Texas: Governor Greg Abbott Urges a YES Vote on Prop 6 to Protect Your Right to Hunt & Fish
Don’t Forget — Early Voting Ends on Friday, October 30! As a fellow gun owner and sportsman, Governor Greg Abbott understands how important it is that voters approve NRA-backed Proposition 6 on the November 2015 ballot to protect the Lone Star State’s tremendous
Copano Bay and Areas of Galveston Bay to be Closed to Oyster Harves
Austin – Areas TX-1 (East Approved Area) and TX-4 in Galveston Bay will be closed to all oyster harvest on Nov. 1 and TX-32 (Copano Bay) will be closed on Nov. 3 due to low abundance of oysters in these
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San Antonio-area man catches huge bull shark on Texas coast, wins $20,000 at Sharkathon
A Spring Branch man caught an 8 feet 8 inch-long bull shark from the shore during Sharkathon off the Padre Island National Seashore on Oct. 17 — the largest catch ever submitted for the competition. Duke Washmon, 36, said he hooked the 104-inch shark at
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Prospects Bright for Quail Season Opener on Saturday
AUSTIN – Thanks to timely rainfall and cooler temperatures this year, Texas quail hunters can anticipate hearing more bobwhites during the upcoming season, which gets under way statewide Saturday, Oct. 31. Bobwhite quail could provide the best indicator of how
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Senate Dems introduce ‘No Check, No Sale’ bill for gun sales
Gun control stalwarts Sens. Richard Blumenthal, Chris Murphy, Dianne Feinstein and others kicked off a legislative push to mandate an end to the “default to proceed” practice. Under federal guidelines, licensed firearms dealers can transfer a gun immediately after given
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Outlook Promising for Texas Deer Season
AUSTIN –Hunters should expect the 2015-16 Texas white-tailed deer season to be one of the best in years as timely rainfall and mild weather have certainly set the table, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The general season
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Giant Rattlesnake Killed in Arkansas Measures Nearly 10 Feet in Length (VIDEO)
A giant rattlesnake estimated to be between eight and ten feet in length was killed in Arkansas by a man who said it attacked his dog. A western diamondback rattlesnake was killed in West Hartford, Arkansas by a landowner near
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Deer Struck by Car Takes Itself to Emergency Room
Employees of Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York were dumbfounded after an injured deer stumbled into the emergency wing on Monday. According to Fox News, the deer made it 20 feet down a hallway before staff were able to corral
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Hurricane Patricia Leaves Shark in Alabama Woman’s Front Yard
It looks like the premise behind Sharknado may not be so outlandish after all. Whitney Constantine of Mobile, Alabama was more than a little surprised after discovering a dead shark in the middle of her front yard earlier this week. According to
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Texas Country artist Kevin Fowler posts snake bite pictures that have gone viral (GRAPHIC)
Texas resident Kevin Fowler was in his garden shed when he found a snake. It was the third rattlesnake Fowler had found in his shed in a month and he took to Facebook to point out how dangerous the snakes
IGFA Confirms 5-year-old Angler’s Catfish Record
Earlier this month, the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) certified a 28-pound, 8-ounce flathead catfish caught by five-year-old Luke Harvell as the new record for that species in the 50-pound line class. The young angler caught the fish in North
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Newspaper headlines OSU homecoming car crash as mass shooting
On Saturday a woman plowed her car into a crowd at the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade, killing 4 and injuring 30– but it lead in one paper as a shooting. While the copy of the article, published in the
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$1,500: The Super-Cheap (But Still Super) Skiff
We get so carried away these days with our high-powered center consoles and fancy fishing machines, that we often forget just how much fun—and good fishing—you can have in a small, simple skiff. We also forget that we don’t have
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Goodbye $200 Tax Stamp? Bill Introduced to Remove Suppressors from NFA
Wouldn’t it be nice if you could buy a suppressor without having to pay a $200 tax on an already expensive item? That’s exactly what the American Silencer Association and Representative Matt Salmon (AZ) hope to do with the introduction of
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14-year-old Bags Potential Oklahoma Women’s Record Buck
Fourteen-year-old Micalah Millard of Skiatook, Oklahoma has been hunting every year since she was six, but last weekend she harvested her biggest buck yet—and it just may be a new state record. The Tulsa World reported that Millard shot a long-tined buck
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Man Without License Shoots Buck, Denied Louisiana State Record
A Louisiana deer hunter recently went from hero to zero when officials discovered that he didn’t have the proper licenses or tags to harvest an 18-point whitetail buck, with an unofficial green score of 208 7/8 inches—a deer big enough to
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State Wildlife Department That ‘Pioneered Program of Parachuting Beavers’ Finds Long-Lost Video (VIDEO)
If you were a pesky beaver in Idaho in the late 1940s and 50s, you risked being “relocated” in a most adventurous manner. The fact that the Idaho Department of Fish and Game flew beavers in a plane and dropped
This Transforming Boat Trailer Is the Coolest Boat Launcher Ever (VIDEO)
The most tedious and difficult part of boating usually happens at the boat ramp, but not with this impressive vehicle. The boaters in question created a hybrid vehicle which combines the boat, trailer, and towing vehicle into one amazing package.
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Snakemaster Speaks: A Conversation with Austin Stevens
No one knows snakes like Austin Stevens. When his program Austin Steven’s “Snakemaster” debuted on Animal Planet a decade ago, wildlife enthusiasts around the world were mesmerized not only with the serpents he encountered on film, but of Steven’s deep
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