February 12, 2020

Serial Killer Encounters-In The Outdoors!

Ted Bundy. It’s a name that invokes horror some 40 years after this despicable reign of terror. And that was the name carved into a tree deep in a national forest in Utah where Josh Slone […]

January 30, 2020

Learning About The Oceans

Appreciating Oceans “People protect what they love.” Those words were originally spoken by legendary ocean explorer Jacques Yves Cousteau, a man who spent much of life beneath the surface of the world’s oceans. Most of us […]

January 30, 2020

Second Wave Of Rainbow Stockings

A second wave of rainbow trout stockings is underway in Texas. For urban and suburban families in major cities, Neighborhood Fishin’ lakes offer some of the best opportunities to catch rainbow trout this winter. The Texas Parks […]

January 30, 2020

Fishing The First Quarter

As 2020 takes off, so do the area bass fishing tournaments. Fishing in South East Texas is different than fishing in many other areas. For the most part, we don’t generally get the cold weather that […]

January 23, 2020

Houston Safari Expo Kicks Off

The Houston Safari Club Foundation (HSCF) will hold its Worldwide Hunting Expo and Convention, Jan. 24-26 at the George R Brown Convention Center in Houston. The Friday night banquet will feature Don Felder, renowned as a former […]

January 23, 2020

Rape Trees And The Border

I took no pleasure in writing this. In fact, I still do not want to write it but feel compelled because it is such an important issue for Texas outdoors lovers and our nation. There is […]

January 23, 2020

10 Points On Concealed Carry

As an outdoors journalist of 28 years (started when I was 19), I have seen many changes in gun laws, gun culture and have heard every conceivable argument for and against concealed carry. I would like […]

January 23, 2020

Catching Blue Catfish In Brackish Water

Biologists with the Sabine National Wildlife Refuge have found through tagging efforts blue catfish have a high tolerance for salinity. This validates what Upper Coast redfish fans have known for years. You can catch blues where you find […]

January 22, 2020

Most Dangerous Thing In The Woods Is…

People often ask me what I think is the biggest threat in the woods. And they are shocked when I don’t answer bear, mountain lion, rattlesnake or wild boar. My answer is always the same: humans. […]

January 22, 2020

Important Elk Research Boosted

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation allocated more than one million dollars in funding to further elk-related scientific research in 2019. Those funds leveraged an additional $6.3 million in funding from other partners. “Our mission to ensure […]

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