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August 14, 2015

Volume 11, Issue 24

Plan for breeders in, more deer to die

Red hot

By Craig Nyhus

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By Jillian Mock

For Lone Star outdoor newS Anglers are finding a good redfish bite as the summer progresses and the fish follow bait back into areas vacated by an influx of fresh water earlier this summer.

“During the May floods, fresh water pushed everything out — all the fish got pushed out of all the estuaries, flats and bays,” said Blaien Friermood, who guides the entire Galveston Bay complex. “Now, the saltwater is coming back into the bay and the redfish are coming back strong.

You can catch them just about anywhere.”

Not only have the redfish returned but the baitfish also followed the increasing salinity, and their presence impacts the quality of the redfish catch.

“We were actually catching some redfish in some fresh water,” he said. “Now, the food source is coming back and the redfish are getting fat again.”

Please turn to page 15 TAILS WITH SPOTS: Many coastal captains are searching for redfi sh and for good reason. As baitfi sh swarm into areas of higher salinity, the redfi sh are right behind, eager to slam a bait. Photos by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

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Three more white-tailed deer at the Texas Mountain Ranch, a breeder facility in Medina County, have tested positive for Chronic Wasting Disease.

The deer, all offspring of the same sire, were tested among 42 other deer after an initial positive test in late July.

A total of 115 deer from 30 facilities have been tested from “traceback” facilities, meaning those who obtained deer from Texas Mountain Ranch. All show no CWD detection, while results were pending on 14 deer as of August 9.

Texas’ CWD Task Force met August 6 to discuss the findings and a proposed approach on how additional testing will be done in the future.

Initial proposals by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and Texas Animal Health Commission involved significantly different methods of sampling wild vs. captive deer.

“There are no plans for mandatory check stations,” said TWPD deer leader Mitch Lockwood.

The proposal allowed for vol-

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Excellent range conditions, fawn crop have biologists, hunters excited for pronghorn season

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ENOUGH WATER: Choke Canyon Reservoir has risen almost 10 feet since the spring, and although the fi shing isn’t what it was fi ve or six years ago, some big largemouth bass are being caught. Photo by LSON.

Longtime anglers on Choke Canyon remember what it once was — one of the state’s best largemouth bass lakes.

Those days seem like a long time ago, but the reservoir is making a comeback of sorts after Please turn to page 11

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Looking up

The rains came to the high plains of the West Texas Panhandle and the rugged landscape of the Trans-Pecos region, ushering in the first successful fawning season in years.

Pronghorn hunters should expect many good bucks this season, especially in the Trans-Pecos region, where better herd age structure should produce good trophy quality this season.

“In the Trans Pecos, the herds are up in the core areas of our surveys this year (Marfa Plateau, Hudspeth and Culberson counties,” said Shawn Grey, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s

HUNTING

Furor over one lion

Gator season

Hunter’s kill sparks outrage among antihunters, media.

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Alligator hunters gearing up for Texas season.

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FISHING

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YOUNGER BUCKS THIS SEASON: Pronghorn numbers remain strong, but the overall age structure in the Panhandle is coming down. The season runs Oct. 3-11. Photo by David J. Sams, LSON.

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HUNTING

The aftermath of one lion’s death

By Craig Nyhus

Lone Star outdoor newS After the social and national media frenzy following the death of a male lion in Zimbabwe, hunters’ phones started ringing. Calls and texts came from distant relatives and friends they hadn’t heard from in years.

Conversations in the park, along running trails and on golf courses turned to the incident.

The lion, named Cecil, was shot outside of the Hwange National Park where the lion was claimed by some to be a tourist attraction. A GPS tracking collar on the lion was used as part of an ongoing study by Oxford University’s Wildlife Conservation Research Unit. The lion had been tracked for seven years in the study, supported by the Dallas Safari Club.

Dr. Walter Palmer, a dentist from Minnesota, was imme-

diately vilified, forced to shut down his practice, and his vacation home in Florida was vandalized. Safari Club International suspended Palmer and his Zimbabwean professional hunter. Dallas Safari Club issued a statement condemning poaching and encouraging the investigation, but cautioned that the facts of the hunting excursion were not known.

Based on social media postings, the facts, still unclear, didn’t seem to matter. The Internet exploded, with petitions shared and death threats made against Palmer. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals), called for the dentist to be “extradited, charged, and, preferably, hanged.”

National and local media took the bait, with numerous factual errors, suppositions and click-baiting efforts.

Reports ranged from Cecil’s brother, Jericho, suppos-

edly being killed; varied on how the lion came to leave the National Park, with most sources claiming the lion was “lured” out by baiting (legal outside of the park but not within). Some sources claimed the hunter and PH lacked appropriate hunting permits, while other said the African landowner lacked the quota (permit) to authorize a hunt. The national media also reported on Delta Airline’s decision to ban transporting Big Five trophies (lion, leopard, elephant, rhino and Cape buffalo) back to the U.S. from Africa. Outlets erroneously referred to all of the species as “critically endangered,” while the lion and leopard listing are only proposed to be listed as “threatened” by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, and the Cape buffalo is thriving.

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Gatorbait Texas alligator hunts set to begin next month

By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS

GOOD HUNTING FOR GATORS: For those lucky enough to draw a tag, alligator season kicks off next month on many public WMAs. The areas in the southeast portion of the state hold the biggest alligators, according to biologists. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

Dallas hunter Pete Quintero, along with his 15-year-old son, Josh, were surprised when they drew an alligator hunting permit from Texas Parks and Wildlife Department public hunts last season for the J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management Area.

“We received the email that we had been drawn on the second round of drawings,” Quintero said. “We downloaded the permits and were ready to go. There were a couple of methods available to hunt the gators, but we chose the baited hook with a line. (TPWD) provided the T-post and the bamboo pole, and we went out with a technician, since we didn’t have our own boat.”

Quintero and his son picked a likely spot, climbed into the tall grass along the bank to drive the T-post into the ground, then attached a strong string to the post before wedging the bamboo pole into the bank and dangling the hook an inch above the waterline.

Texas alligator season begins Sept. 10 and runs through Sept. 30 this season. Lucky hunters were drawn last week through the TPWD public hunt draw system. Many of those hunters will get to experience what Quintero and his son felt last season.

“You want to (the bait) it a scent trail,” he said. “We used a quarter of a chicken as bait. I put it in Ziploc bag and let it sit in the sun for three or four days. Some people had homemade baits made with cat food and other things. Bring gloves.”

After putting the chicken on the hook, the hunters retired to a spot where they could monitor the bank and watched as an alligator quickly swam to the bait.

“We could see our gator coming up to the bait,” Quintero said. “Whatever grabs the bait is what you have. They swallow that big hook. The biologist recommends waiting 45 minutes after the gator takes the hook to allow him to swallow it. If you go immediately up to them, they can spit it up.

We drove over the T-post and the gator started to rise on the line. He saw us, started thrashing and rolling between the boat and the shoreline.

“It got exciting because we thought he might roll into the boat.”

Once the alligator tired out, the group dispatched the reptile with one shot from a .410 shotgun.

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Beep beep “Little dinosaurs” known to eat baby quail

By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS

The family group of bobwhite quail moved cautiously to the South Texas feeder with leftover corn still scattered along the ground.

The baby quail scurried here and there trying to stay with their mother.

One alarm whistle later, along with a blur from the brush, had the quail scattering, but not before one of the chicks was snatched by the long beak of a greater roadrunner. In an instant, the fastrunning bird was back in the brush enjoying its easy meal.

Although not common, quail do make up a part of roadrunner diets, especially in the spring and early summer when chicks are following older

birds around deer feeders.

“Those roadrunners are a predator for anything,” said Robert Perez, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s upland game bird leader. “They are like little dinosaurs.”

A research study on the Chaparral Wildlife Management Area in South Texas several years ago confirmed quail made up a very small part of roadrunners diet.

“The biologists harvested about 70 or 80 roadrunners and checked their stomach contents to see what they were eating,” Perez said. “They were really studying the impact the birds had on Texas horned lizards and local snakes. Those small animals made up the vast majority of their diets.

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THEY DON’T EAT MUCH: Roadrunners will eat baby quail, but not enough to affect population numbers. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

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New state record Pope and Young Club recognizes Texas sheep

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OFFICIALLY THE RECORD: When he harvested the sheep, Round Rock hunter Alan McGraw found Pope and Young didn’t recognize the species from Texas. They do now. Photo by Alan McGraw.

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When Round Rock hunter Alan McGraw shot the first-ever public land Texas desert bighorn with a bow and arrow on March 3, he soon found the Pope and Young Club didn’t recognize the species from Texas.

Even though the sheep was the fourth taken with a bow in Texas (the other three were harvested on private land), none had been submitted for the bowhunting record books.

“Let’s see, it was a desert sheep, it wasn’t under high fence, it’s a game animal, it was in Texas — something about that doesn’t compute,” McGraw said, after he realized the club didn’t recognize the sheep as a legal species in Texas.

