The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Toyota ShareLunker season is off to a slow start. The program began in October and there’s just one entry so far, a Sam Rayburn Lake 13.2-pounder caught Nov. 2 by Ray Euper of Lufkin. […]
What’s happened to the ShreLunkers (13 + lb bass)? Read More »
South Texas’ deer hunting is unique in that large ranches are managed for producing big whitetail bucks through carefully regulated harvests of mature deer, culling of deer, and feeding of protein and minerals. Many ranches have their own set of
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For all practical purposes, modern trophy management for whitetail deer began in Texas. Three decades ago, owners of large ranches implemented practices that they felt might improve the quality of the deer they were seeing. Today, these efforts have come
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Toledo Bend continues to produce big bass. The biggest bass in the Toledo Bend Lake Association Lunker Bass Tournament so far since Jan. 1 is Louis Slaughter’s 13.15 lb trophy caught 02.02.16. In second place is John Dickerson’s 12.39 lb
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The Coastal Bend Bays & Estuaries Program’s Nueces Bay Marsh Restoration Project is moving along to completion. When completed it will return this area to a productive natural habitat with enhancements for recreation. Planning for this $5.3 million project began
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I have been creating disastrous tangles, breaking fishing rods, falling off of the boat, and hooking myself, friends, and family, for decades. If there’s a mistake to be made while fishing, chances are I’ve made it. And if I haven’t,
Mistakes Anglers Make – Don’t Do This! Read More »
10 pound bass caught and released in Jacksonville, Texas
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15 year old jason gandy went fishing with his uncle and caught a big alligator gar in san saba, tx
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I was all packed and headed toward the beach. Got my rods out and waited. it took about 15 minutes for the first bull red to hit. While scrambling for a quick catch and release, I found that I
The effort to preserve the largest known herd of white deer in North America took a blow this week when an aerial census revealed that the herd had lost over half its numbers since 2008. For decades, the white deer
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Largemouth bass: Anglers who fish in the near-coastal fisheries of four counties in the southeast corner of the state, or the Sabine River downstream from Toledo Bend Reservoir will see a new definition of “legal” largemouth bass if a proposed
Travis McKee and Leroy Navarro, were winners of the Baffin Classic, with a reported weight of 21.87 lbs. Second place winners had 21.03 pounds. Round two of the Classic is this weekend. McKee said he and Navarro have been fishing
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As the Miami Boat Show approaches (it runs February 11 through the 15th) the press releases are starting to fly. And already, we’re hearing about some cool new fishing boats that will be hitting the water for the 2017 model
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Texas hunters may see more liberal regulations and increased opportunities if state wildlife officials adopt changes to hunting regulations that have been proposed. DOVE: Under recently approved federal framework governing hunting of migratory game birds during the 2016-17 hunting seasons,
Jim Shockey, the star of Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures and Uncharted, recently announced that his family home near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan was burglarized. Several items, including his father’s prized rifles, were stolen. Read full story at OutdoorHub.com
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Areas TX-19, 20 and 21 of Lavaca Bay is closed to all oyster harvest effective January 23, 2016 due to low abundance of oysters in these areas. Chapter 76, Parks and Wildlife Code, and the Oyster Management Proclamation, Section 58.21(c)(1),
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11 yr. old Tommy Kincaid shot his first buck with a bow while hunting with his friend Wesley Wright in Johnson City Tx.
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My daughter Beth is new to hunting and this boar was the first animal she ever shot at. She does not take credit for the kill but I count it as a joint effort. Taken Jan 2, 2016 in Dayton
