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Now that more fall hunting seasons are rapidly approaching, it's time to ante up for another 12 month of hunting opportunities across the Lone Star State. And as always, Texas habitat conservation organizations greatly thank you and urge you to again remember that 100% of revenue from license sales goes...
If you've checked in with the news media recently, you've seen that this year's Thanksgiving Day spread is projected to be the most expensive in the history of the get-together. The highest cost is set to be your bird ... but it doesn't have to be if you can...
Spring turkey hunting in Texas is not an easy pursuit. That's especially true if you define quick success as the prime indicator of a good hunt. I’ve had the distinct pleasure of chasing after a variety of turkey subspecies in Texas and New Mexico, and the toughest aspect of hunting any...
The slow morning turned to afternoon as I flipped a dark spinner bait into the shimmering distance on Lake Meredith in the Texas Panhandle. Like so many previous retrieves from the bank, I brought my lure back without even a nibble from a hungry largemouth or smallmouth bass and stepped...
The Texas spring turkey hunting outlook is always based on Mother Nature's schedule and how well the ground-nesting species fared during the previous fall and winter. In terms of the hunting forecast for spring seasons running from March to May in 2024, things are looking on par with other...
Two years after the worst spring turkey hunting season in Texas in three decades, things are looking up for gobbler fanatics. The spring Rio Grande turkey season is now open across the state, and by all accounts 2013 has shaped up as a rebound year for production, carryover and harvest...
The Pineywoods region of Texas has long been a bastion of wildlife, harboring some of the best deer hunting and duck hunting in the state. However, one outdoors pursuit that seemingly lags somewhat behind is turkey hunting, specifically for the eastern subspecies of the bird that calls the pine thickets...
The pleasant smell of wildflowers lingered in a muggy Bee County breeze. So too did the pleasant echo of turkey talk not long after daybreak in this South Texas turkey hunting hot spot. The pair of gobblers had given away their position with a raucous retort only minutes earlier and slowly...
Tracking has become a lost art, but it's a skill that makes a huge difference no matter quarry you're hunting. For generations, learning the signs left by critters meant the difference between finding something for the dinner table or relying on leftovers – or simply not eating. In this day and...
The spring Rio Grande turkey season is almost underway once again across South Texas, and there will be no shortage of birds as our state has the highest population in the country. However, any seasoned turkey hunter will tell you that despite your best scouting and calling efforts sometimes it...