Fast-forward several months and Pope and Young has accepted McGraw’s sheep as the official state record archery desert bighorn.

“This is the first recognized desert bighorn from Texas,” said Glenn Hisey, director of records at Pope and Young. “It is now listed in the records program. And it is an official state record with archery.”

The Elephant Mountain ram officially scored 172 3/8 inches, making it one of the biggest desert bighorns in the country over the past several years.

“It was a dandy,” Hisey said. “It is really a big one. This sheep will probably be one of the largest ones we showcase at the next convention.”

McGraw, who just returned from a successful hunting Dall’s sheep, said he was pleased the club recognized his sheep.

“Pope and Young did exactly what they said they would do,” he said. “That’s refreshing in this day and age.”

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One of the most historic rifles in the United States is set to come up for auction later this month.

Rock Island Auction Company is selling former President John F. Kennedy’s U.S. Springfield M1 Garand rifle, with the rifle expected to fetch close to $100,000.

“We are getting a lot of excitement and feedback on this rifle,” said Lance Dillie of RIAC. “It has definitely taken off. It’s one of the most popular guns we’ve had out there in a while.”

This Springfield Armory M1 Garand rifle was originally issued in October 1959 by the director of marksmanship for the Army to then Senator Kennedy, who later became the 35th president of the United States.

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pronghorn leader. “The numbers increased by 50 percent. The fawn crop was over 60 percent this year, and that is phenomenal after the drought years we had. The range conditions are outstanding and it looks like we might be getting some more rain in the next couple of weeks.”

Pronghorn are unique in that they shed their “horns” in late October or November each season and spend the winter months regrowing.

“We had an awesome winter out here that should really benefit horn development,” Gray said.

As for the Panhandle region, Gray said range conditions are getting better and the fawn crop was up from last season, although it did not reach the success level of the Trans Pecos.

“The herd population is stable,” Gray said. “I expect the number of tags issued to be about the same as last season.

TPWD’s Panhandle Regional Director Calvin Richardson said the herd didn’t see the bump they had hoped from better moisture early in the year.

“The pronghorn numbers were just slightly disappointing during our surveys,” Richardson said. “The range conditions are good but we didn’t see the animals we wanted. But, we only get to see about 40 percent of the entire range during surveys from the air, but we saw a slight decline in numbers in the northwest Panhandle around Dalhart and the herd around the Pampa area was about the same.”

Richardson said small herds comprising about 5 percent of the total Panhandle herd reside south of Lubbock, and those herds remained stable this year.

“The positives we saw were the fawn crop finally bounced back from the past few years when we saw very few,” he said. “This year’s fawn crop exceeded 30 percent, which isn’t great, but better than what we’ve seen. The total herd numbers for this region remain about 11,700 animals — that’s a decrease of about 500 animals from last year, which isn’t much at all.”

The experimental buck season in three herd units in the Panhandle is still in effect this season, and after two years, the herd has seen small overall affects to its buck-age structure.

“We still have a good buck-to-doe ratio,” Richardson said. “The two units around Dalhart, one is getting hit heavy and the other is getting hit moderately heavy. The pressure isn’t enough to change the ratios, but it is having an affect on the buck age structure. There are more younger bucks in those units.”

Unlike white-tailed deer, which grow their biggest antlers at age 6 and up, pronghorn grow their biggest headgear earlier in life.

“Pronghorn grow best between 3 and 5 years,” Richardson added.

“They grow larger horns earlier. As long as the sex ratio stays the same and doesn’t drop below that 1-to-4 number, the hunting won’t impact reproduction.

“This season should be very similar to last season for hunters.”

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FISHING

Wave of the future?

Aguadrone could help anglers find, catch more fish offshore and off the beach

By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS

LIKE A TRAIL CAMERA FOR THE WATER: By fl ying the Aguadrone with sonar fi sh-fi nding capabilities, anglers can locate fi sh before they throw their line. Photo by Aguadrone.

Like most saltwater anglers, Daniel Marion wanted an easier way to find and catch fish.

After living on the Texas coast near Galveston and fishing nearshore waters, Marion moved to California and began fishing the coastlines out West, which presented a special set of challenges.

One of the main issues was cruising the kelp beds prevalent along the coast, much like grasslines off the Texas coast, and finding which ones held fish before the fish spooked from beneath the beds.

“We call it paddy-hopping in California,” Marion said. “We have a lot of kelp forests after it breaks off and floats out to sea. We look for fish underneath them, and when we see color, we know they are there. But they often spook before we can get a bait to them.”

After unsuccessful trips, Marion, who owns several patents in the fishing industry, decided to fly a drone ahead of the fishing boat with a camera attached to see if he could spot fish before they spooked.

“We tried it and it worked,” he said. “We

developed a drone with a camera and a sonar fish finder. The camera sends a Wi-Fi signal back to your phone. The sonar goes 125 feet deep and can transmit back up to 300 feet.”

Once the anglers figured out they could spot fish below the kelp beds from the drone without spooking them, they decided to rig baits to the drone and drop them above the fish.

“We started flying baits to the paddy — just open the spool on the reel and let the line run out and let the drone drop the bait,” Marion said. “It worked so well. Most of the time, the drone isn’t back at the boat before we are fighting a fish.”

Species like yellowtail snapper, dorado and the occasional yellowfin tuna have been caught with the bait-dropping method.

“The baits get slammed when the fish are relaxed and the bait just drops in there,” Marion added.

Marion has designed the Aguadrone, with a patent pending and the drone scheduled to hit the market this fall.

“The current prototype is at the manufacturer’s injection mold,” he said. “The camera parts Please turn to page 16

Shallow and biting West Texas anglers finding success after reservoirs recharged

By Jillian Mock

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RIG DONKEYS: Anglers are reporting loads of big amberjack this month off the coast.

Photo by LSON.

Plentiful Amberjack season opens; anglers catching lots of fish

By Conor Harrison Lone Star outdoor newS

The federal amberjack season opened Aug. 1 off Texas waters, and anglers have been catching loads of “rig donkeys” on offshore structure.

Even though offshore conditions have been less than ideal before a calmer period this past week, charter captains have still been getting out and finding plenty of big amberjack.

“The amberjack bite has been great,” said Capt. Brian Wilson of Intercoastal Charters out of Surfside Beach. “If you can make it out, the bite has been phenomenal. The past few weeks have been blowing, but it looks like this week we are going to have some nicer weather.”

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Newly flooded vegetation is keeping the bass shallow and biting on many West Texas reservoirs this summer.

“The above-normal pool elevation (means a) virtual spinner baits smorgasbord,” said Dean Heffner of Heffner Guide Service on Possum Kingdom Lake. “Anywhere there is a pocket of cedar stumps and stuff that blew in and really piled in a lot of what I call sunken drift wood are ideal places to catch a monster bass.”

On PK, Heffner pointed toward three major tips for landing bass this month.

First, get on the lake early and throw spinner baits into the skinny water between 2 to 5 foot deep. Then, he recommended switching to shad-imitation baits in the 10- to 12-foot water column.

“The shad population is tremendous in the lake, and that is why I use a lot of white baits because as they fall through the water column, they throw a white flash,” he said.

Continue throwing these lures, along with plastics that resemble crawfish when moving into deeper water but slow your reel way down.

Finally, when scouting fishing spots, the longtime guide suggests looking in coves with muddier water. The disturbed water suggests turtles and, more importantly, schools of largemouth bass, are feeding on a school of white bass in the shallows.

Farther west, Phillip Pool of Gone Fishing Guide Service is confident in Lake Alan Henry’s fishing conditions, regardless of the rain.

“Acre per acre, Lake Alan Henry is the best lake in the state of Texas,” Pool said. “The next state record is coming out of Lake Alan Henry.”

In this spirit, Pool said bass fishing is good on Lake Alan Henry — rain or no rain. However he did acknowledge the spring rains have rejuvenated the lake. The water temperature is usually much warmer by this time in the summer.

“Our thermocline never got as hot as it usually does — usually our surface temperature is in the high 90s this time of year, but right now it’s in the mid-80s,” Pool said.

It also makes a big difference in where you can find the bass.

“Our lake last August was 10 feet low and now it just stopped going over the spillway,” he said.

WHITE IS THE COLOR OUT WEST: Guides and anglers are catching good numbers of largemouth bass in West Texas “Fishing last year, you had to fish very deep, and reservoirs this month, and white spinner baits are a good bet to put fi sh in the boat. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone right now, you can catch them out of 2 feet of Star Outdoor News.

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TEXAS FRESHWATER FISHING REPORT Texas rigs FAYETTE LAKE — According to multiple anglers reporting fishing activity on Internet forums, Fayette County Lake has been producing solid bags of largemouth bass, even though water temperatures are hovering around the mid90s.

Texas-rigged soft plastics have been the best bet early and late, along with some action coming on crankbaits and lipless crankbaits. Anglers have targeted weedlines and main lake points.

