In this show, Dustin interviews Rick Ward “The Urban Airgunner” on hunting small game, big game, and predators with airguns. Rick is part of the American Airgunner TV Show which airs on the Pursuit Channel. Rick is a frequent “Round Table”
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My wife, Carol Pyfer caught this nice 10′ Sailfish while fishing about 40 miles out in the Pacific from Los Suenos, Costa Rica. Seven of us caught 28 Sailfish 8′-10.5′ in two days of fishing out of Los Suenos. On
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After searching high and low for an ideal pellet rifle for volume shooting and marksmanship training, I finally settled on the IZH 61 pellet rifle. We shoot thousands of pellets per year at our youth Marksmanship Camps (www.marksmancamp.com) and summer
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Free range 12 pointer with split brow tines!! Took this beauty in Liberty county, TX at 9:05am opening day of rifle season. Harvested with 300 WBY. Magnum using WBY 165 grain Nosler Ballistic Tip cartridge.
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I am often asked about 3” or 3.5” shells and exactly what I shoot. I tell the same story every single time. Let’s start with some history about the 3.5” shell shall we. It was introduced in 1988 by Federal
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We all witness to the fast changing technology in the fishing industry, from fishing apps, to electric reels and fish sonars, and now a new invention is going to solve some of the shore fisherman’s biggest problems. Fitch, the first
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Warm Weather Could Hamper Prospects Early On AUSTIN – Waterfowlers will be looking to the north for help as duck and goose hunting seasons kick off this week under less than ideal conditions. A lack of cold weather has delayed
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When I wore a younger man’s clothes, the question of the best place to hunt for deer often came to my mind. I can remember hours spent pondering this very thought while waiting for a whitetail to magically appear. As
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If your boat doesn’t offer some sort of protection from the sun, it can get miserable aboard. For anglers this often means opting for a T-top, but on some boats, like the cuddy cabin you see here, T-tops aren’t appropriate. A
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Flounder are slowly beginning to stage for their fall migration to the Gulf. Although it is not prime time yet, we are getting there and there are plenty of options to hook into big ones. Hardcore flounder: This is one I guarantee
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That first day of deer season is about as much anticipated and looked forward to as is Christmas day or Thanksgiving. Opening day has a special place in a hunters heart that nonhunters will never understand. To them they think
Taken near Clarksville, Tx. It was Kamryn’s first time hunting ever with her daddy. 1st hunt, 1st shot, 1st kill….10 point buck!!
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I hate the word unique. Most things that get that handle aren’t. That said, the Active Lifestyle Vehicle Awards does fit that description well. Held annually in Chandler, AZ, and a challenging Butcher Jones recreation area, the competition enlists about
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In boating, fishing, hunting, and bowfishing, we use many different apps for river and lake navigation. I depended my iPhone’s map system for many years for this type of navigation until I discovered Stream Map USA. From the minute I
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The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports. Expired and Arrested A Morris County game warden observed a small flat bottom boat with three male occupants on Big Cypress Creek along Sand Crossing
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Hunters hoping Saturday’s opener brings reprieve from warm temps AUSTIN – Record high temperatures in the upper 80s and 90s from Amarillo to Austin left ardent bowhunters sweltering in their deer stands throughout October; a trend weather models project could
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This was a trip I took with two of my sons at the Jetties in Galveston. It was 41 inches long and was tagged and taken home to eat.
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How many times have you gone out duck hunting wanting to fill your strap full of big ol fat Mallards, only to find mostly Gadwalls filling your stringer and save the day? According to Ducks Unlimited, the Gadwall is the
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Carol caught this big black drum while fishing near the Pelican Island Bridge in Galveston. She was using a tiny dead shrimp to fish for sand trout in about 10′ of water. When she was holding the fish for the
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Did you know you may not process a deer beyond quarters at your deer camp unless the camp qualifies as a final destination? “While in camp you may remove and prepare a part of a wildlife resource if the removal
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