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Bowhunter takes 20-pointer on family ranch By Craig Nyhus
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When water is clear to the beachfront, anglers work the surf for speckled trout. Photo by Robert Sloan, for Lone Star Outdoor News.
By Robert Sloan
For Lone Star Outdoor News There is not a better month to be fishing the surf along the Texas coast than October. The water is still warm, there is plenty of bait to attract trout and reds, and thanks to cool fronts moving through, the surf is often clean and green to the beach. There are two different ways to fish the surf. One is from an anchored boat and the other is to wade. For the most fun you can’t beat wade-fishing, according to longtime surf angler Joe Chatham. “The surf is another world,” he said. “If you time it right after a cool front, you stand a very good chance of catching limits of trout that are usually bigger and
After watching this buck for four years, Braden Rohde took this 7-year-old 20-pointer just 15 minutes into the archery season. Photo from Braden Rohde.
A Mason County buck arrowed by Braden Rohde just minutes into the opening morning of archery season has quite a history. “We’ve been watching him since he was 3 1/2 years old,” Rohde said. “He was only 8 inches wide then, but he had 12 points and two kickers.” The next year the buck still with 12 points, started looking more typical, and the 21-year-old Rohde, his father, grandfather and brother looked forward to watching him grow on the family’s 450acre, low-fenced ranch. “At 5 1/2, he was still narrow, about 9 inches wide, but was a 14-pointer — a 6-by-6 with two kickers,” Rohde said. “Early in the season, he got in a fight and broke off half of his main beam.” The family team decided to wait another year. “Last year, it was dry and conditions were tough,” Rohde said. “He went backwards to a 10-inch, 9-pointer. We let him go another year.” The year, with great conditions, the buck stuck around and grew. “He turned into something we had never seen on the ranch,” Rohde said. “He stayed narrow but got more stickers and a drop tine.” The family decided to hunt the buck during archery season, before he might break off his beam again. Rohde said his grandfather and father bought the ranch in 2000, around the time he was born. “It didn’t have many good deer on it,” Rohde, now a firefighter in College Station, said. “Over the years, we figured if you let the bucks grow older, they can do some great things. We waited on the good bucks until they were 5 1/2 and saw an increase in the size of the bucks.” Rohde said each year, they see a buck
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Hunts staying consistent down south By Nate Skinner
Dove hunters in the South Zone are reporting more birds arriving each day. Fields with crops and native weeds have been hotspots, as well as stock ponds. The majority of
South Zone dove hunters are seeing new arrivals of mourning dove in early October. Photo by Nate Skinner, for Lone Star Outdoor News.
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hunters have been harvesting more mourning dove than whitewings, with the exception of those hunting over sunflower fields in the Rio Grande Valley. Guide and outfitter Clayton Roth, of Dilley Dove, said the concentrations of birds in the Dilley area just keep improving. “We keep getting new birds each week, and in my opinion, we’ve
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Welcoming back specks
White-fronted geese migrate early regardless of weather, and get a jump on other waterfowl for the most abundant food, like rice in Texas’ coastal plains. Photo by James Richards.
Goose species first to arrive each year By Craig Nyhus
Lone Star Outdoor News Seeing geese while teal hunting surprises some hunters, but the white-fronted goose, also known as the specklebelly, has always been an early migrator, providing much of the shooting for opening day goose hunters, while waiting for the snow geese to arrive. And they travel among the greatest distance, often in the shortest period of time. According to Ducks Unlimited, the birds
migrate 6,000 miles or more between their Arctic breeding and wintering grounds each year. The overall numbers of whitefronted geese expanded with increasing agricultural crops, and the birds tend to arrive in southern states nearly a month before puddle ducks like mallards, pintail and wigeon. “The growth of these Arctic goose populations is partially attributed to the birds’ ability to exploit agricultural crops such as rice, corn, and soybeans on migration and wintering areas,” DU said. Why do the birds come south
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so early? According to studies by Dr. Douglas Osborne, an associate professor with the University of Arkansas’s Agricultural Experiment Station, white-fronted geese spend 25 percent of their feeding time in flooded rice fields, where they could potentially compete for food resources with ducks. “The early arrival of whitefronted geese, known as early obligated migrants, meaning they initiate their fall migration about the same time each year despite the weather, on their wintering grounds gives the birds a competitive advantage because they are
able to exploit the most abundant food resources, specifically waste rice in harvested fields, before other waterfowl arrive,” Osborne concluded. With shifting amounts of rice on the landscape, the specklebellies have altered their migration destination. “During the 1970s and ‘80s, the greatest concentrations of wintering white-fronted geese occurred along the Texas Gulf Coast,” Osborne said. The primary distribution of wintering birds shifted into Louisiana around 1995 and then into eastern Arkansas by 2005.”
Waterfowl hunts in deer country By Nate Skinner
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Lone Star Outdoor News Based on roadside surveys, quail season is predicted to be about the same as the past few years. But late hatches of birds are giving hunters a hint of optimism that the reality will top the predictions. Harsh winter conditions and the poor physical condition of the population didn’t get quail off to a good start this year, but good spring and summer conditions allowed the birds to make a big and extended “push,” according to the Rolling Plains Quail Research Foundation. “We do believe there is reason for optimism for a decent 20212022 quail season on areas that are actively managed,” Dr. Dale Rollins said in the organization’s October newsletter. Late hatches are more common in South Texas, with hatches documented in every month except January. The late hatches are rare in the Rolling Plains and Panhan-
While the white-fronted geese don’t wait to get pushed south by weather and depart the north when there is a lot of open water and food, they also head back north well before other species. “In the spring they’re chasing the ice line trying to go back north,” said Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries biologist Paul Link, who studied data from geese tagged with transmitters. “They’re trying to be the first one back to the Arctic, gambling on their fitness and when Arctic ice-out will occur.’’
Prime conditions through the summer provided bobwhite quail with opportunities for late nesting, hopefully leading to more birds this winter. Photo Lone Star Outdoor News.
dle, though. The forecast from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department wasn’t as optimistic, saying a relatively dry start to the year likely put a damper on early nesting activity, and roadside counts put the season outlook in line with the past three years. Beginning in May, though, storm clouds arrived and persisted through June Please turn to page 23
Luke Bledsoe runs hunts for ducks, geese and sandhill cranes on in areas of South Texas historically known for deer hunting, not waterfowl hunting. Photo From Luke Bledsoe.
When Luke Bledsoe began working in the oil field in South Texas several years ago, he had no idea he would stumble upon some of the most productive grounds for waterfowl hunting in the state. What started as a way to get his waterfowl hunting fix in an area more known for producing quality white-tailed deer has turned into a business. Bledsoe owns and operates Speck Ops, and offers hunts from Hondo down to Riviera, over to Brackettville, and everywhere in between. “We chase ducks, geese and sandhill cranes on arguably some of the most unique, unpressured, and nontraditional regions of Texas,” Bledsoe said. “Most folks in the areas where we hunt could care less about a duck, a goose or a sandhill crane. They are concerned with dove for a few weeks during September each year, and then their focus turns to deer. This has provided us with a rare opportunity to tap into a resource that just keeps on getting better, year after year.” Bledsoe grew up hunting waterfowl in Louisiana and southwest Houston. He spent his grade school years and high school years in Richmond, before heading to college in Lafayette, Louisiana. “I spent a lot of time waterfowl hunting in south Louisiana while I was in college,” Bledsoe said. “Many times my buddies and I would go before or after class, and sometimes in between classes.” A family business opportunity cut his college career Please turn to page 23
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South of the border bird hunts
Dove, duck and quail hunters have been returning to Mexico to hunt after a long absence due to safety concerns. Photo from Jeff Larson.