The catfish bite has also been good, with channel and blue catfish being caught on stinkbait over baited holes.

The water remains murky.

Middle of the day working LAKE MATHIS — Anglers on the Texas Fishing Forum said Lake Mathis is up and the fishing has been good, especially during the midday heat if anglers can stand it.

Lots of bass in the 12- to 15-inch range are being caught on lipless crankbaits. Look for bait, as the lake is seeing

ALAN HENRY: Water stained; 79–86 degrees; 0.01’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on top-waters early, spinner baits, Texas rigs and weightless flukes. Crappie are fair to good on jigs and minnows.

AMISTAD: Water murky; 81–85 degrees; 27.49’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on top-waters, crankbaits, spinner baits, swimbaits and jigs over grass.

ATHENS: Water lightly stained; 87–91 degrees; 0.58’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on football jigs and magnum shaky heads on deeper brush piles. Crappie are good on minnows and white jigs.

BASTROP: Water stained; 80–84 degrees. Largemouth bass are fair on spinner baits and lipless crankbaits.

Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp and nightcrawlers.

BELTON: Water stained; 79–83 degrees; 0.82’ high.

Largemouth bass are slow.

Hybrid striper are fair on silver slabs. White bass are fair on minnows, white Riversides and silver slabs.

BOB SANDLIN: Water murky; 86–90 degrees; 0.56’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged creature baits and craws. Crappie are fair on minnows.

BONHAM: Water stained, 88–91 degrees; 0.90’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on plastics, crankbaits and topwaters. Catfish are excellent on prepared bait, shrimp, cut bait and stinkbait.

BRAUNIG: Water stained.

Largemouth bass are fair on chartreuse crankbaits and soft plastic worms in reeds.

BROWNWOOD: Water stained; 80–84 degrees;

0.36’ low. Largemouth bass are very good on watermelon buzzbaits, crankbaits and soft plastic worms along shorelines. Crappie are excellent on white tube jigs over brush piles.

BUCHANAN: Water murky; 78–82 degrees; 10.66’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair to good on chartreuse buzzbaits, flukes and watermelon topwaters in 4–10 feet early.

CADDO: Water stained to muddy; 86–90 degrees; 0.45’ high. Largemouth bass are fair on flipping jigs and Texas-rigged craws. White and yellow bass are good on slabs.

CALAVERAS: Water stained.

Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon soft plastic worms, spinner baits and crankbaits near the dam.

Striped bass are good on spoons and striper jigs near the dam. Redfish are good on live bait along the crappie wall and the dam.

CANYON LAKE: Water murky; 79–83 degrees; 0.16’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon top-waters, cotton candy flukes and swim baits over grass early.

CEDAR CREEK: Water stained; 87–90 degrees; 0.74’ low. Largemouth bass are slow on finesse jigs and smaller Texas-rigged worms on docks. White bass are good on minnows and jigs.

Crappie are good on minnows.

CHOKE CANYON: Water murky; 80–84 degrees; 21.06’ low. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon lipless crankbaits, crankbaits and spinner baits. Crappie are good on minnows.

COLEMAN: Water murky; 79–83 degrees; 5.95’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse spinner baits,

plenty of it this summer.

The small fish have been feeding aggressively, so throwing baits into schools is producing constant action.

Top-waters in the early morning have also been catching fish.

The biggest fish recorded in the past week was about 4 pounds, but lots of 2 1/2- to 3-pounders are keeping it fun for anglers.

Bluegills galore LAKE FORK — The panfish bite has been phenomenal on Lake Fork since rains brought lake levels up and flooded vegetation.

Crickets and nightcrawlers around weed beds and lily pads have been producing huge hauls of bluegills perfect for a fish fry.

A flyrod early in the morning with a top-water popper is also a great way to catch bluegills.

Along with panfish, the largemouth bass bite has been good on football jigs, flutter spoons and deep-diving crankbaits.

The water is around 90 degrees, and the white bass bite has also been consistent on minnows and small jigs.

— Conor Harrison

crankbaits and soft plastic worms. Channel catfish are good on trotlines baited with live perch and minnows.

COLETO CREEK: Water stained; 87 degrees in main lake, 97 at hot water discharge; 0.36’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on lipless crankbaits and spinner baits.

CONROE: Water murky; 81–85 degrees; 0.68’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon soft plastics, spinner baits and lipless crankbaits.

FALCON: Water murky; 82–86 degrees; 17.51’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on chartreuse jigs and spinner baits. Crappie are excellent on jigs and minnows. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on cut bait, shrimp and shad.

FT. PHANTOM HILL: Water clear; 80–88 degrees; 6.63’ low. Largemouth bass are fair on Texas rigs, shaky heads and medium-running crankbaits. Crappie are fair to good on jigs and minnows.

GIBBONS CREEK: Water clear. Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon soft plastics, crankbaits and spinner baits.

GRANBURY: Water murky; 79–83 degrees; 0.01’ high.

Largemouth bass are slow.

Striped bass are fair on white striper jigs and silver spoons.

GRANGER: Water clear; 82–86 degrees; 0.39’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on soft plastic worms upriver around flooded timber.

White bass are good on lipless crankbaits along shallow roadbeds.

HOUSTON COUNTY: Water stained; 88–92 degrees; 0.55’ low. Largemouth bass to 4 pounds are good on pop-

pers and white flukes.

HUBBARD CREEK: Water offcolor; 81–89 degrees; 17.75’ low. Largemouth bass are fair to good on Yellow Magics early, later switching to chatterbaits, Texas rigs and jigs.

LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water stained to muddy; 85–89; degrees; 2.60’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on Texas-rigged creature baits.

Catfish are good on trotlines and prepared bait.

LBJ: Water stained; 79–83 degrees; 0.72’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on chartreuse soft plastic worms and top-waters and on watermelon Whacky Sticks in 6–15 feet.

LIVINGSTON: Water fairly clear; 81–85 degrees; 0.33’ high. Largemouth bass are good on watermelon crankbaits and lipless crankbaits.

Striped bass are good but small on slabs and pet spoons. White bass are good on pet spoons, troll tubes and slabs. Crappie are good on minnows.

MARTIN CREEK: Water clear; 93–99 degrees; 1.05’ low.

Largemouth bass are slow on weightless Senkos and wacky worms. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs.

MONTICELLO: Water clear to stained; 94–99 degrees; 0.18 low. Largemouth bass are slow on deep-diving crankbaits and drop-shot worms near the intake. Some topwater fish being caught early.

NAVARRO MILLS: Water murky; 78–82 degrees; 3.09’ high. Largemouth bass to 3 pounds are good on watermelon soft plastics and lipless crankbaits.

O.H. IVIE: Water stained; 79–86 degrees; 41.29’ low.

Largemouth bass are good

on Yellow Magics early, later switching to shaky heads, Texas rigs, splitshot-rigged flukes and crankbaits.

OAK CREEK: Water stained; 79–87 degrees; 17.78’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair to good on top-waters early, later switching to Carolina rigs, spinner baits, Texas rigs and crankbaits. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs under a slip cork.

PALESTINE: Water stained; 86–90 degrees; 0.64’ low.

Largemouth bass are slow on weightless worms near docks.

Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs.

POSSUM KINGDOM: Water fairly clear; 79–87 degrees; 0.28’ high. Largemouth bass are fair to good on spinner baits, Texas rigs, jigs and medium-running crankbaits.

PROCTOR: Water murky; 79–83 degrees; 5.99’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon crankbaits and spinner baits. Striped bass are fair on live shad.

RAY HUBBARD: Water slightly stained; 87–91 degrees; 0.06’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on football head jigs and deepdiving crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs.

RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water stained; 87–92 degrees; 0.25’ high. Largemouth bass are slow on Texas-rigged worms. White bass are fair on minnows and slabs.

SAM RAYBURN: Water stained; 80–84 degrees; 1.69’ high. Largemouth bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows. Catfish are very good on trotlines baited with live bait and shrimp.

SOMERVILLE: Water murky; 80–84 degrees; 8.90’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on

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STILLHOUSE: Water murky; 79–83 degrees; 0.03’ high.

Largemouth bass are good on watermelon spinner baits, crankbaits, and soft plastics.

TOLEDO BEND: Water murky; 81–85 degrees; 1.04’ low.

Largemouth bass are fair on watermelon lipless crankbaits and soft plastic worms.

Striped bass are slow. White bass are good on pet spoons.

TRAVIS: Water murky; 80–84 degrees; 10.80’ low.

Largemouth bass are good on chartreuse worms and white spinner baits in 10–20 feet.

Striped bass are good on chartreuse striper jigs.

WALTER E. LONG: Water murky. Largemouth bass are fair on crankbaits and spinner baits.

WHITNEY: Water murky; 80–84 degrees; 0.05’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on lipless crankbaits and small spinner baits. Catfish are good on shrimp and stinkbait.

