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Texas turkey season dates 2023
Spring turkey season is here! Youth hunters in the South Zone already had a chance at a tom March 11-12. The regular season in the South Zone opens March 18 and runs through April 30. North Zone, One Turkey Counties and Eastern Turkey hunters will have to wait until April to get after the toms.
Harvesting the T-shirt buck
Texas Buck Registry holds 4th Annual “Most Texas” buck contest At 17, Layne Gerke was recently crowned the winner of the fourth annual “Most Texas” Buck Contest put on by Texas Buck Registry. Gerke secured more votes on Instagram than 15 other finalists for his buck, which scored 186 inches, while hunting on a low
Gulf Council Seeking Info On Mutton Snapper
The Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council would like to gain a better understanding of what’s happening with mutton snapper in the Gulf of Mexico. The Council recognizes that as active fishermen, you may notice trends or interesting things happening in the Gulf that the scientists and managers may not be aware of yet. We
TPWD Examines Turkey Prospects By Ecological Region
While the 2022 drought and heat have reduced wild turkey numbers across Texas, hunters who hit the field this spring should see plenty of birds in areas that typically house huntable populations of wild turkeys. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) biologists say hunters will have the most luck in the Cross Timbers, Edwards Plateau
Documentary examines safari operations from the native people’s point of view
“Killing the Shepherd”, a full- length documentary, examines the decline and later rise of African wildlife in a region of Zambia from a different perspective. Rather than looking at the animals, poaching, hunting and habitat, it looks at the native Soli people and human rights. The area examined, the Lower Luano Game Management Area, about
The latest lunker caught on O.H. Ivie has been determined to be a recapture from previous ShareLunker season
Lee Beuershausen, of Marble Falls, reeled in 13.34-pound ShareLunker 648 to set a new collection season record of Legacy Lunkers for O.H. Ivie, bringing the overall total for the year to 16. This bass in particular, is the only fish of the 37 ShareLunkers that has been determined to be a recapture from previous seasons;
Monster Blue Catfish, Inexplicable Sheepshead, and Mystery Tuna
So, I’m casting my six-pound ultralight rig with a tiny bucktail tipped with shrimp in a small tidal creek for panfish, when I feel a bite and jerk the rod back to set the hook. But there’s no give – not one little bit. Darn, I must have hooked bottom… and then the bottom began
McConnell discharged from hospital
(Photo by Tom Brenner/Getty Images) OAN Geraldyn BerryUPDATED 4:43 PM – Monday, March 13, 2023 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell has been discharged from a hospital following a fall which led to a concussion and a rib fracture. NEW: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell has been discharged from the hospital after being treated for a
