Wild Wish Sea turtles have always been her favorite animal. Their life in the ocean, beauty and even their awkwardness put them at the top of the animal kingdom for high school senior Reannah Hollaway. So when I overheard a […]
Wild Wish Awakens Conservation Calling (By Chester Moore, Jr.) Read More »
Jaws Comeback A 12.5 foot great white shark named Hilton has turned up in the Gulf of Mexico and is swimming west from the the Florida Panhandle according to an article at The Huffington Post. The shark, tagged by research
Great White Shark Headed To Texas? Read More »
Scariest Animals This week, I thought it would be fun to check out some of the scariest animals. You know the kind you would least want to encounter on a cool, spring night when the wind is howling and the
The Scariest Animals In the World Read More »
On this weeks show, Dustin sits down with Chester Moore, Texas Fish & Game’s editor-in-chief, and the two talk about flounder fishing strategies on the Texas Gulf Coast and other fishing adventures. Tune in to learn more about the “SlimeMasters”
In 2008, I received a photo of a porcupine road-killed at Sabine Pass, TX. Porcupine Find That photo shocked many people because they (along with yours truly) did not realize we had porcupines in my native Southeast Texas. Back in 2012, I heard about someone
Video: Chester Moore Chases Porcupine in Hill Country Read More »
I’m a little envious of Capt. Scott Fitzgerald. The guide at Madfish Charters was fishing for amberjack this spring about 8.5 miles off the coast of Panama City Florida when he felt a big bump in his boat according to a
Great White Sharks Proven in Gulf of Mexico Read More »
Ever caught a southern flounder that has golden spots. Chris Dial did just that during the early days of my Flounder Revolution project. And it was not the only one we came across that had this unusual coloration. Check out
Golden Flounder & Other Oddities Read More »
The mottled duck has always had a soft spot in my heart. They are a native duck of the Gulf Coast and always symbolized the brackish-intermediate wetland I love so much. Growing up on the Gulf Coast of Southeast Texas
TX Mottled Ducks Spending Time in Gulf of Mexico Read More »
On this second day of SHOT coverage, Dustin Warncke sits down with Chester Moore on location at SHOT 2018 to talk about interesting product finds at SHOT this week as well as hunting and conservation efforts by different organizations at
Twenty years ago this week I was running a trotline in a deep hole in the Sabine River. My cousin Frank Moore and I had trotlines about 200 yards apart and had been catching a few blue catfish. This was
Almost Killed By An Alligator Garfish Read More »
In conducting research on winter flounder, I interviewed several guides that target trout during the coldest months and each of them said they have incidentally caught flounder all over the flats. The largest and most fish tend to be caught
How to Catch TX Flounder During Winter Read More »
Texas rules when it comes to biodiversity. No other state can boast the wide variety of creatures that roam the wild lands from the Panhandle to the coastal prairies of Southeast Texas and everywhere in between. A huge part of the
Texas Has a Venomous Mammal! Read More »
This is the definition of adorable. Watch as TFG Editor In Chief Chester Moore and his friend Ashlyn get a baby wolf to howl.
Chester Moore gets baby wolf to howl (video) Read More »
Ever have a flounder hit your bait and then take off? Most hit and sit. Some hit and run. This videos gives you an idea of why they do this and how you can use it to your advantage in
Hit and run flounder-flounder that keep going (video) Read More »
I love flounder and huge flounder really intrigue me. One of the coolest moments of my career as a wildlife journalist was getting to encounter a flounder bigger than the long-standing state record. The state record of 13 pound was
A 13-pound-11 ounce flounder and catching flounder on the “beds” Read More »
We have been promising to keep you updated as to the status of the federally endangered key deer in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma. The following is a video captured by veteran television journalist David Sutta via Facebook showing four
Key Deer survive Hurricane Irma (video) Read More »
TF&G Editor-In Chief Chester Moore loves wildlife and these clips show him catching the biggest opossum we have ever seen and showing how rat snakes climb trees.
Catching GIANT opossum, seeing how a rat snakes climb trees (video) Read More »
Have you ever seen fish hitting with your own eyes but they were keyed in on something VERY specific. They weren’t just hitting shrimp, they were hitting a certain size shrimp, etc. My friend Thad Daly and I were out
Follow the shad and alligators to find flounder (seriously) Read More »
On this episode, Dustin reconnects with Chester Moore again and they talk all about the ICAST fishing trade show, which was held in Orlando, Florida, this past July and cover fishing industry trends, conservation and more. Bank fishing, kayak fishing
Snake venom is a precious commodity. From antivenom for snakebites to cancer treatments and the latest research on neurological diseases, venom is being used in a wide variety of applications. And George Van Horn has been collecting it for these
Watch venom extraction up close and personal (video) Read More »