WRIGHT PATMAN: Water stained to muddy; 86–91 degrees; 13.46’ high.

Largemouth bass are fair on bladed jigs and swimjigs.

Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. Catfish are slow on cut shad.

— TPWD

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Choke Canyon improving, still a ways to go Continued from page 1

spring rains brought the levels back to above 60 percent full.

“Things are looking up, but they could be better, said Texas Parks and Wildlife area biologist John Findeisen. “The lake was down 28 feet to its lowest point ever and it did catch 8 feet of water with the rains. There is a lot of flooded vegetation and a lot of the fish have moved back in there. We do our stocking requests every year in December and January, so we didn’t request fish before the rains came, but this will be a priority lake this next year.”

Findeisen said the largemouth bass population is good, although many fish remain in the 12- to 15-inch range according to electroshocking surveys earlier this year.

“Those fish should grow this year with all of the extra forage,” he said. “There should be good number of 2 1/2- to 3-pound fish next spring. And there are some big fish still in the lake. An angler caught a 12 1/2-pounder this year and several 11s have been caught this year. All of those were caught out deep with crankbaits in 20 feet of water.”

The hydrilla is making a comeback, and several ramps, including the Highway 99 and Mason ramps

MORE WATER: Choke Canyon came up close to 8 feet this spring, fl ooding vegetation which will provide good forage for largemouth bass. Photo by LSON.

are open.

“The lake isn’t near what it was in 2009, but conditions have improved,” Findeisen said. “There are a ton of 12- to 15-inch blue catfish right now. They are small, but there are lots of them. It is good that anglers are keeping some of those. An increase in water means we will see an increase in mussel beds, so the catfishing should remain very good. We always see a good crappie bite and the white bass spawn after good rains, so we should see good numbers of those, as well.”

Internet reports tell of a decent bass bite the past few weeks, although many anglers are fishing at night or later in the afternoons to avoid the heat.

Catfish have been the main target of many anglers, and a good bite is reported on nightcrawlers and stinkbait.

Yellow catfishing has been very good on juglines baited with perch.

— Staff report

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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER SPOTLIGHTERS SORTING THROUGH TRASH Two men walking into the woods were observed by Newton County Game Wardens William Powell and Sam Smith. The men were shining flashlights at the ground along the road. Contact was made and one of the men was arrested on a pending warrant. A search of the vehicle also turned up used meth paraphernalia. It turned out the men were sorting through trash that had been illegally dumped.

HOOP NETTERS AT SABINE Newton County Game Warden Landon Spacek apprehended three Louisiana residents fishing by illegal means and methods on the Sabine River. Spacek had located two illegal hoop nets being fished and decided to set up on them.

Approximately an hour later, the men returned to recover their nets.

The men were found to be in possession of five more hoop nets in the boat. Cases pending.

MESS FOR BOAT OWNER A customer came into the Brownwood District office to get information on his boat so he could report it stolen. Two office clerks realized the boat had been registered a week earlier, but by another man using the customer’s name and a different address. The clerks informed Capt. David Modgling and Brown County Game Warden Lee Morrison and showed them the paperwork. After a brief interview with the customer, Modgling and Morrison went in search of the stolen vessel. The vessel was located and a suspect was interviewed. The suspect admitted partial guilt and came back to the office with the wardens to give a statement. Other suspects were implicated and the wardens interviewed them. The

RATTLESNAKE BITE IN REMOTE PART OF TEXAS One of the employees working the Del Norte Unit in the Devils River State Natural Area was bitten by a large rattlesnake while alone and in an area approximately two hours from town. The park superintendent called Val Verde County Game Wardens Aaron Willoughby and Dustin Barrett. vessel was returned to its rightful owner and cases are pending.

CAST NETTERS CAUGHT ON SAN GABRIEL After receiving complaints of illegal fishing activity at the Granger Spillway, Williamson County Game Warden Joel Campos observed five males cast netting several fish. All four were using cast nets in the middle of the San Gabriel River. Campos made contact and requested fishing licenses from the men. Three of them did not have a fishing license. The other two had valid fishing licenses and admitted to catching two catfish and a 14-inch largemouth bass with the cast net. One of the nets was illegal and greater than 7 feet.

GROUP CAUGHT SNAGGING FISH Bowie County Game Warden Shawn Hervey informed Bowie County Game Warden Daniel Kessler that he had received information regarding several individuals who were attempting to snag fish at the Lake Wright Patman Spillway every night between the hours of midnight and 2 a.m. On three separate patrol nights, Kessler issued several citations for snagging fish and fishing without a valid fishing license. Cases pending.

The wardens quickly responded, met the park’s employee on the road and transported him to the hospital. After evaluation and observation, it was determined the large rattlesnake had delivered a “mostly” dry bite. The employee was released from the hospital the same day.

WARDEN WATCHES CAST NETTERS KEEP SAND BASS While checking for fishing violations behind Moss Lake Dam, Cooke County Game Warden Darla Barr found swimming and fishing equipment on the shore belonging to three subjects. Barr observed one subject get out of the water and begin throwing a cast net into the raceway of the water outlet.

The other two subjects then got out of the water to see what had been caught. Barr watched while sand bass were put in the bucket, along with the shad. Upon contact, one of the subjects was quick to say the sand bass was caught on a rod and reel. After Barr explained how long she had been watching them fish, the subjects then offered an apology and citations were written.

MAN KEPT FAWN, ALLIGATOR SNAPPING TURTLES Cass County Game Warden Dan Hill received information regarding a subject who may have been in possession of threatened alligator snapping turtles. Marion County Game Warden Rick Lane and Red River County Game Warden Daniel Roraback went with Hill to the residence. The subject was in possession of two large alligator snapping turtles he had caught

recently on a trotline. The subject also had a baby fawn he was keeping inside of his residence.

The turtles and deer were seized.

Citations were issued for possession of threatened species and possession of white-tailed deer in closed season. Cases and civil restitution are pending.

NOODLERS NABBED USING SNAG POLES At a noodling tournament on Lake Palestine, Smith County Game Warden Chris Swift observed a group of hand fisherman working a bulkhead. Swift observed three men using a snag pole and after making contact with the men, he seized three snag poles and multiple turning sticks. Cases were filed for illegal means and methods and fishing license violations.

MAN SHOOTS DOE, KEEPS FAWN Shelby County Game Warden Nathan Skeen received a call of a fawn being kept in the backyard of a residence. Upon arrival, the fawn was located and, after further questioning, the wife said her husband was tired of deer getting in his garden, so he shot a doe in May and dumped it at the back of his property. They then realized the doe had a fawn and decided to keep it

and try to raise it. Skeen noticed a heavy-racked European buck mount buried under some tools and a very large bull elk European mount, as a well as a crossbow. The wife stated her husband hunted on a corporate ranch while away working in Central Texas. The fawn was taken to a TPWD rehabilitator. A few days later, Skeen returned to interview the husband. The husband admitted to shooting the doe on his property and leaving it to waste. After further interviewing, it was determined the husband did not possess a valid hunting license.

The two European mounts were seized. The suspect said he thought he didn’t need a hunting license while hunting on a high-fenced ranch. Multiple cases pending.

REPEAT OFFENDER CAUGHT SELLING GAR A caller reported the sale of gar in Nueces County, and Nueces County Game Warden Saul Aguilar responded. Based on information received from the caller, Aguilar located the suspect, who provided a voluntary statement and was cited for illegal sale of five spotted gar. This same individual, in the last 18 months, has been apprehended by wardens in several cases of trespassing and hunting without landowners’ consent.

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TEXAS SALTWATER FISHING REPORT Waders working SEADRIFT — According to Capt. Kris Kelley at the Castaway Lodge, the fishing has been very good in the bays around Seadrift.

“We’ve been cooling things off a little with some hot wade fishing of late, taking solid stringers to full limits on trout and redfish,” he said. “Broader midbay structure remains buried in turbid fresh water with the back lakes and shorelines remaining the go-to locations. We’re going to need a wind shift and some big tides to get things back on track over midbay structure. That means we’ll be looking for September cool fronts and northerly wind shifts to open things up a bit. We’re liking the prospects for wind shifts and managed to hit the fish hard on light to moderate northerly flows a week and a half ago. That was a catalyst that broke up schools of tight-lipped redfish and bent the boards for Capt.

Chris Cady on recent airboat trips.”

To contact Castaway Lodge, call (888) 618-4868

Good numbers, but small TEXAS CITY — According to anglers on message boards, the action in the southern Galveston Bay complex around Texas City has been decent, but not as good as the ship

NORTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good under birds and pods of shad on soft plastics.

Redfish are good under rafts of shad on topwaters. Redfish are good in the marsh on small top-waters.

SOUTH SABINE: Trout are fair to good under birds and pods of shad. Trout are good at the jetty on live bait and top-waters.