Hunters heading back for ducks, dove By Robert Sloan
For Lone Star Outdoor News Dove, duck and quail hunting in Mexico used to be the “in” thing. The hunting was fantastic, the food was great and the accommodations were comfortable. But once the safety of heading across the border became an issue, hunting was pretty much shut down — and it’s been that way for years. About four years ago, fishing and hunting guide Jeff Larson took a chance with an outfitter in Mexico with more than 50 years of experience, and loaded up his gear and headed to the Mexican hunting fields located about one to two hours across the border from Harlingen. “I had been hunting over there for about 30 years,” said Larson, who is still running guided fishing and duck hunting trips out
of Seadrift. “But like most other hunters, the risk factor got a little bit out of hand, and then the hunting lodges shut down and hunts shriveled up to nothing.” Larson discovered things have changed for the better. “When I returned to hunting Mexico four years ago, what I found was everything was on the up and up, and there was nothing to worry about. Plus, the bird hunts are incredible.” How good are those hunts? Larson said the daily limit on ducks is 30, for dove it’s 75 per day, and on quail it’s 15 per hunter, per day. And there also are goose and crane hunts. “We rack up a lot of limits on our hunts,” he said. “I work with an outfitter in Mexico. He finds the ranches we hunt on, and we have boats to use on the bays. Most of our hunts are on the bays and ranches out of San Fernando, located south of Matamoros. A lot of our hunters fly in to Harlingen and we meet them at the airport, Please turn to page 23
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Pronghorn season underway Lone Star Outdoor News Pronghorn season in Texas opened Oct. 2, and reports of good numbers and good animals began trickling in. At Ahrens Ranch and Wildlife, near Borger, a strong showing of bucks were seen on opening day, and repeat customer J. Scott Wilson bagged his third buck in his fourth year of hunting with the outfitter. The ranch reported seeing a group of 20 animals, with the pictured buck being 900 yards away. After closing the distance to Photo from Ahrens Ranch and Wildlife less than 300 yards, Wilson made the shot. Jason Goode reported that he, his father and a buddy all shot bucks over opening weekend in the Panhandle, and Rene Ybarra, of Y-Barr-A Outfitters, guided multiple hunters with success. Near Marathon, Mark Connally reported taking a nice buck, and other hunters took several nice Trans-Pecos bucks, according to Greg Simons. The season runs through Oct. 17.
Deer Blind Windows owner dies Ronald Wayne Boatright, the owner of The Original Deer Blind Window Co. and manager of the family business, Dickinson Feed, died Sept. 11 in Clear Lake. He was 54. Known as “Ron/Ronny,” Boatright was an avid hunter with his father, was a member of the Dickinson Volunteer Fire Department, and served with the Galveston County Sheriff’s Department from 1988-2005. Boatright leaves behind his wife of 35 years, Susan, and son, Tyler, and his parents, Raymond and Palma. —Staff report
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Cutting stingray tails, barbs Practice legal but not recommended By Craig Nyhus
Lone Star Outdoor News Anglers keep an eye out, and shuffle their feet to avoid surprising a stingray. Some remove barbs and tails when catching one, but the practice is not encouraged by biologists. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.
A fisherman along the Texas coast reeled a stingray onto the beach, and didn’t know what to do. Another fisherman nearby came to assist and promptly cut the barb and part of the tail off of the ray, and the ray was released. A person watching
along the beach approached, threatening to call the game warden, claiming what they did was illegal and that the men were mutilating the fish. Andres Garcia, a biologist with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Coastal Fisheries division in the Lower Laguna Madre, said he was aware of the longstanding practice used by some along the coast. “We have caught stingrays in gillnets where the tail is miss-
ing,” Garcia said. “The people cut just past where the barb starts.” The barb on a stingray will regenerate, Garcia said. “Sometimes the barb breaks off or gets pulled out,” he said. “The ray will produce a whole new barb. Rays heal very quickly from injuries, and cutting the tail doesn’t affect their ability to eat or swim.” Garcia said many people are afraid simply because they don’t know how to handle a
stingray. “If you can, get someone to help you get the hook out and just drop it back in the water,” he said. While it’s not illegal to cut the stingray’s tail, it’s not recommended. “It can cause an infection where the cut is made,” Garcia said. “And the barb and tail are the ray’s main defense mechanism — they kind of use their tail like a scorpion and twist it to expose the barb underneath. Plus, Please turn to page 13
Bass anglers watching water temps Most still waiting for fall patterns By Lili Keys
Lone Star Outdoor News There haven’t been many signs of fall at Falcon Lake, according to James Bendele of Falcon Lake Tackle. “The last two weeks have seen some of the calmest winds for an extended period of time that I can remember,” he said. “No wind at all isn’t particularly good for fishing.” The morning bite has been slow, so Bendele suggested sleeping in, then trying smaller lures, since the lake has an abundance of small shad. “A few months ago, we were talking about a giant shad spawn,” he said. “Now their prodigy are swimming around everywhere and they are about 1 1/2-inches long.” The best baits have been smaller varieties, as shaky heads and drop shots have been catching a lot “Some guys have been throwing big squarebills and deep-diving crankbaits, but there have been a lot of shallow fish reported, as shallow as one foot of water,” Bendele said. “Water in the mid-80s doesn’t bother Falcon fish at all.” Reports from lakes across the state have anglers waiting for one more cold front to drop water temperatures.
On Lake Pat Mayse, a Century Bass Club tournament saw anglers struggling to get a limit in the livewell, but good numbers of smaller fish were found. On Lake Ray Roberts, David Welcher suggested bass anglers give crappie tactics a try. “We’ve been crappie fishing the last three weekends and we have caught about 20 bass out of the thickest cedars suspended at 15-feet down,” he said. “The biggest one was 27 inches long.” Other anglers might try some of the community ponds and lakes, where water temperatures dip more quickly. The Dallas-Fort Worth Inland Fisheries Department conducted surveys on community ponds in Mesquite and Coppell. They reported Andrew Brown East and Moore Road Park ponds had a good diversity of fish and plenty of “fun to catch” sizes of fish. At Old Petrolia Lake, near Wichita Falls, researchers noted shoreline access to this lake is limited and suggested anglers use kayaks, canoes or float tubes to fish the spot. The lake is ringed with thick bullrush with lots of lily pads in the upper end. One survey found lots of largemouth bass, most over the legal-length limit of 14 inches. They sampled up to 21-inch largemouths with the biggest being around 6.7 pounds. They also noted bluegill in the lake up to 9 inches long.
These largemouth were measured during an electrofishing survey at Andrew Pond East, in Mesquite and Moore Road Park, in Coppell. Photos from DFW Inland Fisheries.
Flounder gigging action shallow By Nate Skinner
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Jesse Drewa gigged this 22-inch flounder in Corpus Christi Bay. Photo by Wes Lowe.
With the first few cool fronts of the year pushing across the Texas coast, flounder are beginning to stage along flats in preparation for their annual fall run. Fishermen have been chasing the flatfish at night, armed with gigs and lights, in hopes of taking advantage of the early fall patterns before the flounder fishery closes at the beginning of November. No flounder are allowed from Nov. 1 – Dec. 14. James Meissner and Adam Wetz went flounder gigging with some buddies on some flats in Aransas Bay and found
quite a few flounder in the 16- to 22-inch range staging in shallow water. “The biggest obstacle we had was trying to find clean enough water to gig in,” Meissner said. “Clear water was scattered, and often times we had to get super skinny to be able to see the bottom. I think we probably covered some areas that had fish, but just didn’t have the water clarity we needed.” Meissner said most of the fish they stabbed were holding in about 18 inches of water. “Old mangrove flats that had a lot of dead mangroves left over from the freeze is where we found the majority of the
flounder we gigged,” he explained. “There also were flatfish hanging over grass flats with small, scattered sand pockets.” Jesse Drewa and Wes Lowe found limits of flounder to gig along spoil islands and the edges of channels and troughs in and around Corpus Christi Bay. “We stuck some fish so shallow that when we gigged them, their tails would start flipping out of the water,” Drewa said. “I was somewhat surprised to find them that shallow in just a few inches of water.” Drewa said the tide was coming in on the night that they gigged, and the fish were more
scattered at the beginning of their trip. “As it got later into the night and the water level got higher, the fish seemed to start stacking up together in denser numbers,” he said. “After we had gigged our limits and were walking back to the boat, we stumbled upon several groups of fish staging together in tight areas.” The highlight of their trip occurred when Drewa saw a large flounder swimming alongside him. “I knew it was a pretty good one, and I instinctively reached out and gigged it as it was swimming away from me,” he said. Please turn to page 22
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Lone Star Outdoor News Anglers wanting to book a charter to head offshore will be able to keep two red snapper in federal waters beginning Oct. 15. The Gulf federal red snapper season in federal waters for vessels with federal for-hire reef fish permits (charters and headboats) was 63 days, from June 1 through Aug. 3. Based on updated landings data, NOAA Fisheries determined the annual for-hire catch target was not reached, allowing for the season to be reopened. The Gulf federal red snapper for-hire season will reopen at 12:01 a.m. on Oct. 15 and will close at 12:01 a.m., local time, on Nov. 6. The reopening does not affect the recreational private angler season in federal waters, which is determined by TPWD and closed Aug. 5. The estimated number of days for the federal for-hire component to harvest the remaining red snapper allocation was projected using recent catch rates and the average weight of harvested fish.
