Few wildlife threats are as horrifying—or as potentially devastating—as the New World screwworm. Today on Dark Outdoors, we’re taking a deep dive into a parasite that eats living flesh—and it’s no longer a problem confined to the history books. The New […]
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“COMING LEFT!” Seven or eight mourning doves within twenty yards, I shouldered my Mossberg 410-gauge swung past the lead bird and pulled the trigger. Down it went! Two dove wing beats later I swung through a second dove, pulled the trigger on the bottom barrel. “Gracious! Didn’t think you even knew what a shotgun was, nor how to shoot one!” I smiled and pretended like it happened every time I pulled a shotgun’s trigger…
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FAWNS ARE HITTING THE GROUND and we’re starting to see them up and around with the does! From what I’ve seen so far, looks like we’re going to have a pretty good fawn crop this year. And, we should have pretty good herd recruitment as a result. “Looks like the predator control we did late winter is paying off…”
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IT HAPPENED LAST JANUARY, after I had spent several days at the 2024 DSC Convention visiting with hunters who, like me, were headed to their deer camps as soon as the festivities completed to finish out their deer season on properties under Texas’ Manage Land Deer Permits…
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I HAD BEEN PUTTING OUT Vineyard Max every chance I had. The near seven-hour drive was one I did not relish making until I could start seriously hunting in October. Thankfully a friend agreed to put out the aromatic and nutritional Vineyard Max “bait” in an area I had found far from any existing deer feeder or deer blind. I had found the “middle of nowhere” spot the previous fall while walking and rattling…
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Fawns and Other Important Things LISTEN: (4 Min, 47 Sec) WHAT WAS THE FAWN CROP like 3, 4, 5 and 6 years ago?” I asked one of the hunters on the lease I was considering joining. “We have plenty of
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Managed Lands Deer Permits LISTEN: (3 Min, 42 Sec) IN RECENT YEARS, more and more landowners and hunters have started taking advantage of our Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s “Managed Lands Deer Permit”, or MLDP. After the property is on an
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At the Water Hole LISTEN: (3 Min, 30 Sec) TEXAS IS A THIRSTY STATE! Rainfall at the right times and amounts will make anyone a fabulous wildlife manager! This year, in spite of extremely hot temperatures we were blessed
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