Big Whitetail What are the real factors in producing truly big whitetail bucks? This question has been debated for decades and the fact is there is no one answer. There is however several factors that help create the bucks that […]
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Bees! Nothing frightens me more in the wilds of Texas than angry bees, particularly the deadly Africanized “killer” bees. These bees are spreading and have firmly established populations in the Brush Country and part of the Trans-Pecos and Hill Country.
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Waterfowl Art Ducks Unlimited has released its latest online film that joins the Hautman brothers on a special waterfowling trip to North Dakota. Joe, Jim and Bob Hautman are renowned wildlife artists and perennial winners of the federal duck stamp
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Recently a caller to my radio program asked what kind of snapper was pinkish colored and had a black dot halfway between pectoral and dorsal fins. The answer was a lane snapper. These are a fairly common reef fish found
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The bass spawn in Texas is officially over and the fish are more than likely in a post spawn-summer time transition. There are many ways you can target bass this time of year, but one of my favorite tools is
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STAR Tagged Redfish Sixty specially tagged redfish are being prepped as the STAR-ring attraction in the 29th Annual CCA Texas State of Texas Anglers’ Rodeo (STAR) sponsored by the Texas Ford Dealers, Tilson Home Corporation and Capital Farm Credit. The
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Delta Waterfowl Delta Waterfowl commends U.S. Secretary of the Interior Ryan Zinke and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on a proposal to open 248,000 new acres to hunters and anglers on 30 national wildlife refuges across the United States.
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Air Guns? Officials with the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) Commission have voted to “re-evaulate” a proposal that would permit the use of air guns and arrow guns to take certain game animals, game birds, alligators, and forbearers. Commission officials
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Shrimp Season Closure The Gulf of Mexico commercial shrimp season for both Texas and federal waters is closed until a still-to-be determined date in July. The closing date (May 15) was based on samples collected by the Coastal Fisheries Division
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Gulf of Mexico Whales The Gulf of Mexico is a wild and interesting place. Teeming with life, it is a place of great inspiration and is also the source of occupation for many people in the fishing, shrimping and petrochemical
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Red Drum Most anglers in Texas and Louisiana call the red drum redfish but some call it “channel bass” in parts of Florida. No matter the name it is the top inland sport fish on the Gulf Coast. I thought
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Bull Sharks Me and sharks have an interesting history-especially the bull shark. I have this uncanny ability to find myself in interesting situations in the wild, especially when it comes to the apex predator of the ocean. While fishing in
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Survival Shotgun If you’re selecting one or more firearms to include in your bug-out bag, a suitable shotgun is just about indispensable. Okay, what constitutes “suitable” in a shotgun? When “the balloon goes up,” “SHTF,” zombie apocalypse, whatever, you need
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Camp Meat Questions Did you know you may not process a deer meat beyond quarters at your deer camp unless the camp qualifies as a final destination? “While in camp you may remove and prepare a part of a wildlife
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As a lifelong outdoorsman, I love products that can save time, save space and, most of all, save money. Arctic Ice does all three of these things quite well. I discovered Arctic Ice last November on a fishing trip in
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As long as I have been a hunter, I have depended on a good cooler to preserve my game meat and, recently, I added a Frio Vault 24 softside cooler to the mix for keeping my ready-to-eat smoked meats as
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It was a perfect setup for the mission. There did not seem to be a danger lurking anywhere. That mission was to try out our new night vision goggles and to record night wildlife sounds in the stunningly beautiful mountains
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As outdoors enthusiasts, many of us depend on bags of cubed ice for our hunting, fishing and camping adventures. It’s a necessity to keep beer, soda, food and other things we have to keep at refrigerated temperatures, sometimes long term
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