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put up a better fight than the smaller trout we catch in the bays. A light southeast breeze is good, but just after a front moves through, the north wind will flatten the waves and allow the surf to go trout green. That’s when you need to be out there.” Chatham recently had a great day of fishing the surf a few miles south of Pass Cavallo, along Matagorda Island. “We had two boats going out that day,” he said. “One of them headed north out of the Port O’Connor jetties. We headed south. At the end of the day, we had limits of trout to 26 inches, and all were caught on lures. Our buddies in the other boat that headed north, toward the Matagorda jetties, didn’t have much of anything. The water they fished was full of sharks. We didn’t have any sharks.” That experience provides an idea of how fickle the surf can be. “This time of year, I like to fish the surf just after a front moves through,” Chatham said. “Basically, we’re looking for clear water along the beach. Birds will often lead us to the fish. They are easy to spot when they are actively feeding on trout, or a school of reds. And the birds you’ll see that are up on the beach, doing nothing, are also a good indication that trout are nearby. The gulls and pelicans are always good to move in on.” Calmer water is also key. “You don’t want breaking waves up on the beach,” Chatham said. “That will keep the water churned up. Aside from the birds, I like to look for deeper holes and pockets of calm water just off the beach. That’s where you’ll find trout and reds
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bunched up and feeding on shad, mullet and shrimp.” Guide Charlie Paradoski can usually be found with waders on East or West Matagorda bays. But about now, he will not miss an opportunity to fish a surf that’s green to the beach. “The best way to fish the surf is to wade,” Paradoski said. “You can fish it from a boat, but you can’t cover nearly enough water. Waders can move from one spot to another in a hurry.” Paradoski said one of his go-to lures in the surf is a MirrOlure Top Dog or Top Dog Jr. He’ll also fish a MirrOlure 7M series, a floating twitch bait that’s almost 4 inches long. Best colors are bone, pink/silver and chartreuse/silver. Chatham said his top producer in the surf is a Down South paddle tail soft plastic jig that’s about 5 inches long. The lure is attached to the leader via a loop knot for more action. His go-to colors are Texas roach, Victoria’s Secret and fire/tiger. But to add just a little bit of a twist, he’ll place a half-inch square orange fish bite strip on the jig hook. “It looks stupid, but works,” he said.
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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT ALAN HENRY: Water clear; 80 degrees; 1.69’ low. Largemouth bass are good on bream-colored football jigs and top-water poppers. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on live bait, cut bait and stink bait. AMISTAD: Water clear; 80 degrees; 46.25’ low. Largemouth bass are good on edges of the vegetation on Texas-rigged worms and craws. Catfish are fair on stink bait and cut bait. ARLINGTON: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 4.77’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on blue or black spinner baits, drop shots and crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair on cut bait and chicken livers. ATHENS: Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 0.18’ high. Largemouth bass are good on jigs, crankbaits and Carolinarigged plastic worms. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on live bait and earthworms. AUSTIN: Water clear; 81 degrees; 0.61’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on drop shots, football jigs and craws. Catfish are good on chicken livers and punch bait. B.A. STEINHAGEN: Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.31’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to slow on jigs, worms and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on cut and prepared baits. BASTROP: Water clear; 85 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on football jigs, crankbaits and purple or black Carolina-rigged plastic worms. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Channel and blue catfish are good on nightcrawlers and punch bait. BELTON: Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 1.09’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on blue Texas-rigged plastic worms, chartreuse swim jigs and spinner baits. White bass are good on white/chartreuse jigging spoons and slabs. Hybrid stripers are fair on live bait and pearl swimbaits. Catfish are good on live bait and cut bait. BOB SANDLIN: Water clear; 79 degrees; 1.17’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on crankbaits, shaky-head jigs and red, blue or black Texas-rigged plastic worms. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers, punch bait and cut bait. BRAUNIG: Water stained; 80 degrees. Red drum are fair on spoons, crankbaits and live perch and tilapia. Catfish are fair on shrimp and cheese bait. BROWNWOOD: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 0.45’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on perch crankbaits, brown or green Texas-rigged plastic worms and shaky-head jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass and hybrids are good on slabs, swimbaits and live bait. Catfish are good on chicken livers and live bait. BUCHANAN: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 2.83’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on blue, black, or purple Texasrigged plastic worms. Striped bass are good on live bait and top-waters. White bass are good on swimbaits, slabs and jigging spoons. Channel catfish are
good on live bait, nightcrawlers and punch bait. Blue catfish are good on fresh cut bait and live bait. CADDO: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.27’ high. Largemouth bass are good on jigs, buzzbaits, wacky rigs and drop shots. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on live bait, nightcrawlers and punch bait. CALAVERAS: Slightly stained; 80 degrees. Largemouth bass are slow. Red drum fair on tilapia and perch. Catfish are fair on cut bait and cheese bait. CANYON LAKE: Water lightly stained; 73 degrees; 3.45’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on football jigs and red or green Texas-rigged plastic worms. Striped bass are good on live bait. White bass are good on live bait, chartreuse jigging spoons and silver slabs. Catfish are good on punch bait and live bait. CEDAR CREEK: Water lightly stained; 78-83 degrees; 0.91’ low. Largemouth bass are good on shaky heads and crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are fair to good on silver slabs. Catfish are good drifting over humps with cut or live shad. CHOKE CANYON: Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 17.07’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastics and swimming jigs. Crappie are fair on brush piles in 20 feet of water with jigs and minnows. Catfish are fair on live bait. CONROE: Water stained; 84 degrees; 1.51’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged worms. Hybrid striped bass are fair on jigging spoons and live bait. Crappie are slow. Catfish are fair on chicken livers and shrimp. COOPER: Water lightly stained; 76 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on deep-diving crankbaits, black or red plastic worms and football jigs. White bass and hybrids are good on silver or white slabs and chartreuse swimbaits. Catfish are good on punch bait and chicken livers. CORPUS CHRISTI LAKE: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 2.04’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, spinner baits and worms. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on shad. EAGLE MOUNTAIN: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.31’ low. Largmouth bass are fair on crankbaits and purple Texas-rigged worms. White bass are good on slabs and swimbaits. Catfish are good on fresh shad. The catfish evening bite is fair, drifting using fresh shad. FALCON: Water stained; 81 degrees; 42.0’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on crankbaits, Texas-rigged finesse worms and shaky heads. Catfish are good on live shad, live tilapia and live perch. FAYETTE: Water lightly
stained; 80 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on shaky-head jigs, square-billed crankbaits and purple or black drop shots. Catfish are good on earthworms, punch bait and cut bait. FORK: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.82’ low. Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, shaky-head worms and chatterbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on dough bait. GRANBURY: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.51’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and plastic worms. White bass are fair to good on slabs. Striped bass are fair on live bait. Catfish are good on cut shad. GRANGER: Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 0.15’ high. Largemouth bass are good on crankbaits, raspberry and watermelon Carolina-rigged plastic worms and pearl or chartreuse swimbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers and cut bait. GRAPEVINE: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 0.64’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on shaky heads, Texasrigged plastic worms, swimbaits and crankbaits. White bass are good on slabs, swimbaits and jigging spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair on chicken livers, live bait and earthworms. HOUSTON COUNTY: Water lightly stained; 71 degrees; 0.32’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on top-water frogs and Carolina rigs. Crappie are good on minnows. White bass are fair to good on silver slab spoons. JOE POOL: Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 0.34’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on wacky worms, drop shots and shaky-head jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers, punch bait and cut bait. LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.83’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on blue or black Texas-rigged plastic worms, football jigs and pearl swimbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on punch bait, earthworms and cut bait. LAVON: Water lightly stained; 78 degrees; 3.15’ low. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms and creature baits. White bass are slow. LBJ: Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 0.73’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms and football jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and chartreuse jigs. White bass are good on live bait, swimbaits and slabs. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers, live bait and cut bait. LEWISVILLE: Water lightly stained; 84 degrees; 0.83’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged plastic worms, drop shots, crankbaits and shaky head jigs. White bass