BOLIVAR: Trout are good on the outgoing tide at Rollover Pass on MirrOlures, live shrimp and soft plastics. Sand trout and croakers are good on fresh shrimp. Trout are good in the surf on top-waters.

TRINITY BAY: Trout are fair around the wells on live bait. Redfish are fair around the spillway on live bait.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are good for drifters working deep shell on limetreuse and plum plastics. Trout are fair to good on the shell adjacent to the channel on live bait.

Trout are good on the ship channel on Bass Assassins, Tidal Surges and Gamblers.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: Sheepshead, red-

fish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs. Offshore is good for kingfish, ling and dolphin. Tarpon are fair to good along the beachfront on live bait.

TEXAS CITY: Trout are fair to good on the reefs and in the channel on live shrimp and croakers. Redfish and sand trout are fair to good in Moses Lake on shrimp.

FREEPORT: Trout are good at San Luis Pass on shrimp, MirrOlures and soft plastics.

Trout, redfish, sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs in Christmas. Trout are good in the surf on live bait and top-waters.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are good for drifters on live shrimp over midbay reefs.

Redfish are fair on the shorelines on topwaters.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair on sand and grass humps on soft plastics and top-waters. Redfish and black drum are fair on live shrimp in Oyster Lake and around Shell island.

channel.

The redfish are hanging over shell on an incoming tide. The best bite has been on croakers in the ship channel on an incoming tide, although some fish are being caught with soft and scented plastics. The artificial bite has slowed during the midday hours.

The bite has been hit or miss depending on weather conditions, and East Bay has been decent, as well, for trout and redfish.

Look for shrimp boats 0FFSHORE FREEPORT — The bonita bite has been great offshore behind shrimp boats in 125 feet of water, according to local anglers.

Chumming is key to keep fish near the boat and, along with bonita, blackfin tuna, ling and kingfish are also excellent.

Drifting near offshore rigs is also producing the same species, with sharks as a bonus catch.

Along with cut bait, top-water action has also been reported.

— Conor Harrison

PORT O’CONNOR: Trout are good in the surf and at the jetty on live bait. Trout and redfish are good on top-waters and live bait over sand, grass and shell in San Antonio Bay. Trout and redfish are fair for drifters working the back lakes with live shrimp.

ROCKPORT: Trout are good in the guts and channels on free-lined shrimp. Trout are fair over grass while drifting with live shrimp.

Redfish are good on piggy perch and shrimp around Mud Island.

PORT ARANSAS: Trout, redfish and sheepshead are fair to good at the jetty on shrimp and croakers. Trout are good in the surf on croakers and live shrimp. Offshore is good for dolphin, ling, kingfish and tuna.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Trout are fair to good on the edge of the spoils on croakers, piggy perch, scented plastics and live shrimp.

Redfish are good in the potholes on shrimp and croakers.

BAFFIN BAY: Trout are good on top-waters, croakers and soft plastics around deep rocks

and grass. Redfish are fair to good for sight– casters on the flats on small top-waters. Trout are good at night under lights on in the Land Cut. PORT MANSFIELD: Trout are good on topwaters on the edge of the channel and around sand and grass. Redfish are fair to good while drifting potholes on soft and scented plastics under popping corks. Offshore is good for kingfish, dolphin, ling and tuna.

SOUTH PADRE: Trout are good in the surf on top-waters and live bait. Trout are good over sand and grass in South Bay on DOA Shrimp and live shrimp. Redfish are good on the flats on gold spoons and Spooks.

PORT ISABEL: Trout and redfish are fair to good on the flats on live shrimp and DOA Shrimp under a popping cork. Trout are good on the edge of flats on top-waters and live shrimp.

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Good bite getting better Continued from page 1

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West Texas lakes Continued from page 8

water or you can catch them out of 35 foot of water.”

Other lakes have not been as fortunate in their water intake.

The outlook on Lake Meredith is a little bleaker.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Biologist Charlie Munger reported the lake has no bass at this time as it was severely impacted by drought and golden alga.

There are plans to restock Meredith next year, however.

Amberjack easy on rocks Continued from page 8

SHALLOW MUD AND GRASS: Anglers are picking up redfi sh with a variety of baits along shorelines with mud, grass and potholes. Photo

by Lone Star Outdoor News.

The current redfish outlook is also promising in Rockport and farther south.

“Conditions are fine; I’m going to fish some redfish tomorrow,” said Frank Houser of Rockport-based Captain Frank Houser Bay Charters and Duck Hunting. “The rain may have scattered the fish a month or two ago, but right now, the fish are pretty much where they need to be this time of year.”

Careful to keep his exact fishing spots a secret, Houser said redfish in the Rockport area can be found in shallow water along shorelines in the grass, potholes, and off some reefs and shell.

“We’ve got 90 million reefs out here,” he said.

The fish are active in the morning until about 9:30 or 10 and then get active again around sunset. When casting in these shallow conditions, Houser recommended top-water artificials, shrimp or cut mullet. In the last few weeks, Houser reported catching redfish in the 22- to 25-inch range.

Ruben Garcia of Reel Off Charters in South Padre Island has not felt any lasting effects from the rainy season.

“Mother nature sort of balances out, so to speak,” he said.

Friermood echoed Houser’s advice, and said he is easily locating redfish in the shallow shell and sand, deep reefs, and open water chasing shrimp, shad and ribbonfish. He has been catching them with live croakers but also recommends spoons, soft plastics and spinner baits for the artificial enthusiast.

“All the spawning baitfish and all the other fish do a little better with a little less salinity,” said Friermood, who has been fishing the Texas coast for 47 year. “For redfish, the positive affects should become apparent even sooner. Twenty-four months from now, you’re going to see an explosion of redfish. It’s going to get better but right now it’s really, really good.”

Wilson said he likes to target amberjack on rocks instead of oil rigs.

“If I’m heading out to the tuna grounds, we’ll stop on the rocks on the way out and catch amberjack,” he said. “It’s much easier to pull big amberjack out of rocks than it is to fight them around rigs. If you are trying to boat six amberjack off of a rig, you’ll lose another 10 doing it.”

One bait has stood out above all others this season.

“Live blue runners,” Wilson said. “Those are the ticket with amberjack. Some people use squid, but those get eaten too fast by all of the red snapper. We’ve been catching plenty of amberjack in the 50- to 75-pound range. The small ones are fun to catch, but if I’ve got a client paying me to put them on big fish, we’ll run an extra 30 minutes out to structure that holds bigger fish. I don’t mind running farther to put guys on trophy fish.”

Along the midcoast, several captains posted positive amberjack reports on Internet message boards, including Epic Charters Unlimited out of Freeport, which said they caught a four-man limit on Aug. 8.

Dolphin Docks in Port Aransas also reported a good amberjack bite when they haven’t been following the shrimp boats around hoping to pick off ling, kingfish and sharks.

“We’ve done well on amberjack,” said Eric Peschke at Dolphin Docks. “The fishing behind the shrimp boats has been better this season, so we’ve been focused on that, but we’ve caught amberjack on our longer trips. They seem to be averaging a little smaller this year.”

The legal limit for an amberjack is 34 inches, with one per angler per day allowed.

“We’re using sardines, ribbonfish and live pin perch on our trips for amberjack,” Peschke said. “If we’re catching tuna, we might chunk up some bait and catch a few on that, as well.”

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are available on the website — it’s kind of like a GoPro with a waterproof case. The drone bodies take a while to build. We already have 2,400 presold.”

Marion said the drone has a lot of potential for Texas surf anglers looking to launch baits from the beach from a kayak.

“Kayaks would be a great match for the Aguadrone,” he said. “In fact, we are working on a front mount for a kayak that will hold the drone and can be launched from it.”

Texas surf anglers could certainly use a tool to help them launch baits from the beach and not have to fight waves and wind in a kayak to get their baits past the third gut where the biggest sharks swim.

“I think it could be a big advantage,” said Texas surf angler Oscar Gonzales. “I watch people get tossed around in the surf trying to yak a bait out there. We have to deal with riptides and stingrays. This could make it much easier to hook a bait up, fly it up in the air and drop it where it needs to go with a remote control.

LET THE DRONE FIND THEM: Anglers are using drone technology in California to locate offshore fi sh. Photo by “I wonder if it could handle the really big shark baits, though.”

Aguadrone.

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Fourth tagged redfish caught in CCA STAR Fortunately for Ryan Cantu, not only is he a life member of CCA, he also remembered to register for the 2015 STAR Tournament.

Cantu boated a tagged redfish last week and is the fourth winner of a 2015 loaded Ford F-150 Texas Edition XLT SuperCab, pulling a brand new 23-foot Haynie Big Foot boat rigged with a Mercury 150L Pro XS OptiMax motor and Coastline trailer prize package, which will be awarded to him at the STAR Awards Ceremony in October.

So far, nine tagged redfish have ANOTHER WINNER: Ryan Cantu was glad he registered for been caught, but only four are con- the CCA STAR Tournament after catching the fourth tagged firmed as winners at this time. The redfi sh of the year. Photo by CCA STAR. other three were re-released by the anglers that caught them, so there are 54 tagged redfish still out there swimming.

