Killing Manatees T he hunting industry doesn’t have the guts to face the deep and serious poaching problem in the United States. At least I haven’t seen anything of the sort. Last year we spoke of the dark trend in […]

A Winter’s Wade [dropcap font=”” size=”1″ background=”” color=”” circle=”0″ transparent=”0″]A s any coastal wader who knows a 51M MirrOlure from a Corky Fat Boy will tell you, late winter is a great time for catching mondo-giant speckled trout. The subjective

Another Year of the Deer D EER. THOSE BEAUTIFUL, spectacular, always fascinating deer. I have a funny feeling that if you’re reading this here Uncle Ted deer celebration in Texas Fish & Game magazine, that you and I share this quality

“Throw right there.” That’s what I told my wife Lisa as we trolled up toward a point of the northern shoreline of Willow Bayou. She quickly flipped a smoke-colored Gulp! Swimming Mullet into the fracas and after dragging it a

Our Best Defense [dropcap font=”” size=”1″ background=”” color=”” circle=”0″ transparent=”0″]I N MY 20 YEARS as an outdoor writer, one of my great pleasures has been meeting and getting to know the men and women who serve as the wardens of the

ShareLunker Gets a Facelift J UST IN CASE YOU HAVEN’T heard, the Toyota ShareLunker program run by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is now operating under a brand new format. ShareLunker now offers several new ways to participate and

March is Prime Time for Spawning Slabs The black bass may be king in Texas, but you’d never know it by striking up a conversation with “Stoney” York of Mt. Enterprise. York is among the many crappie mongers who gather

Five Spinning Rod Strategies for Specks, Reds and Flounder Spinning reels and rods are popular on the Texas Coast for rank and file anglers seeking to soak live or dead bait in pursuit of specks, reds and flounder. However, did

Kayaks Help Hardcore Carp Anglers Find Success IT FEELS LIKE YOU’RE HOOKED TO a freight train with an attitude when you set the hook on a incredibly hard fighting carp. That has always captivated me about this humble species. Many fishermen

Why should I Bowfish? I CAN’T GET ENOUGH BOWHUNTING, and I can’t get enough different types of bowhunting. That’s why years ago, I turned to the waters for a different kind of action. I am talking about bowfishing of course. Trying

HOG HUNTING is done chiefly on private land in Texas. Millions of acres of public land in Texas offer zero to marginal hog hunting opportunities.  National parks, national preserves, national grasslands, state wildlife management areas and state parks could offer

The Whitetail Acre M ight want to grab your fly rods!” I told Josh and Jake. “Bluegill should be biting. Put them behind the seat with mine. The back of the truck is loaded with “T” posts and barbed wire.”

A Look at Varmint Calibers [dropcap font=”” size=”1″ background=”” color=”” circle=”0″ transparent=”0″]I I have written about predator rifles herein a couple of times, but never about rifles and calibers intended for extended shooting over prairie dog towns, or for woodchucks, rockchucks,

Texas Outdoor Nation Feature Story WHAT IS THE GREATEST TROPHY a turkey hunter can bag in the United States? Is it the Grand Slam with all varieties in the U.S.? Or is it simply a giant, bearded, heavy-spurred bird of