are good on live bait, slabs and swimbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut shad on flats. LIVINGSTON: Water stained; 82 degrees; 0.49’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jigs, weighted worms and topwaters. White bass are good on slabs and minnows. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are good on live bait and stink bait. MARTIN CREEK: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.34’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on red or purple Texas-rigged plastic worms, crankbaits and football jigs. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait and punch bait. MEDINA: Water lightly stained; 82 degrees; 42.11’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on plastic worms, and jigs. White bass are fair on spoons. Catfish are fair on live bait, chicken livers and blood bait. MILLERS CREEK: Water stained; 80 degrees; 0.68’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on worms, top-water frogs and weedless jigs. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are fair on live bait and blood bait. NACONICHE: Water lightly stained; 78 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on plastic worms and jigs. Crappie are fair on jigs. Catfish are good on dough balls, cut bait and live bait. NASWORTHY: Water murky; 84 degrees. 1.01’ low. Largemouth bass are good on Texas-rigged worms, spinner baits and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs. Catfish are fair on live and prepared baits. NAVARRO MILLS: Water lightly stained; 74 degrees; 0.84’ low. Largemouth bass are good on blue or purple plastic worms, swimbaits and shaky-head jigs. Crappie are good on jigs tipped with minnows. White bass are good on white slabs, chartreuse swimbaits and live bait. Catfish are good on chicken livers, punch bait and nightcrawlers. O.H. IVIE: Water clear; 82 degrees; 15.02’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on pumpkinseed jigs and 10-inch power worms. Crappie are good on jigs. Catfish are good on stink bait, live bait and cut bait. OAK CREEK: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 4.62’ low. Largemouth bass are good topwaters, Texas-rigged worms and jigs. Crappie are good on live minnows. Catfish are fair on nightcrawlers, live bait and cut bait. PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 78 degrees; 0.46’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on perch crankbaits, shaky-head jigs and swimbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs and jigging spoons. Catfish are good on punch bait and chicken livers. POSSUM KINGDOM: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 0.66’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. Striped bass are good on jigs and crankbaits. Catfish are
good on cut shad. PROCTOR: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 1.14’ low. Largemouth bass are slow. White bass and hybrid stripers are slow. Catfish are good on cut bait. RAVEN: Water stained; 82 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair to good on wacky worms and weightless finesse worms in plum apple and watermelon. Crappie are fair on minnows and chartreuse jigs. Catfish are excellent on cut bait at night. RAY HUBBARD: Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 1.55’ low. No report on largemouth bass. White bass ar good on inline spinners and 3/4-ounce chartreuse slabs. RAY ROBERTS: Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 0.48’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and jigs. White bass are good on top-waters, slabs and jigging spoons. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are good on chicken livers and cut bait. RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water lightly stained; 81 degrees; 1.24’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on drop shots, shaky-head jigs and Texasrigged plastic worms. White bass and hybrids are good on live bait, slabs and swimbaits. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are good on cut bait, punch bait and chicken livers. SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 82 degrees; 1.30’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on top-water frogs, crankbaits and jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. SOMERVILLE: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 0.38’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on wacky rigs, shaky-head jigs and crankbaits. White bass and hybrids are good on white/chartreuse jigging spoons, slabs and live bait. Crappie are good on jigs and minnows. Catfish are good on punch bait, chicken livers and cut bait. STILLHOUSE HOLLOW: Water lightly stained; 83 degrees; 0.73’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on drop shots, shad crankbaits and spinner baits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs and live bait. Channel catfish are good on nightcrawlers and punch bait. Blue catfish are good on cut bait and live bait. TAWAKONI: Water lightly stained; 80 degrees; 0.95’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits, Texas-rigged plastic worms and football jigs. White bass and hybrids are good on swimbaits, slabs and live bait. Blue catfish are good on fresh cut bait and live bait. Channel catfish are good on punch bait and cut bait. TEXANA: Water stained; 79 degrees; 1.25’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on jigs. Catfish are good on stink bait, cut bait and live bait. TEXOMA: Water lightly stained; 76 degrees; 2.17’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on flukes, shaky-head jigs and
n Saltwater reports Page 20 Texas-rigged plastic worms. Striped bass are good on live bait with some top-water action at sunrise. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on earthworms, chicken livers and live bait. TOLEDO BEND: 71 degrees; 4.12’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and plastic worms. Crappie are fair on small minnows and jigs. Catfish are slow. TRAVIS: Water clear; 80 degrees; 18.57’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on red, purple, or black Carolina-rigged plastic worms and football jigs. White bass are good on jigging spoons, slabs and live bait. Striped bass are fair on live bait. Catfish are fair on punch bait and live bait. TYLER: Water lightly stained; 85 degrees; 0.47’ low. Largemouth bass are good on tubes, football jigs and Carolina-rigged plastic worms. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on cut bait and punch bait. WACO: Water lightly stained; 77 degrees; 1.05’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters and plastic frogs, Carolina-rigged plastic worms and football jigs. White bass are fair on crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on chicken livers, punch bait and cut bait. WALTER E. LONG: Water lightly stained; 81 degrees. Largemouth bass are good on spinner bait, square-billed crankbaits and drop shots. Hybrid stripers are fair on live bait, large silver spoons and chartreuse swimbaits. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on live bait and punch bait. WHITNEY: Water lightly stained; 75 degrees; 1.82’ low. As Largemouth bass are fair on blue or black Carolina-rigged plastic worms and shaky head jigs. White bass are good on white and chartreuse swimbaits and slabs. Stripers are good on live bait. Crappie are excellent on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers, punch bait and live bait. WRIGHT PATMAN: Water lightly stained; 74 degrees; 0.02’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on drop shots and football jigs. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good on chicken livers, punch bait and live bait.
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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER MULTI-YEAR INVESTIGATION REVEALS ILLEGAL HUNTING, OUTFITTING ON CITY PROPERTY After a lengthy investigation by Texas game wardens and other law enforcement agencies, a Hidalgo County grand jury indicted two men on accusations they illegally led hunts on property owned by the city of Edinburg. Marco Aurelio Espinoza, a 64-year-old McAllen resident, faces a single count of taking certain wildlife resources without consent. Also, 65-year-old Rene Guerra faces the same charge. The investigation began on the first day of general whitetail deer hunting season in 2018 and resulted in the arrests on charges of criminal trespass and two counts of taking certain wildlife resources without consent. A game warden visited a property located south of the South Texas International Airport, looking for indications of poaching, which the warden had observed toward the end of the previous deer hunting season. When the warden arrived, he saw fresh signs of hunting activity, including mowed pathways and feeders placed on the property. Over the next several days, two wardens began conducting surveillance and identified two trucks in the area carrying people who spread corn along the mowed pathways. The wardens linked one of the trucks to Espinoza, and met
with officials at the airport and with the city who confirmed no one had consent to hunt on the property. On Jan. 1, 2019, the wardens heard a shot and saw Espinoza’s truck enter the airport property. The wardens approached the two hunters and observed that a white-tailed doe had been placed in the back of Espinoza’s truck. At that time, Espinoza approached the tailgate and told the warden the hunter was a guest from Beaumont. The hunter was not aware he was hunting without landowner consent, according to wardens. A few months later, wardens interviewed Guerra, who admitted to killing two white-tailed bucks, trapping and hunting hogs, putting out corn as bait and mowing pathways on the city’s property at Espinoza’s direction. Guerra told wardens that Espinoza told him a government entity owned the property and he had been hunting on it for a long time. During the Jan. 1, 2019, confrontation with the wardens, Guerra said Espinoza told him not to shoot there anymore because he was concerned game wardens knew their activities. Finally, Espinoza admitted to trapping and hunting hogs, putting out corn as bait, and creating the mowed senderos — all on City of Edinburg property and without the owner’s consent. Cases are pending.
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suspect admitted to attempting to sell the deer meat and gave information where the white-tailed deer had been killed. The individual was cited for selling white-tailed deer meat.
total of seven Mexican fishermen engaged in illegal fishing. Coast Guard personnel seized two lancha boats with high flyers, GPS devices, radios and fishing gear on board. Coast Guard crews detained the Mexican fishermen and transferred them to border enforcement agents for processing. UNCONSCIOUS FISHERMEN RESCUED The Coast Guard medevaced two crew members from a commercial fishing vessel three miles off South Padre Island. Corpus Christi command center watchstanders received a call from the vessel Miss Verna stating two crewmen were unconscious after entering a confined freezer space. The duty flight surgeon recommended a
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the odds of someone else catching that ray are very low.” Willacy County Game Warden Oscar Castaneda said he has come across fishermen cutting barbs or tails several times. “There’s nothing illegal about it,” he said. “The stingray is not a game fish and there’s no bag limit on them. But it’s more of a moral or ethical issue. The stingray still goes about its business.” Sharks are the main predator of stingrays,
and chomp off a good number of stingray tails, and the stingray can survive, Castaneda said. Garcia agreed, and said if the fisherman feels he needs to do something for safety reasons, grabbing a set of pliers and pulling the barb would be a better option. “It’s a good topic for educating people,” Garcia said. “Handling stingrays and saltwater catfish can be scary, especially for new anglers.”
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Lone Star Outdoor News Angler Jimmy Holley has had great luck at Lake Graham recently. On September 30, Holley caught a 34.6-pound blue catfish on a trotline. The cat measures 44 inches and is a pending record on Lake Graham. While fishing during the first weekend of October, he caught a 39-pound flathead catfish which has been submitted as the new rod and reel record.