Last year 13 tagged redfish were caught, but only four anglers claimed prizes. The others, unfortunately, were not registered for the CCA Texas STAR. — CCA STAR

CCA STAR Tournament standings Starkids Scholarship Division Flounder: Adair Bates (10), 3 lbs., 15 ozs.

Sheepshead: Rylan Basci (6), 7 lbs., 10 ozs.

Gafftop: Laken Bellanger (9), 6 lbs., 6 ozs.

Starteens Trout Scholarship Division Upper Coast: Austin Calhoun, (14), 6 lbs., 3 ozs.

Middle Coast: Tyler Gulley (15), 9 lbs., 10 ozs.

Lower Coast: Collin Dziuk (15), 7 lbs., 12 ozs.

Scholarship Inshore Division Flounder: Freddie Velez (14) 5 lbs., 3 ozs.

Sheepshead: Tyler Maresh (15), 7 lbs., 12 ozs.

Gafftop: Colton Carrier (14), 6 lbs., 6 ozs.

2014 Main Division Speckled Trout (upper coast): James Pallan, 9 lbs., 13 ozs.

Speckled Trout (middle coast): Harvey Kramer Jr., 9 lbs., 14 ozs.

Speckled Trout (lower coast): Lee Roy Navarro, 9 lbs., 2 ozs.

Kingfish: Krystal Treybig, 53 lbs., 7 ozs.

Dorado: Robert Norman, 44 lbs., 5 ozs.

Ling: Nathan Crowe, 85 lbs., 9 ozs.

Flounder: Erik Thomas, 8 lbs., 3 ozs.

Sheepshead: Robert Ibarra, 10 lbs., 5 ozs.

Gafftop: James Capps, 7 lbs., 11 ozs.

Tagged Redfish Division 1st: Scott Hajovsky 2nd: Michael Gibbs 3rd: Cuong Nguyen 4th: Ryan Cantu

(Results as of Aug. 10)

The contest runs until Sept. 7. Go to startournament.org for more information.

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“Our gator was 7-feet, 8-inches,” Quintero said.

That is an average-sized alligator for Texas waters, according to TPWD’s alligator leader, Amos Cooper.

“Things this season are looking pretty normal,” Cooper said. “This year should be very similar to last year, even with all of the water we got in the spring. We used 80 percent of the issued tags last year.”

Cooper said the biggest alligators in the state reside in the area around the Callhoun, Jackson and Victoria areas.

“There are still some very big gators in those areas,” he said. “There are four legal means to take alligators in Texas — hook and line, archery, gig and snare. Ninety percent of the hunters use a hook and line.”

Night hunting is not allowed for alligators, and Cooper said many of the landowners with tags discourage hunters from taking the biggest female alligators.

“There’s no market for them,” Cooper said. “The money is in collecting the eggs and selling guided hunts for the smaller males.”

Twenty-two counties are having an open season this year.

Gov. Abbott names T. Dan Friedkin chairman of Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Gov. Greg Abbott has named T. Dan Friedkin of Houston chairman of the Parks and Wildlife Commission for a term to expire at the pleasure of the governor.

T. Dan Friedkin is chairman and chief executive officer of Friedkin Companies Inc., a holding company with investments principally in the automotive industry including Gulf States Toyota.

He leads several wildlife and conservation initiatives worldwide through the Friedkin Conservation Fund and is a trustee of the Wildlife Conservation Society. He has a passion for aviation and is the founding chairman of the Air Force Heritage Flight Foundation.

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According to Cass County Sheriff Larry Rowe, the man went outside his home southwest of Texarkana the morning of July 30. He spotted the armadillo on his property and fired at least three rounds.

“His wife was in the house,” Rowe told reporters. “He went outside and took his .38 revolver and shot three times at the armadillo. We didn’t find the armadillo.”

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P.M. Minor Major

SUN Rises Sets

14Fri 15Sat 16Sun 17Mon 18Tue 19Wed 20Thu 21Fri 22Sat 23Sun 24Mon 25Tue 26Wed 27Thu 28Fri 29Sat 30Sun 31Mon 01Tue 02Wed

5:57 6:42 7:28 8:15 9:03 9:51 10:39 11:28 ---12:42 1:31 2:20 3:10 4:01 4:53 5:47 6:43 7:42 8:44 9:46

6:47 6:48 6:48 6:49 6:50 6:50 6:51 6:51 6:52 6:52 6:53 6:53 6:54 6:55 6:55 6:56 6:56 6:57 6:57 6:58

11:45 12:09 12:56 1:43 2:31 3:18 4:06 4:54 5:42 6:29 7:18 8:06 8:56 9:46 10:38 11:32 12:01 1:01 2:02 3:04

12:08 12:31 1:18 2:05 2:52 3:40 4:28 5:17 6:05 6:55 7:44 8:34 9:24 10:15 11:07 ---12:29 1:29 2:30 3:32

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Sept. 5

Solunar Sun times Moon times

2015 A.M. Aug.-Sept. Minor Major

5:34 6:20 7:07 7:54 8:41 9:29 10:17 11:05 11:53 12:18 1:05 1:53 2:42 3:32 4:24 5:18 6:15 7:15 8:16 9:18

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First

8:03 8:02 8:01 8:00 7:59 7:58 7:57 7:56 7:55 7:54 7:53 7:52 7:51 7:50 7:49 7:48 7:46 7:45 7:44 7:43

Dallas

2015 A.M. Aug.-Sept. Minor Major

MOON Rises Sets

6:49a 7:42a 8:34a 9:26a 10:17a 11:08a 12:00p 12:53p 1:46p 2:41p 3:35p 4:29p 5:21p 6:11p 6:59p 7:46p 8:30p 9:15p 9:59p 10:45p

8:01p 8:36p 9:11p 9:45p 10:18p 10:53p 11:29p NoMoon 12:09a 12:51a 1:38a 2:30a 3:28a 4:30a 5:35a 6:42a 7:49a 8:57a 10:03a 11:09a

14Fri 15Sat 16Sun 17Mon 18Tue 19Wed 20Thu 21Fri 22Sat 23Sun 24Mon 25Tue 26Wed 27Thu 28Fri 29Sat 30Sun 31Mon 01Tue 02Wed

5:40 6:26 7:12 8:00 8:47 9:35 10:23 11:11 11:59 12:24 1:10 1:58 2:47 3:38 4:30 5:24 6:21 7:20 8:22 9:24

P.M. SUN Minor Major Rises Sets

11:51 12:15 1:02 1:49 2:36 3:24 4:12 4:59 5:47 6:35 7:23 8:12 9:02 9:52 10:44 11:38 12:07 1:06 2:08 3:10

6:03 6:48 7:34 8:21 9:08 9:56 10:45 11:34 ---12:48 1:36 2:26 3:16 4:06 4:58 5:52 6:49 7:48 8:49 9:51

12:14 12:37 1:23 2:10 2:58 3:46 4:34 5:22 6:11 7:00 7:50 8:39 9:30 10:20 11:13 ---12:35 1:34 2:36 3:38

6:49 6:49 6:50 6:51 6:51 6:52 6:53 6:53 6:54 6:55 6:55 6:56 6:57 6:57 6:58 6:59 6:59 7:00 7:00 7:01

8:13 8:12 8:11 8:10 8:09 8:08 8:07 8:05 8:04 8:03 8:02 8:01 8:00 7:58 7:57 7:56 7:55 7:53 7:52 7:51

MOON Rises Sets

6:51a 7:46a 8:39a 9:31a 10:24a 11:16a 12:09p 1:03p 1:57p 2:52p 3:47p 4:40p 5:32p 6:21p 7:08p 7:53p 8:37p 9:20p 10:03p 10:48p

8:09p 8:44p 9:17p 9:50p 10:23p 10:56p 11:32p NoMoon 12:10a 12:52a 1:39a 2:31a 3:28a 4:31a 5:37a 6:45a 7:54a 9:03a 10:11a 11:18a

San Antonio 2015 Aug.-Sept.

