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February 12, 2016

The Tragic Saga of a Texas “Superbuck”

South Texas’ deer hunting is unique in that large ranches are managed for producing big whitetail bucks through carefully regulated harvests of mature deer, culling of deer, and feeding of protein and minerals. Many ranches have […]
February 12, 2016

Whitetail Vacation: Affordable Deer Management Hunts in Texas

For all practical purposes, modern trophy management for whitetail deer began in Texas. Three decades ago, owners of large ranches implemented practices that they felt might improve the quality of the deer they were seeing. Today, […]
February 4, 2016

North America’s Largest White Deer Herd Suffers Dramatic Decline

The effort to preserve the largest known herd of white deer in North America took a blow this week when an aerial census revealed that the herd had lost over half its numbers since 2008. For […]
February 1, 2016

Famous Hunter Jim Shockey’s Home Burglarized, Father’s Guns Stolen

Jim Shockey, the star of Jim Shockey’s Hunting Adventures and Uncharted, recently announced that his family home near Saskatoon, Saskatchewan was burglarized. Several items, including his father’s prized rifles, were stolen. Read full story at OutdoorHub.com
January 25, 2016

Explorer Henry Worsley Dies 30 Miles from Finishing Solo Antarctica Trek

British explorer Henry Worsley died last week while attempting the first solo expedition across Antarctica in recorded history. After spending 71 days alone on the continent and traveling over 900 miles, Worsley was just 30 miles […]
January 21, 2016

TFG at SHOT Pt. 3

The number of products specifically marketed to ladies at SHOT has grown in the last decade and we were relieved to find one that didn’t just slap on some pink and call it a female product. […]
January 21, 2016

TFG at SHOT pt. 2

Today at SHOT we were happy to find a new product by Thermacell. This is literally a life-saving product as mosquitoes can carry the deadly West Nile Virus and the woods and marshes I hunt are […]
January 21, 2016

The Best New AR Products from SHOT Show 2016

SHOT Show 2016 is here, so it’s time to check out all the latest gear. Let’s take a look at some of what’s new for the AR platform. Read full story at OutdoorHub.com
January 20, 2016

TFG at SHOT

Texas Fish & Game is currently prowling the (very long) hallways at the 2016 SHOT Show in Las Vegas. With tens of thousands of products on display the show can be a bit overwhelming to cover […]
January 19, 2016

World Record Spotted Bass Rumored to Be Caught in California

Another angler in California may have caught the largest spotted bass on record. Late last week Siebert Outdoors released a story from Wes Roberts, who claimed to have caught an 11-pound spotted bass back on December […]