Outdoors

By the time you are reading this, you won’t need me to remind you of the blast of Arctic air that pushed through the state this week. Just step outside; but better put your longjohns before you …

B.A. Steinhagen FAIR. Water stain; 63 degrees; 0.31 feet below pool. Mayflies are hatching, so expect some topwater bass action. Bass are fair on soft plastics in the cuts, or with frogs over …

B.A. Steinhagen FAIR. Water stain; 63 degrees; 0.31 feet below pool. Mayflies are hatching, so expect some topwater bass action. Bass are fair on soft plastics in the cuts, or with frogs over …

  If you’re not a duck hunter, you might wonder what force causes your waterfowling friends to leave the comforts of a warm home to spend time in a damp, often cold duck blind.   …

B.A. Steinhagen FAIR. Water stain; 63 degrees; 0.39 feet below pool. Mayflies are hatching, so expect some topwater bass action. Bass are fair on soft plastics in the cuts, or with frogs over …

A deer’s antler size is governed by age, nutrition, and genetics. Age is the most important, since antler growth is not maximized until at least 6 years of age. While supplemental food …

For the past 62 years that I have been addicted to the fall woods and pursuit of whitetail deer many of the hunts, deer camps, harvests and awesome people I have had the privilege of spending time …

A couple of weeks ago, you might have read my column where I detailed an action-packed striper fishing trip on Lake Texoma with Striper Express guide Chris Carey. Edgar and David Cotton and I enjoyed …

Way back in 1962 at the tender age of 12 when I harvested my first whitetail in the pine and hardwood forest of northeast Texas, I thought my iron-sighted lever action 30-30 was all the rifle I would …

B.A. Steinhagen FAIR. Water stain; 75 degrees; 0.17 feet below pool. Mayflies are hatching, so expect some topwater bass action. Bass are fair on soft plastics in the cuts, or with frogs over …

I absolutely love spending time in the woods in pursuit of deer and hogs this time of year but many years ago I learned that what I refer to as ‘the dead of winter’ is prime time for not …

As a boy we fished a great deal in southeast Oklahoma where there has long been good number of Choctaw Mule foot hogs, decedents of the original stocking that came with the Choctaw people when they …

Elton Gish of Lumberton submitted the winning photo for the Big Woods Natures Trail’s Photo-of-the-Month for November. He spied these small flower-like mushrooms growing along the trail and …

For the past 39 years, I’ve devoted a column to help folks shop for those useful but sometimes hard to find gifts for the sportsmen (and women) on their Christmas shopping list. Many of the …

B.A. Steinhagen FAIR. Water stain; 75 degrees; 0.43 feet below pool. Mayflies are hatching, so expect some topwater bass action. Bass are fair on soft plastics in the cuts, or with frogs over …

I thought it would be fun to visit this week about scouting and learning land that you are not familiar with. For a quarter century, I made my living first working on and later running survey …

B.A. Steinhagen FAIR. Water stain; 75 degrees; 0.17 feet below pool. Mayflies are hatching, so expect some topwater bass action. Bass are fair on soft plastics in the cuts, or with frogs over …

There are many myths in regard to cooking game meat. Game animals, by their very nature, live totally different lives from domestic animals raised strictly to grace someone’s dinner table. …

The Friends of Lake Livingston (FoLL) Aquatic Habitat Restoration, Riparian Renewal and Community Conservation Education project covers the entirety of Lake Livingston which is surrounded by four …

Most of us living in Polk County realize that the ground we walk on was also shared by historical Texas figures like Moses Livingston Choate and Stephen F. Austin. But did you know in the many miles …

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