Archive for tag: Texas

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Big Boy Bowfishing

June 5, 2010 Fishing

Alligator Gar are as prehistoric as it gets in the fishing world.  Freakin’ scary looking for sure, the general consensus is they prefer finned fare over the two-legged variety.  But enough of the “it’s okay to go back into the water” talk, let’s see what the story is behind these photos currently making the rounds. [...]

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Aye, There Be Monsters

September 24, 2009 Fishing

Reprinted from “The Sea Breeze: The Bayside’s Favorite Newspaper” of San Leon, Texas.  Story by Steve Hoyland, Sr. Two weeks ago a group of four men, Steve Hoyland Jr. with friends Bruce, Ken and Erik, set off on an overnight offshore fishing trip. They left at noon on a Tuesday and went about 120 miles [...]

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It’s Trailcam Season

July 1, 2009 Sightings

As @moultriefeeders reminded me, July 1st marks the beginning of the third quarter, when hunters begin paying particular attention to their trailcams in anticipation of the upcoming season. This series of photos from one such camera is a fascinating look during a three week period back in March of a stock tank in south Texas [...]

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Texas Tony

April 19, 2009 Deer

I met Tony Cox of  in the fall of 2007.  As Chief Real Estate Officer for a development company in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, he led the acquisition of the brokerage where I served as the Marketing Director.  Knowing his company had thousands of undeveloped land in their portfolio, of course I hit him up about [...]

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Everything’s Bigger In Texas

January 27, 2009 Sightings

Where I come from, snakes are all over but you have to have a good eye before stepping on them.  Down in Del Rio, Texas apparently, you’re likely to shiver in yer boots running over a speed bump in the Walmart parking lot because that’s about the same size as their big rattlers.

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Ultimate Hat Rack

September 18, 2008 Asides

Does this hot get your motor racing?  How about now:  it’s still out there.  Big guy here was sedated so Bob Zaiglin of Southwest Texas Junior College in Uvalde, Texas could measure the rack.  ”It was a unique opportunity for me and my students to see just how big antlers can grow on deer that [...]

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