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July 13, 2016

Gone to the Hogs

How the Texas Hog Problem has become the state’s fastest growing Hunting industry It is a question we get every few months here at Texas Fish & Game. Out-of-state readers and visitors on fishgame.com want to know where to […]
June 30, 2016

Mr. Jakes Gun

I grew up along the banks of the Sabine River in deep East Texas.  I had the privilege  of knowing numerous colorful characters that taught me of the outdoors and sometimes just enriched my childhood by […]
June 8, 2016

What Does that Buck Score?

How Record Scoring Systems Work Kill a good whitetail buck these days and sooner or later someone is going to pop the question: What does it score? The same could be said for mule deer, elk […]
May 30, 2016

Whether You Lease or Not

Natural Options for Better Management and Better Hunting If you want to  be consistently successful hunting whitetails, gaining a broad knowledge of their natural food habitat is important. The time to start thinking about it is now. It […]
May 20, 2016

Exotics in Texas

Do They Open a Back Door to Attacks from Anti-Hunting Forces? In January of 2014 hunters, ranchers and conservationists celebrated the President signing the Omnibus bill that featured a Dallas Safari Club-backed provision to allow continued hunting of scimitar-horned oryx, Dama gazelle […]
May 18, 2016

Bowhunting 101: Grim Reaper Broadheads and Gold Tip Arrows and Bolts

I have been asked many time by my viewers on YouTube and other places my videos are viewed what I think are the best combinations for bowhunting success. For me, this is easy: Broadheads: Grim Reaper. […]
May 16, 2016

The Eastern Parade (TFG Throwback – 1995)

Growth in the state’s eastern turkey population gives Texans plenty to strut about. by Ray Sasser Muffled by wind and the insulation of green hardwood forests, the gobble was barely audible, yet it sent chills down my spine. Somewhere back in […]
May 13, 2016

Old Moss Back

No matter where you go there are tales of unhuntable and unkillable bucks. Names like “The Ghost” or “Old Moss Back” abound. Whether in the north or South it matters little. This is one tale of […]
March 28, 2016

Hunting Hogs with “Silencers”

Hunting Hogs, Exotics & Predators with Suppressed Firearms Most serious hog hunting takes place at night, and anyone who has hunted at night knows that a rifle shot seems much louder than during daylight hours, when […]