The Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch
By Russell A. Graves “We’ll start a fire on both sides of this field and it will eventually burn together,” says Dale Rollins as we ride his side-by-side utility vehicle along the ranch’s interior roads […]
Outdoor
Texas Tarpon
By Russell A. Graves The sun was just peaking over the water when we launched from the boat ramp near Rockport. Beautiful and calm, the waters of Aransas Bay sit behind the expansive San Jose […]
Grazing North Texas — Prickly Pear
By Tony Dean We would be hard pressed to find a plant on North Texas grazing lands that has a more beautiful flower but at the same time has a more aggravating presence than the […]
Confessions of a Hunter — High Fence, Low Fence, No Fence
By Andy Anderson In today’s opinionated society, the debate over hunting in a high-fence ranch is a hot topic and always debated on personal preferences rather than fact. I hear and take part in discussions […]
Grazing North Texas – Johnson Grass
By Tony Dean In the 1840s, Colonel William Johnson owned a fertile river bottom farm in South Carolina. A friend gave Colonel Johnson seed for a grass originating in Turkey and the Colonel planted the […]
Deer In Decline
By Russell A. Graves He’s the deer I’ve been searching for over the past couple of days. Driving throu-h the rugged badlands of the Tongue River Country of Northwest Texas, mule deer are numerous but […]
Desert Deer
By Russell A. Graves West of the 100th meridian, where the sky domes over wide open plains, desert mule deer roam the draws, wheat field and mountain crags over a range that encompasses almost half […]
Confessions of a Hunter – Who am I?
By Andy Anderson I get to meet a lot of people in my profession, I love people. I enjoy getting to know them and learn something about them. I have always found it interesting the […]
Grazing North Texas – Eastern Red Cedar
By Tony Dean This tree is normally called Eastern red cedar although it is in the Cypress family. It is a native evergreen that matures at 20 to 30 feet tall but can grow to […]
Getting Along with Landowners :10 ways to make landowners happy and get invited back
By Russell A. Graves More than 94 percent of Texas’ 171 million acres is privately owned. Because of the minuscule amount of public land in Texas, most hunting, fishing and other outdoor activities take place […]