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A.M. Minor Major 5:47 11:58 6:33 12:22 7:19 1:09 8:07 1:56 8:54 2:43 9:42 3:31 10:30 4:19 11:18 5:06 ---- 5:54 12:31 6:42 1:17 7:30 2:05 8:19 2:54 9:09 3:45 9:59 4:37 10:51 5:31 11:45 6:28 12:14 7:27 1:13 8:29 2:15 9:31 3:17

P.M. Minor 6:10 6:55 7:41 8:28 9:15 10:03 10:52 11:41 12:06 12:55 1:44 2:33 3:23 4:13 5:05 5:59 6:56 7:55 8:56 9:59

SUN MOON Major Rises Sets Rises Sets 12:21 7:00 8:15 7:03a 8:13p 12:44 7:01 8:14 7:55a 8:49p 1:30 7:01 8:13 8:48a 9:24p 2:17 7:02 8:12 9:39a 9:58p 3:05 7:03 8:12 10:30a 10:32p 3:53 7:03 8:11 11:21a 11:06p 4:41 7:04 8:10 12:13p 11:43p 5:29 7:04 8:08 1:05p NoMoon 6:18 7:05 8:07 1:59p 12:22a 7:07 7:05 8:06 2:53p 1:05a 7:57 7:06 8:05 3:48p 1:52a 8:46 7:06 8:04 4:41p 2:44a 9:37 7:07 8:03 5:34p 3:42a 10:28 7:08 8:02 6:24p 4:43a 11:20 7:08 8:01 7:12p 5:49a ---7:09 8:00 7:58p 6:55a 12:42 7:09 7:59 8:43p 8:03a 1:41 7:10 7:58 9:28p 9:10a 2:43 7:10 7:57 10:13p 10:16a 3:45 7:11 7:55 10:59p 11:22a

Amarillo 2015 Aug.-Sept.

14Fri 15Sat 16Sun 17Mon 18Tue 19Wed 20Thu 21Fri 22Sat 23Sun 24Mon 25Tue 26Wed 27Thu 28Fri 29Sat 30Sun 31Mon 01Tue 02Wed

A.M. P.M. Minor Major Minor 6:00 ---6:23 6:46 12:35 7:08 7:33 1:22 7:54 8:20 2:09 8:41 9:07 2:57 9:29 9:55 3:44 10:17 10:43 4:32 11:05 11:31 5:20 11:54 ---- 6:07 12:19 12:44 6:55 1:08 1:31 7:44 1:57 2:19 8:32 2:46 3:08 9:22 3:36 3:58 10:12 4:27 4:50 11:04 5:19 5:44 11:58 6:13 6:41 12:27 7:09 7:41 1:27 8:08 8:42 2:28 9:10 9:44 3:30 10:12

Major 12:34 12:57 1:44 2:30 3:18 4:06 4:54 5:43 6:31 7:20 8:10 9:00 9:50 10:41 11:33 ---12:55 1:54 2:56 3:58

SUN Rises 7:05 7:06 7:07 7:07 7:08 7:09 7:10 7:10 7:11 7:12 7:13 7:13 7:14 7:15 7:16 7:16 7:17 7:18 7:19 7:19

Sets 8:37 8:36 8:35 8:34 8:32 8:31 8:30 8:29 8:28 8:26 8:25 8:24 8:23 8:21 8:20 8:19 8:17 8:16 8:15 8:13

MOON Rises Sets 7:09a 8:33p 8:04a 9:06p 8:59a 9:39p 9:52a 10:10p 10:46a 10:42p 11:39a 11:15p 12:33p 11:49p 1:27p NoMoon 2:22p 12:27a 3:18p 1:08a 4:13p 1:54a 5:07p 2:46a 5:58p 3:44a 6:46p 4:48a 7:32p 5:55a 8:16p 7:04a 8:58p 8:14a 9:40p 9:24a 10:22p 10:34a 11:05p 11:42a

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Time

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Galveston Bay entrance, north jetty

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3:31 PM 4:13 PM 4:58 PM 5:49 PM 6:49 PM 1:37 PM 2:27 PM 3:19 PM 4:13 PM 7:42 AM 8:42 AM 10:35 AM 12:03 PM 1:15 PM 2:20 PM

Height

Time

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10:14 PM 10:49 PM 11:23 PM 11:57 PM 8:02 PM 9:35 PM 11:20 PM

Height 0.1 L 0.2L 0.4L 0.6L

1.3H 1.3H 1.4H

5:07 PM 0.2L 6:00 PM 0.1L 6:51 PM 0.0L 7:40 PM -0.1L 8:29 PM -0.1L 9:17 PM -0.1L

Height 1.7H 1.6H 1.5H 1.5H 0.6L 0.7L 0.9L 1.1L 1.2L 1.5H 1.6H 1.6H 1.7H 1.8H 1.8H

Time 11:09 AM 11:30 AM 11:57 AM 12:30 PM 7:20 AM 6:54 AM 7:05 AM 7:37 AM 8:14 AM 3:03 AM 6:20 AM 7:03 AM 7:38 AM 8:20 AM 9:15 AM

Height 1.1L 1.0L 0.9L 0.8L 1.4H 1.4H 1.4H 1.4H 1.4H 1.4L 1.4L 1.4L 1.4L 1.3L 1.2L

Time 4:13 PM 4:49 PM 5:18 PM 5:50 PM 1:08 PM 1:49 PM 2:27 PM 3:06 PM 3:52 PM 8:48 AM 9:24 AM 10:14 AM 11:45 AM 1:02 PM 2:19 PM

Height 1.4H 1.4H 1.4H 1.3H 0.7L 0.6L 0.5L 0.4L 0.4L 1.5H 1.5H 1.6H 1.6H 1.6H 1.7H

Time 10:48 PM 11:22 PM 11:55 PM

Height 0.1L 0.2L 0.4L

7:33 PM 8:55 PM 9:52 PM 11:03 PM

1.3H 1.3H 1.3H 1.4H

5:04 PM 6:14 PM 7:02 PM 7:47 PM 8:37 PM 9:35 PM

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NATIONAL California bans bobcat trapping, despite testimony With a contentious 3-2 vote, the California Fish and Game Commission approved a statewide ban on trapping of bobcats.

“Today’s narrow decision by the commission to ban bobcat trapping in California flies in the face of the science made available by the California Department of Fish and Wildlife and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,” said Josh Brones, government affairs coordinator of western operations for the Sportsmen’s Alliance. “For the commission to willfully ignore the departments’ recommendations to not implement the ban, indicates an utter lack of regard for the role and value of science and wildlife professionals in resource policy-making decisions.”

In his presentation, Craig Martz, senior environmental scientist for the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, provided ample evidence that the bobcat population in California was stable and possibly growing, and as high as 140,000 animals.

When the maximum population was estimated to be no more than 72,000 bobcats nearly 30 years ago, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife established a threshold of harvest by hunters and trappers to be 14,400 bobcats. Given the current average annual take of approximately 1,800 bobcats, the department’s staff appropriately summarized their presentation by stating that the trapping of bobcats would have absolutely no impact on the population.

DALLAS HUNTER AUDREY PETERSON, 41, TOOK THIS GEMSBOK AT 220 YARDS WITH A 7MM ON A SOUTH AFRICAN SAFARI WITH HER FAMILY.

— Sportsmen’s Alliance

Oklahoma sets waterfowl seasons

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Dates for Oklahoma’s 2015-16 waterfowl seasons have been set.

The 2015-16 duck, merganser and coot season will kick off in the Panhandle counties Oct. 17 and run through Jan. 13, 2016. Season dates in Zone 1 (northwestern Oklahoma) will be Oct. 31-Nov. 29, and Dec. 12-Jan. 24, 2016. Duck hunting season in Zone 2 will run from Nov. 7-29, and Dec. 12-Jan. 31, 2016.

Duck daily bag limits and possession limits will remain as they were in 2014-15, with one exception. This year, the daily bag limit for canvasback ducks will increase from one to two birds.

Goose hunters will be allowed to take two white-fronted geese per day this year, an increase from one bird last year. Season dates statewide for Canada and light geese will be Oct. 31-Nov. 29 and Dec. 12-Feb. 14, 2016. Season dates for white-fronted geese are Oct. 31-Nov. 29 and Dec. 12-Feb. 7, 2016.

Youth waterfowl hunting days will be offered Oct. 10-11 in the Panhandle Zone, Oct. 24-25 in Zone 1, and Oct. 31-Nov. 1 in Zone 2. These special days provide two extra hunting days outside of the regular waterfowl seasons in each zone only for hunters 15 and younger.

— ODWC

Louisiana offering lottery deer hunts on state parks The Louisiana Office of State Parks is offering lottery hunt opportunities for hunters wishing to participate in 2015-2016 season deer hunts available on Coochie Brake State Park and Big Cypress State Park.

Both Coochie Brake State Park in Winn Parish and Big Cypress State Park in Bienville Parish are undeveloped Office of State Parks properties.

Applications are available on the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries website. The application is displayed under the DEER — OFFICE OF STATE PARKS category.

These special hunts are restricted to hunters selected through the lottery application process. These hunts offer the opportunity for selected hunters to experi-

ence an enjoyable, high-quality experience on these areas.

Details on the qualifications, application requirements, and dates of the hunts are listed on the application forms.

Applications must be received by 4:30 p.m. on Sept. 4. The application form, along with a $5 administrative fee payment, must be sent to the specific address listed on the application form.

