In This Issue: Best Lakes for Record Bass  •  Freeze Frame: Analyzing Last Year’s Frigid February  •  A Real Woman of the Outdoors  •  Green Hunts: A Win for Conservation  •  Inside the Boating Boom. • Special Section: The Best

Vigilante Conservation     AS TEXAS FISH & GAME evolved over our almost 40-year history, we cultivated strong working partnerships with a number of “Boots on the Ground” conservation organizations. These groups stand up for the welfare of wildlife and habitat,

Women Hunting I JUST WANTED to say I really appreciate the article on the Women Hunt program in the September/October Issue. It was interesting to see the industry stepping up to get real women hunting initiatives out there. And I

Elk, Nature and Love DAD, THERE’S A BUNCH of elk out here, and one of them’s a bull—a big bull!” My daughter Faith rarely rises first in the morning, but in October 2019 on a trip to Estes Park, Colorado, she

Pump Perfection CERTAIN THINGS BECOME benchmarks of excellence. And these things gain traction through the decades. For example, if you are talking about something as profound as gospel singing, where do you go from Mahalia Jackson and her rendition of Trouble

Analyzing the Impact of Last Year’s Frigid February TEXAS PARKS & WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT (TPWD) biologists have recommended the following special trout regulations. • Past emergency rule provisions • Three fish bag limit • 17- to 23-inch slot limit. No fish

Using Darts Instead of Bullets for Wild Game Management, GREEN HUNTING is Also a Win for Conservation and Hunter Recruitment NATHAN CHIDRESS WAS NERVOUS. The huge ibex billy he was hunting had eluded him all afternoon, but now it seemed as

 I AM 33 YEARS OLD, born and raised in New Mexico. I grew up living with my mom, brother, and sister in the city of Albuquerque. My mom’s family is mostly non-hunters, but they support wildlife conservation. There are several hunters

Keeping the Hunt Going KNOW YOU’VE STILL got a hunt or two left on property under the TPWD’s Managed Land Deer Permit program,” stated my brother. He continued, “Some of the bucks I saw early before the season on my property

Five Lakes That Could Set a New Bass Record JANUARY 24, 2022 marks the 30th anniversary of Texas’s state record bass. Many TF&G readers weren’t even born when the 18.18-pound largemouth gobbled up the live shiner Barry St. Clair of

Hawg Hunting Season WE ARE ON THE CUSP of another lunker season in Texas. Bass junkies, it’s time to get your game faces on and get ready for war! More heavyweight Texas bass are caught between January and April than at any

Boating and Fishing are Major Economic Drivers THE BUREAU OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS (BEA) released its 2020 report on outdoor recreation’s economic impact, which confirmed that boating and fishing remain the number one contributor to this critical sector of the U.S.

Getting Snookered in Texas  WHEN IT COMES TO inshore fish, there’s no doubt that snook dominate their class. And yes, besides Florida, Texas is home to a fishable and expanding population of snook. Their pronounced, black lateral line is something to

Shyrock Uses a Jack Hammer on Texas Bass BASS PRO TOUR competitor Fletcher Shryock loves grass fishing so much that he left his native Ohio for the shores of Lake Guntersville in Northern Alabama. It’s a big fish factory, known for