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1:48 2:50 3:57 5:04 6:08 7:08 8:02 8:50 9:33 10:12 10:49 11:28 ----12:30 1:17
07:29 07:30 07:30 07:31 07:32 07:32 07:33 07:33 07:34 07:35 07:35 07:36 07:37 07:37 07:38
07:11 07:10 07:09 07:08 07:07 07:06 07:04 07:03 07:02 07:01 07:00 06:59 06:58 06:57 06:56
9:49a 8:58p 10:59a 9:44p 12:10p 10:36p 1:18p 11:34p 2:20p NoMoon 3:15p 12:37a 4:02p 1:41a 4:42p 2:45a 5:17p 3:48a 5:48p 4:47a 6:18p 5:44a 6:47p 6:39a 7:16p 7:33a 7:47p 8:28a 8:21p 9:24a
Amarillo
2021 A.M. P.M. SUN MOON Oct Minor Major Minor Major Rises Sets Rises Sets
08 Fri 09 Sat 10 Sun 11 Mon 12 Tue 13 Wed 14 Thu 15 Fri 16 Sat 17 Sun 18 Mon 19 Tue 20 Wed 21 Thu 22 Fri
7:48 1:34 8:49 2:35 9:55 3:40 11:02 4:46 ----- 5:51 12:43 6:53 1:34 7:48 2:25 8:38 3:10 9:22 3:52 10:03 4:31 10:42 5:10 11:20 5:50 ----6:33 12:22 7:19 1:08
8:15 9:18 10:25 11:33 12:07 1:07 2:02 2:51 3:34 4:14 4:52 5:31 6:11 6:54 7:41
2:01 3:04 4:10 5:17 6:22 7:22 8:16 9:04 9:46 10:25 11:03 11:41 12:01 12:44 1:30
07:46 07:47 07:48 07:48 07:49 07:50 07:51 07:52 07:53 07:53 07:54 07:55 07:56 07:57 07:58
07:21 07:20 07:19 07:17 07:16 07:15 07:13 07:12 07:11 07:09 07:08 07:07 07:06 07:04 07:03
10:12a 9:02p 11:26a 9:44p 12:40p 10:34p 1:49p 11:30p 2:51p NoMoon 3:45p 12:33a 4:29p 1:40a 5:06p 2:47a 5:38p 3:53a 6:06p 4:55a 6:32p 5:56a 6:58p 6:54a 7:24p 7:52a 7:52p 8:50a 8:23p 9:49a
Legend: Major=2 hours. Minor=1 hour. Times centered on the major-minor window. For other locations, subtract 1 minute per 12 miles east of a location, and add 1 minute per 12 miles west of a location.
Sabine Pass, north Date Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22
Time 4:29 AM 12:03 AM 12:55 AM 2:01 AM 3:11 PM 12:19 AM 1:21 AM 2:03 AM 2:34 AM 2:58 AM 3:17 AM 3:33 AM 3:45 AM 3:51 AM 3:51 AM
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Height 0.09L 1.81H 1.83H 1.85H
Time 6:38 PM 12:13 PM 1:06 PM 2:05 PM
Height 2.13H -0.07L -0.14L -0.12L
Time
Height
7:51 PM 9:14 PM 10:49 PM
2.12H 2.10H 2.07H
4:21 PM 5:33 PM 8:27 AM 8:32 AM 8:50 AM 9:12 AM 9:36 AM 10:03 AM 10:32 AM 11:04 AM
0.07L 0.19L 1.47L 1.29L 1.09L 0.87L 0.67L 0.49L 0.34L 0.24L
11:51 AM 1:18 PM 2:26 PM 3:24 PM 4:16 PM 5:04 PM 5:50 PM 6:36 PM
1.58H 1.65H 1.72H 1.78H 1.82H 1.85H 1.87H 1.87H
6:40 PM 7:39 PM 8:29 PM 9:14 PM 9:53 PM 10:29 PM 11:03 PM 11:37 PM
0.32L 0.46L 0.63L 0.81L 0.99L 1.17L 1.32L 1.46L
Time 7:01 PM 12:12 PM 1:01 PM
Height 2.19H 0.05L -0.06L
Galveston Bay entrance, north jetty Date Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22
Time 0:47 AM 12:48 AM 2:40 AM 1:58 PM 3:03 PM 12:33 AM 1:36 AM 2:17 AM 2:48 AM 3:13 AM 3:35 AM 3:53 AM 4:04 AM 4:07 AM 12:13 AM
Height 1.77H 1.54L 1.78L -0.07L -0.00L 2.27H 2.21H 2.12H 2.00H 1.89H 1.81H 1.74H 1.71H 1.69H 1.49L
Time 11:29 AM 4:59 AM 5:03 AM 11:08 PM
Height 0.26L 1.79H 1.82H 2.30H
4:15 PM 5:36 PM 8:29 AM 8:40 AM 9:01 AM 9:25 AM 9:52 AM 10:19 AM 10:47 AM 4:06 AM
0.13L 0.28L 1.63L 1.47L 1.28L 1.07L 0.86L 0.67L 0.51L 1.69H
Height 1.54H 1.49L 0.04L 0.02L 0.07L 2.37H 2.30H 2.19H 2.04H 1.88H 1.75H 1.64H 1.57H 1.53H 1.48L
Time 10:50 AM 4:04 AM 9:23 PM 10:54 PM
Height 0.36L 1.54H 2.37H 2.38H
3:58 PM 5:22 PM 6:38 PM 8:48 AM 8:57 AM 9:13 AM 9:30 AM 9:49 AM 10:09 AM 3:06 AM
0.16L 0.28L 0.41L 1.42L 1.24L 1.04L 0.84L 0.67L 0.54L 1.52H
Time 11:22 PM
Height 0.75H
2:54 PM 4:03 PM 5:25 PM 6:45 PM 7:53 PM 8:53 PM 9:48 PM 10:41 PM 11:36 AM 11:55 AM 3:28 AM 11:20 PM
-0.19L -0.19L -0.16L -0.13L -0.09L -0.01L 0.08L 0.21L 0.35L 0.20L 0.52H 0.71H
10:42 AM 1:00 PM 2:25 PM 3:35 PM 4:35 PM 5:27 PM 6:16 PM 11:15 AM
1.67H 1.69H 1.77H 1.85H 1.94H 2.00H 2.04H 0.38L
Time 6:40 PM 11:33 AM
Height 2.25H 0.16L
12:25 PM 1:51 PM 3:02 PM 4:04 PM 5:00 PM 5:53 PM 10:31 AM
1.61H 1.71H 1.81H 1.91H 1.98H 2.04H 0.44L
Time
Height
8:26 PM 9:50 PM
2.24H 2.29H
6:53 PM 7:54 PM 8:48 PM 9:43 PM 10:39 PM 11:28 PM
0.44L 0.61L 0.80L 0.99L 1.17L 1.34L
7:09 PM
2.06H
Time
Height
Time 4:15 AM 1:30 AM 12:23 PM 1:23 PM 2:35 PM 12:17 AM 1:19 AM 2:02 AM 2:31 AM 2:49 AM 3:01 AM 3:09 AM 3:15 AM 3:17 AM 12:49 AM
7:58 PM
2.33H
7:45 PM 8:44 PM 9:39 PM 10:33 PM 11:32 PM
0.57L 0.77L 0.98L 1.18L 1.35L
6:45 PM
2.08H
Time
Height
Port O’Connor Date Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22
Time 1:13 PM 1:59 PM 2:36 AM 4:03 AM 4:58 AM 5:47 AM 6:30 AM 6:57 AM 7:04 AM 6:55 AM 6:19 AM 4:29 AM 12:24 AM 12:48 PM 1:17 PM
Time 3:52 PM 3:31 AM 5:08 AM 6:18 AM 7:38 AM 9:07 AM 12:05 PM 12:03 AM 12:54 AM 1:39 AM 2:22 AM 3:09 AM 1:46 PM 2:36 PM 2:32 AM
San Luis Pass Date Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22
Time 12:36 AM 2:10 AM 1:12 PM 2:10 PM 12:30 AM 1:35 AM 2:28 AM 3:06 AM 3:25 AM 3:32 AM 3:36 AM 3:40 AM 3:42 AM 12:03 AM 1:12 AM
Height 0.29L 1.51L 1.77H 1.82H 1.88H 1.87H 1.82H 0.37L 1.64H 0.48L 0.65L 0.86L 1.10L 1.33L 0.23L
Time 10:44 PM 8:06 AM 4:57 PM 6:04 PM 7:14 PM 8:30 PM 10:02 PM
Height 1.72H 1.54H 0.09L 0.11L 0.16L 0.24L 0.30L
Time
Height
1:43 7:15 7:14 7:13 7:07 6:48
4:08 PM
0.15L
8:08 AM
1.74H
1.31L 1.55H 1.48H 1.44H 1.42H 1.43H
4:33 1:51 2:06 2:19 2:31 2:43
1.40H 1.15L 0.94L 0.72L 0.51L 0.34L
5:47 PM 7:02 PM 8:23 PM 9:33 PM 10:38 PM
1.43H 1.46H 1.51H 1.57H 1.64H
Height 1.16L 1.34L 0.21L 0.19L 1.82H 1.81H 1.75H 1.66H 1.54H 1.44H 1.37H 1.33H 1.33H 1.21L 1.32L
Time 4:36 AM 4:43 AM 11:06 PM
Height 1.37H 1.40H 1.78H
Time 11:35 AM 12:20 PM
Height 0.44L 0.29L
