Texas Fish & Game

Has the fall “flounder run” been cancelled? Has the unusually warm weather short-circuited what is typically the best flounder fishing of the year? The answer is no and yes. The “run” is not canceled but the weather has changed things a bit. We have yet to experience the strong Arctic cold front that will get

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Prairie dogs have returned to Kaufman County. Mark McDonald, Chief Wildlife Biologist at Beacon Hill on Cedar Creek Lake is proud to announce the arrival of a family of Prairie Dogs to the Community’s Nature Trail. “We are delighted how quickly the Prairie Dog families have adapted to our Nature Habitat. They have become a

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In this show, Dustin interviews Rick Ward "The Urban Airgunner" on hunting small game, big game, and predators with airguns. Rick is part of the  American Airgunner TV Show which airs on the Pursuit Channel. Rick is a frequent "Round Table" expert on the show. Dustin and Rick discuss predator strategies, urban airgun hunting, AR-15 platforms

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My wife, Carol Pyfer caught this nice 10′ Sailfish while fishing about 40 miles out in the Pacific from Los Suenos, Costa Rica. Seven of us caught 28 Sailfish 8′-10.5′ in two days of fishing out of Los Suenos. On the way back in on our last day, the Captain stopped on a rock hump

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After searching high and low for an ideal pellet rifle for volume shooting and marksmanship training, I finally settled on the IZH 61 pellet rifle. We shoot thousands of pellets per year at our youth Marksmanship Camps (www.marksmancamp.com) and summer program at Camp His Way (www.camphisway.com).  In the past we had a collection of beat

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Texas has a Cornucopia of Natural Alternatives to Corn and Other Artificial Deer Enticements. Let’s face it, Texas deer hunters pursue the wary whitetail in two basic ways―baiting and playing on the sexual urges of rutting bucks. Deer hunters, like deer, are creatures of habit and over the last 20 to 30 years, they seem to have gotten

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TF&G has just learned that Jim Wallace has passed away at age 66. Wallace was the angler who broke the state record for speckled trout in Baffin Bay in 1996 with a monster 33.13-inch 13 pound, 11-ounce sow. “Jim was a true wade fishing machine for big trout. Arguably the best big trout fisherman ever,”

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Debbie caught this red on a curly tailed gulp while sight casting in a narrow bayou off of Trinity Bay. Great fight in a confined space, hooked reds were charging the boat and actually running out in the marsh grass during the fight.

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33″ Redfish caught on light tackle. It took 20 min. to land this hard fighting Lake Calcasieu Red.

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Oysters and fishermen rate it as a Texas Coastal Hot Spot One of the more popular fishing spots in West Matagorda Bay is the Half Moon Reef. The reef is one of the largest, innovative, and hugely successful oyster reef restoration project along the Texas Gulf coast. Half Moon Reef was one of  more than

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38″ Redfish caught on a spinnerbait / paddletail combo, Oct 21. Released.

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Quail Season opens Saturday with high expectations AUSTIN – Quail live on the edge. In lean years when weather and habitat conditions conspire against them, the birds hunker down and then when things are right their numbers explode. Experts refer to this in simple terms, “boom or bust.” This is the year of the boom.

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Whitetail movement increasing after cold fronts is a commonly held belief among hunters. But according to Ken Swenson of Swenson Whitetail Ranch, he sees something different. “Our deer absolutely increase their eating in a big way before a front arrives. A couple of days in advance, they eat, eat eat and then it actually slows down

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This week on The Best of The Outdoors Podcast, we visit with Marty McIntyre, owner of  GARQUEST Bowfishing Adventures. In this show we cover bowfishing for common carp, grass carp, gar, tilapia and more and how you can get started on a bowfishing adventure of your very own. Bowfishing is helpful to rivers and lakes by removing

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Flounder! No, we are not talking about that pudgy fraternity pledge in the movie Animal House. We are speaking of that flat, spotted, strange bottom-hugging fish known as the Southern Flounder. For most of the year, the elusive flounder avoids the efforts of a large number of coastal rod and reel fishermen. However, every fall,

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Deer Carcass Movement Restrictions, Disease Testing Take Effect This Season AUSTIN – Deer hunters in certain areas of Texas and those who hunt in other states where chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected should familiarize themselves with new carcass movement restrictions and mandatory requirements for testing of harvested deer. CWD is an infectious and

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1st Tripletail out of Galveston Texas

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The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Game Warden law enforcement reports. Up a Creek A Hunt County game warden responded to an emergency phone call from a woman in Delta County who said that her 85-year-old mother had driven an ATV off a steep embankment and into the Sulphur

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African Sporting Creations Introduces the New Croc Safari Boot by The Courteney® Boot Company Mansfield, OH- African Sporting Creations introduces the New Croc Safari boot from the Courtney Boot Company.  The Croc Safari is part of the luxury line of comfort footwear designed for those that seek outdoor adventure. The Croc Safari boots by the

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