Texas’ 2021-22 general season for whitetail deer rolled to a close on Jan. 2 in most of the state. The season in 29 South Texas counties winds down on Jan. 16.

Lake O.H. Ivie produced the first Toyota Legacy Class ShareLunker on Jan. 5, a 14.48 pounder reeled in by Tyler Anderson of Frisco.

It happens each winter, usually about the time the general deer season wanes. Some good opportunities roll around for predator and hog hunting junkies to put their money where their mouths are and test their skills against others who share the passion for life on the wild side.

Just when everyone started thinking the ground couldn’t get any bumpier than it is was in 2020, along came 2021 and another rocky road to navigate.

Feral hogs are fixtures in the news.

One of the really cool things about taking a seat in a Texas deer blind at the height of hunting season is the uncertainty. You never know what might happen out there from one minute to the next.

Texas Parks & Wildlife’s 2021 Toyota ShareLunker season winds to a close in less than a month. Anglers who properly documented qualifying fish during the last 12 months have until midnight Dec. 31 to enter their catches in the big bass program and become eligible to win some valuable prizes.

Striped bass certainly won’t win any statewide popularity contests in Texas, but there are a handful of Lone Star lakes where Morone saxatilis kicks butt and grabs plenty of attention along the way.

Word on the street is that early bird Christmas shoppers looking for outdoor gear should tend to business sooner than normal this year, especially those who do their shopping online.

Joel Colston of Livingston got an early jump on the general deer season that kicked off Nov. 6, and it paid off with a remarkable whitetail wearing a magnificent crown.

The freshwater fishing industry is mourning the recent loss of a key player, great friend and a champion tournament angler/lure designer whom many consider to be the best natural talent to ever cradle a baitcaster or spinning reel.

It’s just about showtime for Texas’ army of deer hunters. Like youngsters revved up by visions of a big haul on Christmas morning, many will head to the woods next Saturday with high hopes that Lady Luck might work some magic as dawn falls on another opening day.

It happens every fall. Days grow shorter, nights longer and outside temperatures cooler. Whitetail bucks, all sporting their newest calcium crowns, go on testosterone tangents that sometimes take them places they normally might not go and cause them to make silly mistakes they usually would …

Texas Parks & Wildlife Department fisheries scientists recently launched a pilot study at Toledo Bend Reservoir aimed at finding an explanation as to why hydrilla and other types of aquatic vegetation have not rebounded after vanishing from the Texas/Louisiana border lake roughly six years ago.

Texas Parks & Wildlife Department wildlife staff are gearing up for another busy fall and winter with a long line of hunting seasons just around the corner.

It’s amazing at the difference a year can make.

Texas’ 2021 Archery Only season for whitetail deer gets underway statewide Oct. 2, and the general rifle season begins roughly a month later, Nov. 6.

Sept. 22 marks the official beginning of fall. It’s feel good time of year that always ushers in cooler weather and brings a gradual chill to the water — a one-two seasonal punch that almost always puts the slabs in the mood to chomp.

The stately greenhead rules with the duck hunting masses, but the blue-winged teal is the early bird favorite with Texas’ waterfowl crowd. Teal are always the first ducks to hightail it out of their northern breeding grounds and head south on their annual migration toward Mexico, Central and…

Every bass junkie would like to be able to work magic with a popping frog like Dean Rojas and catch fish like Jacob Wheeler or Kevin VanDam. Most will never come close.

The fishing industry recently said goodbye to a dear friend, tournament legend and craftsman of some of the finest bass baits ever tied to a fishing line. A family bid farewell to a loving husband, father, grandpa and mentor.