When my friend Sam Old from Virginia first began talking about the formula he had developed that will stop any deer in its tracks, I was all ears. What deer hunter wouldn’t want to learn about a …

I’ve been a proponent of the Dallas Safari Club for a long time. The organization has contributed millions of dollars through the years to ensure conservation of wildlife through public engagement, …

Many of my friends and folks at events I attend ask me if wild hogs really make tasty pork. For many years, I have been a proponent of putting free range pork to good use. I always respond that yes, …

In my early days as a deer hunter, I learned the basic patterns of the whitetail rut (breeding season) by observation. I had little idea of why deer interact as they do during different times of the …

I remember well the first time I fished with guide Tony Parker. It was a cold winter’s day back in the early nineties at Lake Tawakoni. Tony was just getting established as a fishing guide and …

You don’t need an old outdoor writer (me) to remind you of the current heat wave we are all enduring. But cooler weather is just around the corner and falling leaves and frosty mornings will once …

For much of my adult life, I have enjoyed learning about shooting and hunting with different sporting arms. Back when I was a young man just starting a family, money was tight and I continued …

I guess most of us outdoor types have equipment that we’ve become fond of over the years. For some, it might be an old outboard motor that was acquired years ago that just refuses to wear out. …

I remember watching the classic movie “Home from the Hill” starring Robert Mitchum when I was a kid. The movie, filmed a short distance from my home in Red River County, was one of the big …

Through my many years spent on the water and in the woods enjoying my passions of hunting and catching fish, one if the absolutes truths I’ve learned is the fact that, “It isn’t over until …

Your outdoor scribe has been taking a cue from the fish and critters the past week. I am up well before daylight and enjoying the cooler hours of the morning and then seeking AC during the heat of …

I remember well my first experience feeding deer in hopes of attracting them to my hunting blind which, back in the sixties was a couple of two by fours nailed to the fork in a tree branch of an old …

I love the flavor of smoked meat and for most of my adult life have spent countless hours tending a wood-fired smoker. I’ve used everything from the old barrel shaped water smokers to homemade iron …

Are you a fish eater? If so, what is your favorite freshwater fish? I posed this question on social media a couple years ago and there was a smorgasbord of favorites. I have eaten just about every …

It’s summertime and fishing is easy. Maybe I should write the catching is easy, for both blue and channel catfish. I just got off the water at Lake Tawakoni with guide Tony Pennebaker and Jeff Rice …

If you are a deer hunter it’s a good bet you can scrounge around in your freezer and find a few packages of overlooked venison steaks, roasts or ground meat. If vacuum sealed or double wrapped …

This past week, Cedar Creek guide Chris Webb, Jeff Rice and I met at the boat ramp just as the sun was beginning to light up the eastern sky. Our goal was to film a segment of our weekly TV …

I’ve been a devout hunter and eater of wild pork for a long, long time. I’ve pursued wild porkers in remote river bottoms of east Texas and the brush country of South Texas and just about …

There’s something very special about river fishing. I grew up a few miles from the Red River in Red River County and have fond memories of bank fishing along the river. I remember my dad …

This past week was a very good one for me. I was fortunate to enjoy some great times on the water and in the woods with a couple of very good friends. There was a time when I was young when I judged …