Doug Pike Consumptive outdoor recreation is a privilege, like driving or voting. Lawmakers have neither reason nor justification to revoke that privilege, so far, but our own greed ultimately could do what no politician would dare. We’re fortunate just now
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Chester Moore Last fall, the American public got a taste of just how much power our government wields. By simply shutting down things popular to the people (national monument, parks, national forest, etc.) they showed how far their influences reaches
AUSTIN — Expansion into the Texas coastal bend of special harvest regulations on spotted seatrout, and harvest modifications to the state’s only year-round freshwater trout fishery have been approved by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission. As part of the
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Image source: The Blaze SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — A California state senator who authored gun control legislation asked for campaign donations in exchange for introducing an undercover FBI agent to an arms trafficker, according to court documents unsealed Wednesday. The
Your tax dollars at work. Check it out: Secretary of the Interior Sally Jewell announced today that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service will distribute nearly $1.1 billion in excise tax revenues paid by sportsmen and sportswomen to state and
Jacob Sobieski (15) of Houston, Texas killed this nice gobbler on opening weekend of spring turkey season in Atascosa County. He shot it at about 100 feet using a .22 pistol.
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Video source: The Blaze A man claims a hammerhead shark he hooked while deep sea fishing towed his kayak for about two hours, forcing him to beach two cities over from where he began. LiveLeak user “AdamFisk” says the shark
A South Texas man has pled guilty to nine charges of possession of oversized red drum, one charge of no saltwater fishing license, and one charge of exceeding the possession limit for red drum. The investigation leading to the filing
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Calixto Gonzales Something that I had to learn early on was that there are some realities that are immutable, and the sooner I learned to accept them, the easier it was to get on with the business of living. In
In the state’s ongoing effort to combat the spread of invasive zebra mussels, new rules have taken effect requiring that all boats operating on public water in 17 Northeast Texas counties be drained after use. Under the new regulations, persons
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48 inch drum, biggest one I ever seen or caught. Caught it in Corpus Christi tx
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MARBLE FALLS – Some lucky Texas high school students were awarded with a one day fishing trip with professional bass angler Alton Jones. Joe Beebee and Will Brady of The Woodlands took first place in the tournament hosted by Texas
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Lou Marullo Well it is hard to believe, but another season has passed us by. I am not talking about autumn, but another deer season. I hate to think about it. I absolutely love bow hunting deer, and when it
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The shrew is a mouse-sized insectivore that is arguably the most voracious predator on the planet and the two most common varieties are the southern short-tailed shrew and the least shrew. Shrews have an extremely high metabolic rate. According to
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With all the hype over “Untraceable Do-It-Yourself” 80% AR15 lowers lately I was reminded of this AK47 a guy built in his garage using a shovel. Enjoy! Click here for the complete 50 pics. A few observations: 1: It’s legal to
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We hunt hogs on several small properties around Fort Worth. The landowners allow access but often want feeders removed at various times of the year due to other activities on the properties. Setting feeders and building pens is hard work
Matt Williams With spring just around the corner, freshwater anglers across Texas are cooking up plans to visit their favorite lake, river or stream to enjoy the warming weather and hopefully catch a few fish. Some will have pot-bellied largemouths
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Dustin Ellermann CZ has always had a great reputation among shooters, and the new P-09 deserves every bit of your attention. The new polymer-framed pistol is the latest in a long line of reliable pistols, and I found it to
Chester Moore Every year a number of key outdoor issues hits the state of Texas, sometimes in the form of government actions, other times via nature itself (drought). This year several major items are already on the radar and are
Matt Williams Scroll through the long list of reservoirs under constant watch by the Texas Water Development Board and it is pretty obvious that most Texas reservoirs continue to starve for water as the result of a wretched drought cycle
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