Time 7:21 PM 9:07 PM
Height 1.67H 1.72H
3:16 PM 4:32 PM 5:57 PM 7:18 PM 9:06 AM 9:25 AM 9:46 AM 10:05 AM 10:23 AM 3:44 AM 3:42 AM
0.23L 0.30L 0.39L 0.48L 1.25L 1.11L 0.96L 0.80L 0.65L 1.34H 1.37H
12:39 PM 2:09 PM 3:30 PM 4:41 PM 5:45 PM 10:42 AM 11:07 AM
1.39H 1.42H 1.45H 1.49H 1.51H 0.52L 0.43L
8:25 PM 9:23 PM 10:16 PM 11:07 PM
0.59L 0.73L 0.89L 1.05L
6:47 PM 7:54 PM
1.53H 1.54H
Height 0.30L -0.03L 0.42H 0.44H 0.45H 0.45H 0.43H 0.40H 0.36H 0.30H 0.29H 0.30H 0.27L 0.34L -0.03L
Time 4:28 AM
Height 0.33H
Time 1:12 PM
Height 0.01L
Time 9:53 PM
Height 0.39H
2:49 PM 3:56 PM 5:22 PM 6:44 PM 7:52 PM 8:52 PM 10:21 AM 10:30 AM 10:50 AM 11:17 AM 3:53 AM 3:44 AM
-0.04L -0.03L -0.02L -0.01L -0.01L 0.02L 0.31L 0.26L 0.19L 0.11L 0.32H 0.35H
1:29 PM 3:16 PM 4:35 PM 5:56 PM 11:47 AM 12:19 PM
0.33H 0.34H 0.35H 0.35H 0.05L -0.00L
9:48 PM 10:44 PM 11:39 PM
0.06L 0.12L 0.19L
9:48 PM 11:25 PM
0.37H 0.41H
Height 0.86H 0.87L -0.18L -0.22L 1.17H 1.17H 1.13H 1.04H 0.92H 0.84H 0.79H 0.78 0.80H 0.83H 0.84L
Time 10:51 AM 3:38 AM 10:54 PM
Height 0.06L 0.93H 1.13H
Time 6:15 PM 11:46 AM
Height 1.03H -0.09L
2:34 PM 3:49 PM 5:19 PM 6:40 PM 8:35 AM 8:44 AM 9:03 AM 9:26 AM 9:52 AM 10:17 AM 2:55 AM
-0.19L -0.11L -0.02L 0.07L 0.78L 0.65L 0.51L 0.37L 0.25L 0.15L 0.87H
11:41 AM 1:12 PM 2:48 PM 4:09 PM 5:19 PM 6:36 PM 10:45 AM
0.88H 0.89H 0.90H 0.92H 0.94H 0.95H 0.07L
Height 1.49H 0.28L 0.16L 0.13L 2.21H 2.21H 2.13H 2.00H 1.84H 1.69H 1.58H 1.52 1.50H 1.51H 0.47L
Time 10:29 AM 8:35 PM 10:37 PM
Height 0.47L 2.10H 2.17H
Time 6:47 PM
Height 2.03H
2:17 PM 3:31 PM 4:51 PM 6:09 PM 8:54 AM 8:43 AM 8:50 AM 9:03 AM 9:20 AM 9:42 AM 7:25 PM
0.17L 0.27L 0.40L 0.55L 1.50L 1.32L 1.12L 0.92L 0.74L 0.58L 1.88H
11:25 AM 1:16 PM 2:48 PM 4:07 PM 5:15 PM 6:17 PM
1.54H 1.57H 1.63H 1.70H 1.77H 1.84H
PM AM AM AM AM AM
PM PM PM PM PM PM
Time
Height
Date Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22
Time 1:35 AM 1:57 PM 12:18 AM 3:10 AM 3:59 AM 4:40 AM 5:18 AM 5:51 AM 6:13 AM 5:31 AM 4:05 AM 3:56 AM 12:32 AM 1:26 AM 12:51 PM
Port Aransas Height -0.06L -0.15L 0.82H 0.88H 0.91H 0.90H 0.85H 0.78H 0.68H 0.58H 0.49H 0.47H 0.48L -0.03L -0.08L
Time
6:04 PM 8:25 PM 12:21 PM
Height
0.48H 0.55H 0.07L
11:32 PM
0.35L
9:59 PM
0.64H
Nueces Bay Date Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22
Time 3:32 PM 4:14 AM 12:11 AM 5:00 AM 5:41 AM 6:30 AM 7:30 AM 11:19 PM 7:34 AM 12:21 AM 1:17 AM 2:07 AM 2:52 AM 3:39 AM 2:59 PM
East Matagorda
Freeport Harbor Date Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22
Date Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22
Date Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22
Time 3:31 AM 12:59 AM 12:40 PM 1:34 PM 1:54 AM 2:57 AM 3:41 AM 4:15 AM 4:28 AM 2:50 AM 2:44 AM 2:30 AM 2:37 AM 2:50 AM 12:30 AM
Time
Height
9:11 PM
1.07H
7:45 PM 8:41 PM 9:34 PM 10:27 PM 11:25 PM
0.17L 0.30L 0.45L 0.60L 0.73L
10:06 PM
0.99H
South Padre Island Height 0.25L 0.79H 0.85H 0.86H 0.85H 0.82H 0.80H 0.17L 0.18L 0.22L 0.29L 0.39L 0.30L 0.22L 0.74H
Time
Height
5:22 PM 6:49 PM 8:16 PM 9:43 PM 11:00 PM
0.20L 0.19L 0.19L 0.18L 0.17L
2:09 PM 3:35 PM 5:02 PM 7:10 PM 8:18 AM 10:23 PM
0.79H 0.79H 0.76H 0.72H 0.47H 0.72H
3:27 PM
0.17L
Time
12:42 PM
Height
0.40L
Time
8:56 PM
Height
0.72H
Date Oct 8 Oct 9 Oct 10 Oct 11 Oct 12 Oct 13 Oct 14 Oct 15 Oct 16 Oct 17 Oct 18 Oct 19 Oct 20 Oct 21 Oct 22
Time 3:13 AM 11:16 AM 12:10 PM 1:11 PM 12:09 AM 1:18 AM 2:09 AM 2:43 AM 2:58 AM 2:55 AM 2:44 AM 2:35 AM 2:30 AM 2:19 AM 10:08 AM
Time
7:17 PM 8:17 PM 9:12 PM 10:11 PM 11:24 PM
Height
0.72L 0.92L 1.11L 1.30L 1.46L
Texas Coast Tides
Time 11:25 AM 4:43 AM 4:55 AM 4:58 AM
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New flights Continued from page 1
already had more pushes of dove arrive this year than we did during the entire season last year,” Roth said. “There’s a ton of food on the ground for the birds in South Texas, and I would expect for our hunters to have good shoots throughout the rest of the season.” Roth said fields with native dove weed have held the best action, along with fields of harvested milo crops, for both morning and afternoon hunts. He typically sees a lull in the action during the second week and weekend of the season following the South Zone opener, but this year is different. “The second weekend can be one of the toughest weekends of the season to hunt, just because of the pressure the birds are under from opening weekend,” Roth explained. “That just wasn’t the case this year. New flights of dove arrived, and our hunts have maintained their consistency so far.” Bronson Vaughan has been hunting dove in the eastern portion of Karnes County, as well as in Live Oak and Bee counties. “The best action has been occurring in the afternoons and evenings over tanks,” he said. “Morning hunts have been super slow.” Vaughan has harvested about 10 birds per hunt in the areas he’s been hunting in Karnes County, and said there seems to be more dove concentrated in areas farther south. Trevor Hancock has been hunting around Tilden and on properties farther north in Wilson County. “The action around Tilden has been pretty nonstop,” he said. “There’s a ton of birds down there right now. Tanks and fields with dove weed have both had steady traffic from dove.” In Wilson County, Hancock has been mainly hunting around cattle tanks.
