http://texashuntingtoday.com/blog Online Hunting Magazine Thu, 31 Jul 2008 02:48:42 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Try "Peaslee Mountain Hunt Park" in Maine By Blaine Cardilli As a 48 year old hunter with more experiences than I can begin to remember, it's strange that I never gave "hunt parks" or "game ranches" a second look until now. Like most, I've always enjoyed the challenges of free range hunting ... http://texashuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/03/27/want-great-off-season-hunting-with-the-kids/ Two years almost to the day, Vice President Dick Cheney is returning to the famed 50,000 South Texas ranch of Anne Armstrong, the site where he accidentally shot his hunting partner Harry Whittington. http://texashuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/02/08/duck-texas-vp-cheneys-in-town-for-some-bird-hunting/ Everything is big in Texas they say and breeding deer, both whitetail and mule deer, has become big business. Last year the industry boasted a $652 million economic impact to the state. The Gazette-Enterprise has more on this story. Tom Remington http://texashuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2008/01/04/texas-deer-breeding-sixth-most-profitable-agricultural-industry/ Justin Wells of Lufkin, Tom Bass of Dallas, Jarrett Hanus of Spring and Ryan Haltom of Houston set baits to catch an alligator by hook and line. They had scouted the area and knew there was a big alligator lurking about the area where they set their bait. When they ... http://texashuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/27/one-big-alligator-caught-in-texas/ The last known native Texas big horn sheep was spotted in October of 1958. Today, with the help of many, big horn sheep number 991 in the far western reaches of the Lone Star state. The Jasper Newsboy is reporting that the census tallied a one-year increase in sheep of ... http://texashuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/27/texas-big-horn-sheep-growing-in-numbers/ It seems that not all the news coming out about the declining number of hunters and fishermen nationwide is bad. I reported last week that Maine was bucking the national trend of reduced numbers but someone forget to tell Texans there seems to be a lack of interest. The Houston Chronicle ... http://texashuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/27/tell-texans-the-number-of-hunters-and-fishermen-declining/ SAN ANTONIO — The state’s only non-profit organization solely dedicated to Texas deer, the Texas Deer Association passed the torch this weekend and ceremoniously installed newly elected officers on its executive committee. The all-new executive committed was officially sworn in during the Ninth Annual Texas Deer Association Convention & Trade ... http://texashuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/27/texas-deer-association-swears-in-new-leadership/ By Jerry Allen Blood In Motion: A Forensic Guide to Blood Tracking It takes a lot of work to set up and execute a hunt, but what happens after the shot will determine if the hunt is truly a success. You’ve scouted and set up stands. You’ve sighted in your guns and bows; ... http://texashuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/27/after-the-shot/ By Robert Lane Bob Lane is a Licensed Master Maine Guide and photographer. He has also guided Caribou Hunters and Fishermen on float trips in Southwest Alaska. July’s warm, sunny weather doesn’t provide much incentive to think about deer hunting to outdoorsmen who are trolling for deep swimming salmon and togue, whipping ... http://texashuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/27/tree-stand-tips/ By Bob Lane In many hunting families, guns are handed down from generation to generation. When a family member no longer desires to, is unable to hunt, or is deceased, the rifles, pistols, and shotguns are often passed on to the hunting offspring or grandchildren of the former hunter. The sentimental ... http://texashuntingtoday.com/blog/index.php/2007/12/27/dad%e2%80%99s-rifle-a-family-heirloom/