Our granddaughter, Ellie, was visiting us for spring break and Papa Joe bought Ellie her very own fishing pole and took her to the pond we have at the back of our property. This was her first time to fish […]
Texas Hotshots – First Fish!!!! Read More »
Big boar harvested March 15, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. on the Arispe Ranch near San Diego, Texas.
Texas Hotshots – Big Boar Read More »
The Obsidian 45 suppressor from Rugged Suppressors is a modular and durable can that proved to be super quiet even when shooting on a 9mm. The Rugged Obsidian is one of the longest 45 suppressors I’ve tested. I’m used to
Rugged Obsidian 45 Suppressor Review Read More »
The night was quiet. Other than a couple of barred owls trading barbs in the distance, I had literally heard nothing but the chirping of crickets in seven hours of sitting a climbing tree stand, 30 feet up a pine.
Things that go bump in the night Read More »
A long time ago in the far, far reaches of the Gulf of Mexico… The contrasting bars of the pilot fish create a striking image in the cobalt blue waters just beyond the continental shelf. Swimming in unison they dart,
Guy Harvey and the Gulf’s missing shark Read More »
I was at a boat show recently helping a friend pick out a new boat, when we walked by the BoatU.S. display. I asked him if he’d thought about joining BoatU.S. and getting towing insurance, and his response was not
Tow Insurance: A Worthy Investment, or Waste of Money? Read More »
Bassmaster Elite Series pro Jordan Lee has won the 2017 GEICO Bassmaster Classic. Twenty-five-year-old Lee of Grant, Al., won the Lake Conroe event with a total of 56 pounds, 10 ounces. That total was built with 8 pounds, 9 ounces
Bassmaster Classic: 5 Observations from TFG Read More »
The Bassmaster Classic Expo at the George R. Brown Convention Center has been a huge success. The officials counts are not in but there is a good chance it will break former Classic records with wall to wall fishing fans
Ike Foundation, Flambeau giving back at Classic Read More »
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Getting a Move On O ver the course of our 33-year history, texas fish & game has had its headquarters in five locations around the state. First, there was 903 Third Street, Marble Falls, Texas 78654. This was the side-street location
INSIDE FISH & GAME by Roy and Ardia Neves Read More »
Big hogs! I see Texas Fish and Game is looking for photos of monster hogs. Here are some I took with my bow. Enjoy! Mike Ray Host “The Wild Life with Mike and Heather” Thanks for the Rattlesnakes In 1968
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR Read More »
We’ve Got a Texas-Size Poaching Problem A 17- year-old Harris County teen has been charged in connection with the February 22 shooting of a bald eagle near White Oak Bayou. It was one of a pair that actively nested in
EDITOR’S NOTES by Chester Moore Read More »
Far Bend Fever B ack in the spring of 1983, Guinder Edwin Velasquez-Clark guided me to my first fly-rod tarpon. We were fishing out of Archie Fields’s old Rio Colorado Lodge on the northeastern coast of Costa Rica. Guinder was young
DOGGETT AT LARGE by Joe Doggett Read More »
Unstoppable Hogs I N FEBRUARY Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller approved the first chemical weapon for use in the war against the state’s seemingly unstoppable population of wild hogs. My guess is that in a year or five we’ll still
PIKE ON THE EDGE by Doug Pike Read More »
Heal Thy Brother S ix year old Makon Lynn struggled to walk to the archery range. After a year of chemotherapy and tortuous radiation to treat his agonizing cancer, the courageous little guy had to give all his fragile body could
NUGENT IN THE WILD by Ted Nugent Read More »
Spring turkeys are frustrating—especially in Texas. The reason I say this is that temperatures can vary so much in that crucial period when the birds decide to get frisky that it can cause an early breeding period or a late
GOBBLE GOBBLE by Lou Marullo Read More »
There are a passel of good ways to catch crappie. On a scale of one to ten, soaking shiners or casting jigs around brush piles has to rank right near the top. This holds especially true from summer through much
CRAPPIE CRAZY by Matt Williams Read More »
Takin’ It To The Bank O ne of the biggest misconceptions in fishing is you need a boat of some kind to get off the bank to catch fish—especially the big ones. I call it a misconception because that’s exactly
TEXAS FRESHWATER by Matt Williams Read More »
The State Has Approved the Use of Poison for hogs Control. Right or Wrong? Texas Agriculture Commissioner Sid Miller has announced a rule change in the Texas Administrative Code (TAC) that classifies a warfarin-based hog lure as a state-limited-use pesticide.
HOG AGEDDON? by Chester Moore Read More »
I wasn’t feeling any pain, yet. I was numb and enraged in my adrenaline high, still feeling the sharp sting of fear and anger. There I was, flat on my butt in a prickly pear cactus with a 10mm auto
STREET FIGHTING WITH A BOAR by Razor Dobbs Read More »
