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Fake Fork fishing guide Mark Stevenson likes to recall that crisp Thanksgiving eve back in November 1986. That’s the day he caught Ethel. Ethel was a pot-bellied largemouth with a serious weight problem that made his career and forever changed […]

The brush popped as a deep, guttural grunt sounded. The sound of a hog. “Hog!” I yelled as my cousin Frank Moore and I shot up large cedars as an enraged boar charged through the brush, right at our position.

10 Tips for the Rut M y favorite month of the year has finally arrived. I have been preparing for this season for months now. I have shot hundreds of arrows at targets at unknown distances. I have sighted in my

Drop a Line in a Texas Creek for Hidden Catfish Action Texas is well known for its exceptional catfish fisheries. Such legendary waters as Toledo Bend and the mighty Sabine River have long produced huge, as well as gigantic, catfish.

Five Reasons Texas Bass Fishing is So Darn Good A recent news release from the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife serves as a pretty good reminder of how lucky Texas bass anglers are.  In early August, Snohomish County angler Bill

Prairie Dogs Have Returned to Tarrant County Mark McDonald, Chief Wildlife Biologist at Beacon Hill on Cedar Creek Lake is proud to announce the arrival of a family of Prairie Dogs to the Community’s Nature Trail.  “We are delighted how

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Holster Options B listering hot Texas summer Blistering hot Texas summer weather significantly limits how a lawfully armed citizen can carry a concealed handgun discreetly. The heat pretty much rules out a jacket, sport coat or other outer garment. This,

November Has Late Fall Action & Less Pressure N ovember is, always has been, and always will be one of my favorite months to fish. Its arrival means that it is time for some serious fishing, or should I say catching, here

Comeback Year for Texas Quail L ike waterfowl hunting,  quail hunting has a long tradition in Texas, but in recent seasons drought and other factors have combined to make the pursuit extremely tough, based solely on bird numbers.  Last year was

Texas Anglers Have Much to be Thankful For H opefully, the main thanks we will be giving this November will be because the unusually heavy rains that plagued the Texas Coast have stopped. Even affected inland areas through the winter, spring,

November Offers Many Different Fishing Options T he day after thanksgiving, last year I went fishing with my grandson Ian. While we were launching our kayaks in the back waters of East Matagorda Bay, another kayak fisherman was returning from fishing

Saltwater Experiment D uring your next November fishing trip, try to imagine yourself as a scientist whose surroundings are nothing more than one huge laboratory provided to you for the sole purpose of experimentation. Your job as the fishing scientist this

Fly Fishing I have clients who travel  from out of state each year to join me for a day of fishing. I try to appreciate all of my clients but it just says something about a person if they are

Turkey Time Jetty Fishing M ost of the anglers who are not spending their Novembers in deer blinds are usually fishing all the traditional autumn hot spots for trout and redfish, which is understandable. Most of these spots are tough to

Practical Tactical What kind of firearm do you need for home defense? for concealed carry? for hunting? target shooting?—or just because? That’s a good question, one that doesn’t have a simple answer. The fact is that you are an individual

Thunder Over the Storm N o, I’m not talking about  Thunder Over the Transom No, I’m not talking about the thunder accompanied by lightning strikes and storm fronts—I’m talking about the thunder of hundreds of horsepower, more than ever before

Deceptive Patterns: How Camo Works (or Doesnt) C amouflage- or- Camo has become the uniform of the hunter in Texas and, I assume, in most of the country This is true even in those places where the hunter is required to

Sequel to Leupold’s Vendetta Leupold has been around for years and continues to make astonishing improvements in the field of optics. This is a company that understands the needs of hunters and has always developed products with cutting edge technology.