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It’s a new year for catching East Texas lunker bass

Big bass will be more active on warm and sunny days in January. Bass pro Lonnie

January is not the most pleasant month to be out on East Texas lakes casting for bass, but hey, it could always be worse, like, uh … February.

But on the bright side of things, this is a month that a lot of anglers begin their hunt for lunker bass on East Texas lakes, specifically Fork and Sam Rayburn.

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The evolution of Texas deer hunting blinds

A few days ago, I was at a South Texas feed store that also sells deer blinds and feeders. Something caught my eye — three blinds. One was painted in UT burnt orange, another was Texas A&M maroon and the other was hot pink in honor of breast cancer awareness. I mentioned something in regards to the traditional camouflage green stands to the salesman. The guy laughed and said they had actually sold quite a few of the odd colored blinds. It seems that deer no longer care what color the blind or feeder is as long as it’s still slinging tasty nuggets of corn.

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Big deer are there when you least expect it

It’s big deer time in South Texas and Beaumont hunter Danny Byrom didn’t waste any time in tagging the best deer of his life while hunting on his brother’s ranch in Uvalde. Danny shot his first deer three years ago at the age of 60. That was a 10-pointer.

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