time to

Let’s Talk [dropcap font=”” size=”2″ background=”” color=”” circle=”0″ transparent=”0″]T HESE DAYS, JUST ABOUT EVERYONE stepping aboard your boat has a cell phone in a pocket. Although phones do provide incredibly convenient communications, any time your boat leaves the dock you

Bulk Up in April with Matt Herren [dropcap font=”” size=”2″ background=”” color=”” circle=”0″ transparent=”0″]I N A TYPICAL YEAR, throughout most of Texas, the spawn is long since over by the time April rolls around. Whether it’s south at Falcon, though,

A Chance Find on an Arkansas Hunting Trip Launches a Search that Solves a 73-Year-Old Mystery ON OPENING DAY of the Arkansas rifle deer season Ashley Rogers of Huntsville, Arkansas, was deer hunting with her father, Brandon. They were hunting

It’s Turkey Time in Texas [dropcap font=”” size=”2″ background=”” color=”” circle=”0″ transparent=”0″]T URKEY TIME WILL SOON BE here, and that means it is time to start preparing for your successful hunt and a delicious turkey dinner! I absolutely love turkey season.

Shooting from a Tripod [dropcap font=”” size=”2″ background=”” color=”” circle=”0″ transparent=”0″]B IPODS ARE A POPULAR shooting aid usually mounted to a rifle. Depending on the leg length, they allow the shooter to easily find a stable shooting position whether prone, seating,

IT’S LATE SPRING AND THE WEATHER isn’t the only thing heating up around here. Water temperatures are on the rise at lakes all across the state and the fish are biting. One of the hottest games going these days is bluegillin’.

Catfish from Creeks and Bar Ditches SMALL CREEKS AND DRAINAGE DITCHES (bar ditches) can hold a surprising number of catfish. In fact, when looking for places to go catfishing, these smaller bodies of water generally go unutilized by all but

When a Kingwood Pastor’s Boat Suffered Major Damage Rescuing Hurricane Harvey Flood Victims, His Dealer and the Manufacturer Stepped Up WHEN THE FLOODWATERS OF HURRICANE HARVEY inundated the Kingwood area Mark Barnhill knew he needed to take action. Being the Care

THE CONVERSATION COULD NOT have been more cloak and dagger if it were on the pages of a Hollywood script. We were in the basement of the Las Vegas Convention Center at the SHOT Show where small companies show their

Improvements Underway at J.D. Murphree WMA Ducks Unlimited and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) completed a project in early December to improve more than 1,500 acres of important marsh habitat on the Salt Bayou Unit of J.D. Murphree