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February 22, 2016
A 3 1/2-year-old captive raised white-tailed buck harvested in early January by a hunter from a release site on a ranch in Medina and Uvalde counties has been confirmed positive for chronic wasting disease (CWD). The […]
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February 22, 2016
Texas dove hunters would get an additional 20 days this fall under proposed changes to the 2016-17 Statewide Hunting Proclamation for Migratory Game Birds up for public comment. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has approved […]
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February 17, 2016
The region’s largest in-water boat show adds second show in Fall 2016! The South West International Boat Show, the largest in-water boat show in the Southwest, and the premier sail and power show for new and […]
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February 17, 2016
Hunting hogs with night vision and thermal imaging gives you a great advantage over the super invasive and smart prey. I’ve been able to use a PVS14 night vision monocular setup for a while and recently […]
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February 16, 2016
When Shimano announced that they were coming out with a new Stradic line, I was a bit apprehensive. My favorite reel for casting and jigging is a Stradic 3000, and honestly, I didn’t want them to […]
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February 12, 2016
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 […]
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February 12, 2016
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 […]
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February 12, 2016
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, […]
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February 10, 2016
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 […]
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February 10, 2016
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 […]
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