Christmas Conservation I LOVE THE FACT this magazine is called Texas Fish & Game. It’s not, Texas Guns & Gear or Texas Hunters and Fishermen. It’s Texas Fish & Game, reminding us that without the game and fish we pursue, there

Outdoors Tomorrow A FEW MONTHS BACK—not long before Texas got its first taste of fall—an encouraging email hit my Inbox. I nearly missed it, too. That address receives 100-plus emails daily, most of which are straight-up junk; I can’t hit

MOST WATERFOWLERS agree that mallards rule for duck hunting. There’s something about the big guys with the vibrant green heads, stately neckbands and bright yellow bills that turn the heads of duck hunters like no other duck. It’s a legendary

CCA is Opposing the Deepening of the Corpus Channel CITING CONCERNS FOR the region’s aquatic resources, Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) Texas is opposed to the Port of Corpus Christi’s proposed Channel Deepening Project (CDP), permit application number SWG-2019-00067. The location of

Think Fast! RECENTLY I WAS INVITED aboard a new boat, to test and review it. The 41-foot center console had a brace of quadruple Mercury 400s lining the transom. Yes—quads totaling 1,600 horsepower. To state the obvious, that’s a lot

Cold Water Blues & Other Winter Line Benders CATFISH AND CHRISTMAS don’t exactly go together. Well, it doesn’t SEEM like there would be a connection, but the reality is some of the best action for big blue catfish comes this

Zaldain Drops Jigs on Vertical Rock BASSMASTER ELITE SERIES pro Chris Zaldain may be a westerner by birth, and a Californian through and through, but he’s adopted north Texas as his home base. Although others who live in the Lone Star

What to Look for in a Starter Kayak for Young People THE POPULARITY OF KAYAK fishing continues to grow by leaps and bounds. It’s no wonder. Fishing from a kayak is great fun, great exercise, and an extremely effective way to

‘TWAS THE NIGHT before Christmas, when all through the camp Not a creature was stirring, not even a lab. The socks they hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there. The young sportsmen

Not Over Until it’s Over I HAVE A QUESTION. Is your freezer full yet? If not, there’s no reason to panic. You still have time to fill your tag. Not a lot of time, but enough. This game we call

Bond Arms ‘Rough’ Derringers BOND ARMS HAS BEEN manufacturing high quality, robust, double barrel handguns in Granbury, Texas since 1995. Resembling a Remington Model 95, Bond Arms handguns come in a variety of popular and beefy calibers making them a durable

Wild Game Recipes for a Wild Christmas CHRISTMAS AND WILD GAME are a perfect match. A special time of year calls for special cuisine. In the Moore household we refuse to believe man should live on beef and chicken alone.

[info_box title=”DIGITAL BONUS” image=”” animate=””]   [heading tag=”h2″ align=”center” color=”#ffffff” style=”lines” color2=”#ffffff”]Tips For Gift Ideas For Holiday Shopping![/heading]   This month, Dustin does a run down on some of the best product categories to consider for hunting and fishing gifts

Trophy Hunting Is Conservation Solution PUBLIC DISCUSSION of how trophy hunting fits into the wildlife situation in Africa has been triggered again with an editorial in Africa Geographic titled: “Trophy hunting in Africa is in decline, and no longer pays

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December Brings Excitement ANOTHER CHRISTMAS SEASON is bearing down on us here on Sabine, and we have so much to be excited about. First of all, we are all excited about getting to spend quality time with family and friends, and

December: Holiday Cheer for the Gulf Coast THE UPPER TEXAS COAST can see many different weather conditions in December. Most years, though, are fairly mild in temperature—with sunny and “warm” days being pretty common. Winds will normally be relatively mild,

It’s a Drag BEFORE HENRY ATKINS goes fishing, he enlists the help of his wife to set the drag on his reel. His wife holds a Bota Grip scale (any scale will work). Henry hooks it and backs away to adjust

December Trophy Tips IF YOU HAVE FISHED along the Texas coast in December, you know we can sometimes experience some warm days. At this point in the year, however, bay waters have already cooled enough to send the shrimp and other

The Addict THEIR VISION IS OF the prowling red that can bend even the best rod double—the trout that gives the true definition of gator, the black drum whose size belongs in the Jurassic period. They never have decision dilemmas