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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I have often been fascinated with personal small watercraft such as kayaks, canoes and other small paddle-powered or trolling motor powered lightweight boats. Recently, I came in contact with a lightweight round boat on a recent bowfishing adventure I was
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Nothing is worse than getting ready to pull away from the dock, turning the key, and hearing… nothing. Yes, a dead boat battery is a very, very depressing thing. Fortunately, in this day and age it doesn’t have to ruin
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AUSTIN – The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department announced the 14 lucky winners of this year’s Big Time Texas Hunts selected at random from entries in the drawing. All told, hunters bought over 79,000 Big Time Texas Hunt entries during
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I guess you could say I am the quintessential Texas outdoors RIVER RAT, HILLBILLY, REDNECK and I am pretty ok with that. I was raised in a time when bell bottoms and disco reigned supreme and I hated it. I
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Oysters and fishermen rate it as a Texas Coastal Hot Spot One of the more popular fishing spots in West Matagorda Bay is the Half Moon Reef. The reef is one of the largest, innovative, and hugely successful oyster reef
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AUSTIN — Wildlife biologists are advising hunters, ranchers and rural residents in Northeast Texas of a handful of confirmed black bear sightings recently. At least four sightings have been documented on game trail cameras between June and late August in
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At first glance, you might not think a Texas boater would or should pay too much attention to the boats they fish from in Alaska. Their waters are a world apart from what’s found around here, and the types of
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Ten years ago, if you uttered the name Duck Commander in public no one would have blinked. That is unless you happened to be in a room full of duck hunters then everyone knew about Phil Robertson and his family. Mention
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Deer Carcass Movement Restrictions, Disease Testing Take Effect This Season AUSTIN – Deer hunters in certain areas of Texas and those who hunt in other states where chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected should familiarize themselves with new carcass
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The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Game Warden law enforcement reports. Up a Creek A Hunt County game warden responded to an emergency phone call from a woman in Delta County who said that
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Since the dawn of Smart phones, companies have come out with apps to make doing certain things easier or at least, in some ways, more convenient. Before I tested the TRASOL app, I had a ballistics calculator that helped me
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AUSTIN – Texas Game Wardens, along with the U.S. Coast Guard and the Department of Homeland Security, helped intercept a drug shipment along a popular stretch of surf on South Padre Island early Thursday morning, seizing 730 pounds of marijuana
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Texas boating fatalities generally involve an inattentive skipper driving too fast, but nearly half of the 12 boating related fatalities documented through June involved paddle craft, mostly kayaks. “These boating tragedies represent an alarming trend we’re seeing, not just in
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ATHENS, Texas — Individuals or organizations that have made a lasting contribution to freshwater fishing in Texas may be nominated through Dec. 31 for induction into the Texas Freshwater Fishing Hall of Fame. The nominee must be a Texan or
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AUSTIN – To say Joanne Stirt loves to fish would be an understatement. As the first winner of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Lifetime License Drawing this fall, the Bandera outdoors enthusiast can start spending more time and money
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You can bet there will be an appeal Many Galveston Bay fishermen are relieved after State District Judge, Lonnie Cox, voided a controversial lease that privatized 23,000 acres of the Galveston Bay. Sustainable Texas Oyster Resource Management (STORM), headed by
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Your boat battery is one of the most important safety items aboard. Yes, I said “safety items”. That’s because it not only starts your engine, but also powers your VHF radio, pumps, and navigational gear. So you want—need—to make sure
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After we’ve had a strong cold front, target the mouths of rivers and the very largest bayous emptying marsh if you want to catch large numbers of redfish. As we all know, cold fronts purge the marsh of the shrimp, menhaden,
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In our industry, it is fairly common to come across new gear that claims to revolutionize how we participate in our favorite outdoor activity. This seems to be an even more common occurrence when it comes to new fishing gear.
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