Storm Warning! THE MOST SIGNIFICANT threat hunting has ever faced is upon us right now. Living in Texas has isolated us a bit from the furor growing against hunting globally, but it is here. And what happens in the next five

Dos Gobblers IT IS POSSIBLE to bag two game birds in flight without firing a single shot. I have seen it happen twice. The first occurred during deer season years ago. I was a guest on a Hill Country ranch

Venison: The Ultimate Sacred Flesh GAMEY! You’re darn tootin my venison is gamey! That’s exactly why it is celebrated around the world as the most desirable, delicious, nutritious, natural, organic, healthy food on planet earth. Let us all dedicate ourselves

ASK ANYONE WHO has played the game and they will tell you deer leases aren’t cheap. I’ve got several friends and acquaintances who routinely fork more than $7,000 or more in annual lease dues. It would be nice if annual dues

Can Meat Hunting Save the Sport? THIS IS THE most gratifying meal I have had in a long time. My wife Lisa cooked fried turkey breast strips from this incredible Eastern wild turkey I took in New York last Wednesday.”

[info_box title=”DIGITAL BONUS” image=”” animate=””]   [heading tag=”h2″ align=”center” color=”#ffffff” style=”lines” color2=”#ffffff”]Tips For Bagging Urban Deer – Do’s and Don’ts[/heading]   In this month’s digital bonus video, Dustin talks about everything urban hunting. He covers what equipment he uses and

Bank Fishing Technology Can Save the Day (or Night) BANK FISHERMEN often feel limited because of the constraint of only being able to fish as far as they can cast. New technology is developing to help with this problem. It

New Texas Fisheries THESE ARE EXCITING times for lots of folks in Fannin County. State fisheries managers are reeling over the possibilities at Texas’s newest bass fishery. Heavy equipment operators are steadily pushing dirt and clearing brush as Texas’s newest fishing

Into the Sun(block) MY GRANDFATHER SAM had a large bandage on his chin. Just like any curious nine year old, I walked up to him and pointed at it and asked, “What’s that, Papa Gane?” “Oh, the doctor had to

IN 1992 WHEN I started writing professionally during my freshman year in college, interest in sharks was minimal among fishermen. Turn on the handful of television fishing programs, and it was all bass, trout, redfish and billfish. Shark fishing had a

FOR NEARLY 20 YEARS, a special conservation order has been in place to allow hunters to use electronic calls to lure in snow geese. The conservation order was intended to help reduce snow goose populations. The numbers had grown so

Finally, November! JUST LEFT THE Hargrove Ranch near Snyder,” I told my wife. “Rattled in a few bucks, mostly youngsters. Shot a really nice buck just before dark this evening. Should be home by four. Will take a quick shower

Promoting Mountain Goat Conservation THEY LIVE IN places most humans only dream of trekking. Among the highest peaks, in the jagged crevices and rocky valleys where beauty intersects with danger, only the best trained and most fit dare to tread. Here

THAT TITLE ROLLED off my lips with the same flair for alliteration as my hero Stan Lee when he developed characters named Peter Parker and Bruce Banner, whom you know better as Spiderman and The Incredible Hulk. I was assigned

Duck Numbers Dip Slightly THE U.S. FISH and Wildlife Service (FWS) today released its report on 2019 Trends in Duck Breeding Populations, based on surveys conducted in May and early June by FWS, Canadian Wildlife Service, and other partners of

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Find the Bait in November THE FALL FISHING scene here on Sabine Lake will kick it up a notch or two with the arrival of November. The cold fronts will be a little more frequent and intense as we steadily progress

November: Best Fishing of the Year? AS I AM WRITING this column, we have a Cat 5 Hurricane heading up the U.S. East Coast. Here’s hoping that by mentioning this storm, it doesn’t decide to skip across Florida and bring havoc

World’s Best Birding and Good Fishing, Too OSTENSIBLY, THE REASON we go fishing is to catch fish, but we also go fishing because it takes us to wondrous natural environments where delightfully unusual things happen. I enjoyed such an experience at

Imitation is Vital WOW, IT’S ALREADY NOVEMBER. Where’d the first three quarters of the year go? Oh well, all this means is that it’s once again one of the absolute best times of the year to be fishing along our central