April 10, 2014

March Madness: Some tips to help anglers capitalize when the big bite comes

Matt Williams NCAA basketball fans aren’t the only ones getting a good dose of March Madness these days. My guess is Texas bass anglers are just as stoked about their chances of making big points with […]

April 8, 2014

Chasing Rainbows

Doug Pike For many winters now, the state of Texas has stocked a few hundred thousand bite-sized rainbow trout in urban and suburban ponds. They’re great for any fisherman, young or old, who needs to feel […]

April 7, 2014

The Hog from Hell

Chester Moore IF THERE IS A DARK SIDE to hunting in the American South, it comes via wild hogs. No animal from Texas to Florida is more unpredictable, aggressive and, in some circumstances, downright evil. Take, […]

April 7, 2014

Texas Biggest Bass

Matt Williams Texas bass lakes have changed immensely over the last 30 or so years. So have the fish that are finning around out there, the anglers who chase them, and the biological practices that are […]

April 4, 2014

AR15 Airgun Training

Dustin Ellermann The cost of ammo seems to only increase and never fall. Those of us who shoot competition, hunt regularly, train for defensive situations or just enjoy shooting feel the hurt the most. Fortunately there […]

April 1, 2014

Oh, You Didn’t Know?

Calixto Gonzales One really neat thing about moving from teaching high school to middle school is how much the students marvel at the little bits of arcane information I sometimes spring on them. I can pass […]

March 31, 2014

March 2014

March 27, 2014

Ravings of the Predator Kind

Ted Nugent Silence. Stillness. Clarity. Life. Could there possibly be any other situation or environment as peaceful, raw, primal and perfect as a treestand? No. If ever there was a place where we can be at […]

March 27, 2014

Know and Respect Your Limits

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. […]

March 26, 2014

Deal With It

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 […]

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