Photo courtesy of Robert Sloan.
Last week I was out on a friend’s ranch in the Hill Country and we were after pigs. I love hunting pigs; they are not nearly as stupid as a lot of folks think.
Big Thicket Natural Preserve will be issuing feral hog trapping permits on a first come, first served basis starting Feb. 7.
Big Thicket Superintendent Wayne Prokopetz announced that the preserve will begin issuing this season’s free feral hog trapping permits on Monday Feb.
'Definitely not the best photo I've ever shot with my cell phone, this is the bobcat I watched eat a dead duck last Saturday morning' - Robert Sloan
With the closing of the regular gun season on deer, some buds and I shifted gears and opted to go duck and pig hunting last weekend. As expected, the duck hunting didn’t work out too well.
Phil Brannan holds a big bass caught on Falcon Lake in South Texas.
Lumberton’s Phil Brannan is not only a world-famous carver of wooden fish, but he’s also in the hunt for big bass every day all day.
You never know where ducks are going to be along the Texas coast from one day to the other. So far, teal have bene filling out most limits.
Opening weekend of the Texas duck season in the South Zone was one that had lots of hunters heading out of the field with a limit of teal and scattered pintails.
The South Zone duck season opener was better than expected, with the best shooting taking place on flooded fields and small lakes. A whole lot of teal fills limits, with a scattering of pintails.
The deer season across Texas opens this Saturday at first light, ditto that for the South Zone duck season and when you stack college football on top of that it’s going to be a busy day for thousan
The deer season runs from Nov. 6 through Jan. 2, 2022 in the North Zone, and Jan. 16, 2022 in the south Zone. A special youth-only gun deer season is set for Oct. 30-31 and Jan. 3-16, 2022.
November the 6 is a big, big day across Texas.
