Outdoor
The experience of a life-long memory – Texas Youth Hunting Program
By Jessica Crabtree
Living in rural America, we sometimes take things for granted. This initial quiet, beautiful scenery and open sky are among the top few. At times we overlook how fortunate we are to have so many great opportunities at our back door. Those include activities like fishing, playing in creeks, investigating old cow trails, skipping rocks on a lake and hunting wild game.
For those who have never had such opportunities and don’t have the resources readily available, there is a program just for that. The Texas Youth Hunting Program in association with Texas Parks & Wildlife along with Texas Wildlife Association created a program designed for the first-time hunter. The program started in the late ’90s. The associations observed the majority of hunting licenses purchased were by older people. So, in an attempt to get the younger generations involved and not lose the art, the TYHP was born.
Children ages 9 through 17 are welcome to sign up for hunts through TYHP. Typically each hunt ranges from four to 10 kids. Another option is a super hunt available for repeat hunters. It is set up for large numbers of hunters to be spread out across multiple ranches. Each child must be accompanied by a parent or legal guardian and is led on hunts by a guide. The children are provided with a list of things to bring and an overview of what the weekend will be like. Each child is required to complete a TPWD hunter’s education course prior to applying to the hunt. The only fee associated with the hunt is $150. That fee covers the child’s and accompanying adults room and board as well as food. If the $150 isn’t readily available for a child, scholarships are available.
To read more pick up the April 2015 issue of North Texas Farm & Ranch.
By Tony Dean, [email protected]
If moisture is adequate, there are several winter annual grasses that dominate the landscape during early spring in Texas. One of the most common is Rescuegrass.
This winter annual is native to South America but grows over much of the United States and can be found in all ecoregions of Texas. Rescuegrass is easily recognized by its flat seed head.
Numerous seed heads produce seed that is transported by animals and can quickly spread to other areas.
To read more, pick up a copy of the April issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Norman Winter | Horticulturist, Author, Speaker
The National Garden Bureau has designated 2024 as the ‘Year of the Angelonia’ and I am in full celebration mode. As I was preparing for my contribution to the celebration, I was, however, sent into taxonomic trauma.
For the last 26 years of deep love for the Angelonia, or summer snapdragon, I have told everyone via newspaper, radio and television that they were in the Scrophulariaceae family. Since most gardeners don’t like those words, I modified or simplified the snapdragon family, but somebody has tinkered with green industry happiness and moved Angelonia to the Plantaginaceae or plantain family. I immediately reached out to my friend Dr. Allen Ownings, Horticulture Professor Emeritus with the Louisiana State University AgCenter. I said, “Did you know this, or better yet, did you do it?” He said, as I expected, that the Taxonomist group had done it. This reminded me that someone once said taxonomists have to eat, too.
To read more, pick up a copy of the April issue of NTFR magazine. To subscribe by mail, call 940-872-5922.
By Jelly Cocanougher
Brazen rumbles cut through the daylight stillness. Enamored by the grandiose symphony of the firmament, tinged in anticipation from where the light will snap next.
The clouds dance in the sky as a love letter to the electrically-charged synergy of the ground and air. It moves unashamed, reckless, and bold. It is raw power that could command attention for any being, a reminder that we are attuned to the primal opus of flora and fauna. The spirit of the prairie was awakened, the hands of a cowboy rests at the heart of it all, a symphony in combination.
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