Ample stickers in fields have some dove hunters wrapping or putting boots on their dogs’ feet. Photo by Lone Star Outdoor News.
“Cattle tanks with some bare dirt around their edges have been drawing in the most birds during the afternoon and evening hours,” he said. Nick Williams recently hunted dove with several buddies over a pond near Laredo where they were able to harvest limits of birds rather quickly. “The birds piled into the tank that we were hunting all afternoon,” Williams said. “Most of us were able to bag our limits within about 30 minutes. It was about as good as it gets.”
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S&W leaving Massachusetts
Rawlings joins Springfield
On Sept. 30, Smith & Wesson Brands, Inc. announced it is moving its headquarters and significant elements of its operations to Maryville, Tennessee in 2023. Smith & Wesson has been based in Springfield, Massachusetts since the company was incorporated in 1852. The Massachusetts legislature is currently considering legislation which would ban the manufacturer of several types of firearms in the state.
Springfield Armory hired Phil Rawlings as vice president of sales.
Alex Diehl has been appointed president and chief executive officer of Krieghoff International; Ken Pfau was named vice president of general operations.
Drake Waterfowl Systems acquired Hunting, fishing and casual outdoor apparel brand Drake Waterfowl Systems has been acquired by Cleveland, Ohio- based Weinberg Capital Group.
Acquisition for Leupold
Lyman hires sales VP
Chanda to head RBFF The Recreational Boating & Fishing Foundation announced Dave Chanda as the organization’s new president and chief executive officer.
Ammo maker’s founder dies Berger Bullets & Ammunition founder, Walter Berger, died Sept. 19 at the age of 92.
Baird joins AGM
Leupold & Stevens, Inc. has acquired Anodize Solutions, which has provided anodizing services to Leupold for 25 years.
DOWN 1) A shotshell brand 2) A group of camels 3) It makes the crankbait dive 4) A quail hunter’s org. 5) A salmon species 6) McLennan County’s seat 7) State with the most gators 10) A food plot grain 11) Take on the dove hunt (two words) 13) Odessa’s county 17) The drake pintail 20) One of the shorebirds 23) Reservoir in North Texas 24) A black, gray and white duck 25) Created when the buck paws its hoof on the ground 26) An African game species 28) A bullet brand 30) One of the hawks 31) Rusk County’s seat 33) One of the oaks 36) Good lure for white bass 38) Type of blade on a spinner bait
Hodgdon Powder Company will cease manufacturing operations at the company’s Camp Minden, Louisiana, site. Options include a possible sale of the business.
Lyman Products named Matthew Nyman, formerly of Aimpoint, as its vice president of sales and marketing.
Execs named at Krieghoff
ACROSS 2) A bow type 8) Bass boat brand 9) A popular fishing bay 11) Exotic hunted in the Hill Country 12) An East Texas reservoir (two words) 14) A good crappie lure 15) Distinguishing characteristics of redfish 16) Metal used in shotshells 18) Texas’ state tree 19) Bait for catfish 21) San Antonio’s county 22) Small reservoir near Hillsboro 27) A setter breed 29) A dove-hunting destination 32) An unusual bird dog companion 34) Shot size used in pheasant hunting 35) A bird hunting dog breed 37) The drum with no spots 39) Batter for fried catfish 40) Tyler’s county 41) Home of one of TTHA’s extravaganzas 42) A good catfish lake 43) Command for dog to stop 44) One of the sharks
Hodgdon closes facility
AGM Global Vision hired Dusty Baird as its marketing manager.
Puzzle by Craig Nyhus, Lone Star Outdoor News
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Venison meatballs 1 lb. ground venison 3/4 tsp. salt 1 tbsp. minced onion 1/2 cup breadcrumbs 1/4 cup milk 2 tbsp. butter 3 tbsp. molasses 3 tbsp. mustard 3 tbsp. vinegar 1/4 cup ketchup 1/4 tsp. dried thyme
Preheat electric fry pan to 320 degrees. Combine meat, salt, onion, bread crumbs and milk in large bowl. Blend in well and roll into bite-size meatballs. Roll in flour. Melt butter and brown meatballs on all sides. Remove meatballs as they brown. Combine remaining ingredients and stir into frypan. Bring to boil and add meatballs. Cover and simmer 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. Serve as hot appetizers with toothpicks. —NC Wildlife Resources Commission
Avocado crab cocktail with ramp thousand island Ramp Thousand Island Dressing 2 oz. Kewpie mayo (can substitute regular mayonnaise) 1 oz. Heinz chili sauce 1 oz. ketchup 1 oz. garlic, grated 1 oz. sauteed ramps (or substitute sautéed leeks) 1 oz. grated prepared hot horseradish Lemon zest 2 tsp. lemon juice
Crab and Avocado Dungeness crab leg meat, cooked and chilled Ripe avocado, carefully sliced For dressing, mix ingredients together. Arrange crab and avocado interspersed with dressing over crushed ice. —Oregon State University
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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT SABINE LAKE: 80 degrees. Speckled trout are fair on chartreuse plastics. Redfish are fair on chartreuse plastics and mullet. BOLIVAR: 81 degrees. Redfish are fair to good on squid and mullet. Flounder are fair on soft plastics and finger mullet. EAST GALVESTON BAY: 81 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are fair on artificials and live shrimp. WEST GALVESTON BAY: 81 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are fair at the jetties on live shrimp. TEXAS CITY: 81 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are fair on artificials and live shrimp. FREEPORT: 82 degrees. Redfish and speckled trout are fair on shrimp under a popping cork.
EAST MATAGORDA BAY: 82 degrees. Redfish are fair to good wade-fishing with shrimp and soft plastics. WEST MATAGORDA BAY: 82 degrees. Redfish are fair to good on shrimp and wade-fishing with soft plastics and shrimp. PORT O’CONNOR: 84 degrees. Speckled trout are fair on croaker and live shrimp. Redfish are fair to good on shrimp. Black drum are good on dead shrimp.
ROCKPORT: 82 degrees. Speckled trout are fair to good on along the jetties and in the surf on croaker and mullet. PORT ARANSAS: 82 degrees. Redfish are good on mullet, croaker and soft plastics. Speckled trout are fair on croaker and mullet. CORPUS CHRISTI: 83 degrees. Speck-
led trout are fair to good along the jetties and in the surf on croaker and mullet. BAFFIN BAY: 82 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair on soft plastics and shrimp. PORT MANSFIELD: 85 degrees. Redfish are fair to good on small topwaters and soft plastics. Speckled trout are slow. Black drum are good on shrimp. SOUTH PADRE: 85 degrees. Redfish are fair to good on shrimp. Speckled trout are fair but small on soft plastics and shrimp. PORT ISABEL: 86 degrees. Speckled trout and redfish are fair to good on shrimp and soft plastics. —TPWD
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Hautman wins Duck Stamp competition James Hautman of Chaska, Minnesota, emerged as the winner of the 2021 Federal Duck Stamp Art Contest with his painting of a pair of redheads floating in the water. Hautman’s acrylic painting will be made into the 2022-2023 Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp, which will go on sale in late June 2022. The Service produces the Federal Duck Stamp, which sells for $25 and raises approximately $40 million in sales each year. In addition to James Hautman, Robert Hautman of Delano, Minnesota, placed second with his acrylic painting of snow geese, and Joshua Spies of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, took third place with his acrylic painting of a flying drake redhead. Per the 2020 final rule requiring a theme of “celebrating our waterfowl hunting heritage,” this contest had a mandatory requirement that each entry had a waterfowl hunting scene and/or accessory. The rule has since been removed for next year by the Biden Administration. —USFWS
MONTANA
Suspicious grizzly death The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Montana Fish, Wildlife & Parks are investigating the death of a grizzly bear found on Aug. 23. The year-old male bear was shot on Aug. 22 while in a chokecherry patch along Dupuyer Creek. There were no known or reported human-bear conflicts in the vicinity where the bear was found, and the event is being investigated as a poaching incident. The Fish and Wildlife Service is offering a reward of up to $1,500 for information contributing significantly to the investigation into the death of the bear. —MFWP
ARIZONA
Desert bighorn poached The Arizona Game and Fish Department is seeking information about the poaching of a mature desert bighorn sheep ram in Game Management Unit 39 in the Buckeye Hills at Gillespie Dam, south of Buckeye. The incident took place in the evening of July 10. AZGFD officials have reason to believe a group of five Asian males seen leaving the scene at approximately 8:30 p.m. in a gray sedan and a black sport utility vehicle may be involved in this incident.
