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August 26, 2016

Late Summer Bassin Texas Style

In case you haven’t been outside this summer, in Texas it is HOT, like really HOT.  Most fisherman have already put up their fishing gear and have started getting ready for dove and deer season.  However, […]
August 25, 2016

TPWD to Hold Three Drawings for Lifetime Licenses

Each year as the fall hunting seasons get underway, Texas hunters and anglers shed their expired, folded and hopefully well-used patchwork of a license and replace it with a freshly-purchased one. There is a way to […]
August 25, 2016

Department of Wild: Monster Feral Hog Up Close (Video)

For the last year TFG Editor-In-Chief Chester Moore has been on the search for monster hogs. In this video he gets up close and personal with a feral hog on a ranch that has been domesticated […]
August 24, 2016

Game Warden Field Notes

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports. Stranded during the Storm During a late June storm, a Val Verde County game warden responded to a call for assistance […]
August 24, 2016

Monster Hogs: Photos of Texas-sized porkers and their giant tusks

The brush popped as the sound of footprints sounded in the forest. As I flipped on my Generation 3 night vision goggles, a low grunt sounded from the direction of the footprints. Just down the narrow […]
August 23, 2016

How to Get Rust Streaks out of Fiberglass

Nothing makes a fiberglass boat look uglier than rust streaks. And no matter how well built a boat is (including the use of 316-grade stainless steel for all the fittings) sooner or later those icky streaks […]
August 22, 2016

Texas Dove Hunting Prospects Bright: Longer Season, Lots of Birds

More validation that everything’s bigger and better in Texas, dove populations are soaring and the hunting season, which gets underway Sept. 1, is the longest in 80 years. A new 90-day season this fall means hunters […]
August 19, 2016

Fishing Etiquette

The Lost Art of Honor on the Water…and on the Ramp When it comes to fishing, nothing chafes my line like the disrespectful jerk who sees you catch one or two fish and then attempts to […]
August 16, 2016

How .22LR is Made [VIDEO]

Although small in size, .22LR ammunition is surprisingly complex to manufacture.   CCI is one of the top producers of rimfire ammunition in the world, and its trade secrets are closely guarded.  There was a video out years […]
August 16, 2016

Small but Sturdy: 3 Little Fishing Boats that can Handle Big Water

If you’re anything like me you like to fish everything from sweetwater to bluewater, but can’t afford an entire fleet of fishing boats. Truth be told, if money was no object we’d each own three, four, […]