IDAHO
Bowhunter finds remains of hunter missing 53 years An Idaho bowhunter found the remains of another hunter who had been missing for 53 years. The hunter called the central Idaho’s Lemhi County Sheriff’s Office to report the discovery. Raymond Jones was 39 years old when he was last seen on Sept. 7, 1968, while bowhunting for mountain goats in central Idaho’s Lemhi County. Searches involving more than 70 people and aircraft support were unsuccessful. The hunter was in the same area where Jones had disappeared. Sheriff’s deputies found part of Jones’ wallet, with his identification still inside. —Staff report
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Short gator season successful The 15th annual Arkansas alligator season closed with hunters harvesting 161 alligators during the two-weekend season. The harvest falls short of last year’s 174-alligator record, as this year’s quota on private land was reduced to continue managing the alligator population. According to Mark Barbee, Arkansas Game and Fish Commission’s wildlife assistant regional supervisor in southeast Arkansas, the private land zones reached their quota by the end of the opening weekend. Public land zones saw a few tags go unfilled, but Barbee said some people were holding out for a larger gator. —AGFC
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Fall clay target shooters at record high A total of 11,783 student athletes representing 651 high school and college teams in 34 states are participating in USA Clay Target League programs this fall. In addition, more than 7,800 local volunteers will serve as coaches, range safety officers, and team staff. “We are pleased to have our largest fall registration numbers ever,” said John Nelson, President of the USACTL. The League also is the safest sport in high school and college, with not one reported injury since the inception of the League in 2001. Each athlete must complete firearm safety certification before participation.
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EHD causes reduction in deer licenses The South Dakota Game, Fish and Parks has removed certain unsold antlerless deer licenses from some hunting units in western South Dakota due to a fatal deer disease. Hemorrhagic disease, caused by epizootic hemorrhagic disease or blue tongue virus, is spread by a biting midge and causes extensive internal hemorrhaging in infected animals. Both EHD and BT viral caused mortalities have been detected this year in 10 South Dakota counties. GFP removed 559 unsold antlerless whitetail deer licenses valid on private land only in Harding and Meade counties. All 559 licenses removed were double tag licenses, which is a total of 1,118 total tags. —SDGFP
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dered if he would be able to see through the pins on his bow. “I waited a few minutes and was starting to feel buck fever,” he said. “I could see through the pins, and he started to leave. From trail camera pics, we knew he only stayed a few minutes. He stopped at 21 yards and I put it right on him and, fortunately, the arrow hit the mark.” The buck ran off hard and turned right, then went into an open area and went down. “It was that fast and it was over,” Rohde said. “But a lot of preparation and practice went into it.” The Hill Country buck weighed just 140 pounds but had 20 points and scored 155 7/8. “We figured out a good management plan and followed it,” Rohde said.
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“I luckily stuck it good enough, and the fish ended up measuring 22 inches long.” Drewa said most of the fish they found were in the 16- to 18-inch range. Port O’Connor floundering guide, Capt. Shawn Harvey, said water conditions for gigging just recently started to improve. “Gigging lately has been all about playing the tides,” Harvey said. “When the tide is up, the fish have been stacked more consistently in the back lakes. When water levels are lower, the fish have been staging on main bay flats, shorelines and spoil islands.” Harvey is finding flounder in various depths. “Some fish are hanging out right up next to the bank or against mangroves, and others are holding in water up to 2 feet deep,” he said. “It’s been all about covering water and finding them.” Areas where the guide has found fish have held good numbers. “Once you find them, it’s not out of the question to be able to gig 10 to 12 flounder in a 50-yard stretch or so,” Harvey said. “And undersized flounder are everywhere.”
in the mid-130s or better, good for a Hill Country buck. The family also had some luck, as in a good neighbor with a similar management philosophy. “We talk about the deer and send pictures to each other,” Rohde said. “We’ve never had a disagreement. A lot of people don’t have that kind of luck.” On opening morning, the four family members were each in different stands with their bows, and the neighbor was hunting the buck as well. But it was Braden who saw him. “We knew bowhunting was harder but we didn’t want him to break off,” he said. “He walked out on my left at 20 yards just before there was shooting light. I knew it was him.” With the light improving, Rohde won-
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providing some of the best early growing season rainfall in years, improving the outlook for bobwhite populations. In South Texas, where TPWD said 80 percent of the bobwhite harvest took place in 2020, late nesting could improve bobwhite numbers. According to Park Cities Quail Coalition, this quail nesting season has been the longest seen in more than a decade. “We need to keep in mind the extraordinary hatching season and know that it will provide a lift to these numbers, PCQC noted. “We remain optimistic that this coming season will be one of quality.” Rollins said nests at the Rolling Plains Quail Research Ranch are hatching and they have been observing multiple late broods. “Just this past week, we had two nests hatch at RPQRR, each with 11 eggs,” he
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said. “We also have a few bobwhite still incubating. We hope to have even more chicks on the ground in the coming weeks, and sightings of younger bobwhites have been common along roadside surveys. On each of three sites where at the RPQRR, radio-marked hens had September hatches, the latest on Sept. 13. In Erath County, the latest recorded was Sept. 16. Rollins said this is likely indicative of range-wide trends. “Although late season nesting efforts are not likely to affect a large change in annual production, every little bit helps,” he said. Quail season opens Oct. 30, although many hunters prefer to wait for cooler temperatures and preferably a freeze before heading out with their bird dogs, and extends through Feb. 27, 2022.
where they can leave their vehicles, and head out from there.” The outfitter, called Mexico Wing Shooting, has one lodge on the water and they lease another one. Package hunts include lodging, hunts, transportation and a chef is on staff. “He specializes in cooking steaks, authentic Mexican food and some of the best tasting quail you’ll ever eat,” Larson said. “And a special little thing we do is make tamales from the processed birds. We like to send our hunters home with five to 10 Ducks hunters are heading back to Mexico, where the dozen tamales each. Everybody likes daily limit is 30. Photo from Jeff Larson. that.” Larson said they provide all the guns and quality ammo. The guns are 12- and 20-gauge shotguns. They don’t use steel shot but do have a good supply of lead shot for sale. The 7-1/2 shot is $16 a box, and the 4-shot is $20 per box. The Mexican season on ducks is October through February; for dove it’s August through November and the quail season parallels the duck season. Their hunts are on public bays and leased lands, most of which are within a few miles of the lodges.
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short, and he moved to Bandera to pursue a job in the oil industry. “I left what I considered to be Sportsman’s Paradise in Louisiana to live in one of the driest areas of Texas,” Bledsoe said. “I remember thinking, ‘how in the world am I going to waterfowl hunt over here?’ I was certain I would have to travel to the rice prairies west of Houston to be able to hunt ducks and geese.” Bledsoe started making sales calls on drilling and fracking sites for his job, all over South Texas, covering up to 400-500 miles in a single day. “I was basically traveling around and across a bunch of ranches for my job, and I started
noticing ducks, geese and sandhill cranes on properties while I was on the road,” he explained. “Nobody seemed to be hunting them, so I decided I would start asking around to see if I could get permission to, from a landowner or ranch manager. What I quickly found out was, most of these folks did not care about the birds at all. All of their ranch activity was managed for cattle and deer.” Bledsoe got permission to waterfowl hunt a property for the first time in South Texas in the fall of 2016 near Crystal City. “At that time I was just trying to find myself a place to hunt that I could drive to and from in one day,” he said. “I was spending a
ton of time on the road driving to South Texas from Bandera for my job, so driving a couple of hours to be able to hunt ducks was no big deal.” After experiencing some of the best duck hunts of his life over ponds and fields in South Texas, Bledsoe realized he might have found a diamond in the rough. “I quickly started kicking around the idea of guiding hunts,” he said. “One thing led to another, and I found myself knocking on doors, catching ranchers at gates and on county roads, and doing everything I could to gain access to as many properties as possible. Almost everyone I met was extremely kind,
and most were more than happy to let me chase waterfowl on their properties.” Bledsoe ran his first guided hunt in the fall of 2018. From there, Speck Ops was born, and he hasn’t looked back. He now has four guides working for him, including Drew Garcia, Chris Munoz, Zach Barrera and Jonathan Fenner, and is expanding his hunting grounds to additional regions of the state. Bledsoe lives in Bandera with his wife, Jillian, and their three daughters, ages 6, 4 and 1. When he’s not guiding hunts, scouting and tracking down landowners to gain access to new properties, Bledsoe works as a project man-
ager for a roofing company. “My wife is my number one supporter,” Bledsoe said. “There were some hard times when I questioned why I was doing what I was doing. Each time, she pushed me to stay positive and to keep working to pursue my dreams.” Bledsoe’s favorite thing about guiding waterfowl hunts in nontraditional areas is seeing other hunters become passionate about the sport. “A lot folks can’t fathom experiencing incredible decoying action in the areas we hunt,” he said. “I think it blows their minds when they actually come do it.”
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