— LDWF

Florida father/son sentenced for deer trafficking Donald W. Wainwright Sr., 49, of Live Oak, Florida, was sentenced August 3, 2015 in U.S. District Court to 21 months in prison and a $125,000 fine for 12 charges related to violating the Lacey Act, one count of conspiracy and one count of wire fraud. His son, Donald W. Wainwright Jr., 29, of Live Oak, was sentenced to four months of house arrest and three years of probation for eight charges related to violating the Lacey Act. According to court documents, the coconspirators trafficked in live whitetailed deer. Wainwright Sr. owned hunting preserves in Logan County, Ohio, and Live Oak; both preserves were named Valley View Whitetails. Wainwright Jr. was a parttime resident and part-time operator of the site in Ohio.

Wainwright Sr. illegally shipped deer to Florida from Ohio and attempted to ship deer to Georgia from Ohio. The deer herds involved with these shipments were not certified to be free from Chronic Wasting Disease, tuberculosis and brucellosis.

Federal law requires interstate shipment of deer to be certified to be disease free. His attempted shipment to Georgia was intercepted on I-71 South, about 50 miles from the Ohio River, when Ohio wildlife officers noticed deer noses and antlers inside a cargo trailer and pulled over a truck driven

by Wainwright Sr.’s employees.

— FWS

Evers wins back-toback Elite Series Confidence means a lot to a tournament bass fisherman, and Oklahoma pro Edwin Evers said his was sagging a bit after a couple of tough events earlier this year.

A win last month at BASSfest made Evers feel much better — and with a renewed sense of confidence, he went out and claimed his second victory in a row in last week’s Evan Williams Bourbon Bassmaster Elite at St. Lawrence River.

With a four-day total of 77 pounds, 10 ounces, Evers became the first angler to win back-to-back events in the 10-year history of the Elite Series. He cemented the victory with a final day catch of five smallmouth bass that weighed 17-8.

Evers said the victory at BASSfest — and the automatic berth into the GEICO Bassmaster Classic that came with it — played a major role in his New York strategy.

— B.A.S.S.

Banded buys Avery Outdoors Banded Holdings, Inc. announced the acquisition of Memphis, Tennessee-based Avery Outdoors, Inc., a manufacturer of waterfowl hunting gear under the Avery, Greenhead Gear and Avery Sporting Dog brands. Banded, which designs and produces waterfowl hunting apparel and gear under the Banded brand, is based in Springdale, Arkansas. The primary base of operations will be moved to Arkansas with Avery retaining an office in Memphis.

“This new venture represents the coming together of two of the most talented and experienced staffs in the industry to offer the best in innovative waterfowl hunting and outdoor gear,” said Banded CEO Chuck Browning.

— Banded Holdings, Inc.

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Roadrunners don’t affect overall quail numbers Continued from page 4

stomachs, so that is a pretty small percentage of their diet.”

Perez said one of the roadrunner’s favorite tactics is to ambush prey at feeder sites on deer leases and backyard bird feeders.

“People have reported roadrunners eating birds in backyards, but I would not say quail make up a large portion of their diet. Certainly not enough to impact quail populations, especially this year in South Texas.”

The topic is one of great debate on hunting forums, with some people calling it a myth that roadrunners eat quail at all. However, the research does show it happens, at least sporadically.

“I’ve seen roadrunners chase after the young quail as they where crossing ranch roads,” said one San Antonio hunter on the Texas Bowhunting Forum. “I’ve also seen a roadrunner carrying a small quail in its beak, so I know for a fact that they kill quail.

They will also peck holes in the quail eggs.”

However, longtime South Texas quail hunter and guide Ronnie Howard said roadrunners get a bad rap, when they don’t affect quail numbers in the slightest.

“I watch quail. I pay attention, log lots and lots of hours, and am curious enough to investigate, and I have never seen a roadrunner kill a quail,” Howard said. “When I ask my manager acquaintances (who have spent as many hours in the field) they have never seen it either. I’m sure it happens, but it has no real bearing on the population, in my opinion. There was a time in the early ’90s when everyone wanted to kill the turkeys because they were eating all the quail. I still hear this. Now there is a video of a deer eating a baby bird that fell from its nest — and now people are blaming deer. I’m a manager speaking from experience and from what I have garnered from research and then applied or observed. My opinion is that in South Texas (most likely everywhere with a few possible exceptions in the South) predator control of any and all predators, and they are numerous, has no net effect on a quail population.”

Sales tax holiday for hunting supplies a near miss Hunters, gun enthusiasts and retailers were excited when the Texas Senate and the Texas House of Representatives both passed a “Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday,” which would have provided during the last weekend in August a sales tax exemption for “hunting supplies.”

In the Senate bill, hunting supplies was broadly defined to encompass ammunition, archery equipment, hunting blinds and stands, hunting decoys, firearm cleaning supplies, gun cases and gun safes and hunting optics.

Sponsored by Sen. Brandon Creighton, R-Conroe, the bill was designed in part to compete with similar legislation that began in 2009 in Louisiana.

Although identical bills passed in both the Texas House and Senate, the bill got bogged down and never reached the governor’s desk.

“The clock just ran out on us,” said Doug DuBois, executive director of the Texas State Rifle Association, noting a not-infrequent issue with legislation. “We plan to propose it again in 2017.”

— Staff report

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OUTDOOR PUZZLER ACROSS

1. A group of fish in one spot 4. Area where some anglers fish 6. Contains the shot 9. Owl young 10. A grouse 11. Large game of the plains 12. Feature of the wild boar 15. Said fish can do this 17. A bass 19. Describes some bullets 21. Add to lake water for drinking 23. Shot group in shooting meet 25. A species of geese 27. Location of climber stand 28. The _____ Walton League 29. The largest bass 30. The ring____ pheasant 31. A saltwater duck

FOR THE TABLE

*email LSON your favorite recipe to news@lonestaroutdoornews.com.

Bourbon peppercorn backstrap 1, 2-pound pork backstrap 1 bottle bourbon peppercorn marinade or equivalent 1/2 cup bourbon 1 clove garlic, minced 1 medium purple onion, sliced into thin wedges 1/4 cup flour for gravy, optional Mix marinade according to package directions. Add the bourbon, garlic and onion. Place the meat in a large Ziploc bag and pour on the marinade. Seal and refrigerate at least an hour — longer is better. Place the meat and the marinade in a cooking bag. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 1/2 hours. Remove from oven and rest 15 minutes. While the meat is resting, remove two cups of the broth from the cooking bag. Place in a saucepan and bring to a boil. Stir in 1/4 cup of flour and stir until thick and bubbly.

Slice the loin and serve topped with gravy.

— backwoodsbound.com

By Wilbur “Wib” Lundeen Solution on Page 30

34. Trapper’s quarry 36. Part of fishing gear 38. The hunting area 39. Wildfowl having young 41. A line grommet on a fishrod 42. A game bird 43. Trapper’s gear

DOWN

1. To scan area for game 2. Underground tunnels 3. A good bear trap bait 4. Motion of an arrow in flight 5. A missed shot 6. Pheasant food holder 7. A freshwater food fish 8. Bear young 13. The pellet charge 14. A grouse

16. Rare species of any game 17. Angler’s name for a large crappie 18. Area to find some trout 20. To search for food 22. A long-legged lake bird 24. Act of fish hitting a bait 26. Name for the whitetail of the North 29. To dress a game 32. Procedure to move game to hunters 33. Hunting and fishing ethics 35. Indian name for deer 37. A part of an antler 38. Read to tell this of game track 39. A gun organization 40. Hunters give this TLC

Crispy black drum tacos Fish fry or 2 cups all-purpose flour Fresh black drum fillets, cut into strips 1/4 cup toasted and finely chopped pecans Canola oil Corn tortillas Red cabbage Iceberg lettuce 1/4 cup mayo 2 tbsps. white wine vinegar Salt & pepper 1 garlic clove finely chopped Limes Thinly slice red cabbage and iceberg lettuce and place in a bowl. Add mayo, vinegar, garlic and salt and pepper to

taste. Combine and let sit while you cook the fish.

Combine fish fry, chopped pecans and seasoning to taste. Coat all sides of the fish with the breading mixture and pan fry or deep fry at 350 degrees till fish is golden brown (usually about 2-3 minutes).

Take 4-5 tortillas and steam them in the microwave wrapped in damp paper towels for 1 minute 15 seconds. Place 2-3 pieces of fish in the middle of each tortilla, top with slaw and a squeeze of lime.

— wlf.louisiana.gov

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Breeders awaiting changes Continued from page 1

untary samples to be received from free-range deer.

“We’ll have places for landowners to submit samples,” Lockwood said. “We will prioritize in the area of the index herd.”

While the average deer hunter may not notice an immediate effect to their hunting plans this season, there may be some additional hassles and costs.

For deer breeders, the initial proposals were very stringent, potentially involving the killing and testing of up to 31,000 deer. The final plan, released on August 11, reduces the total number tested depending on the status of the individual breeder, and could reduce the number by as much as 50 percent.

Deer breeding facilities that have been in TAHC’s monitored herd program for more than five years may release deer to “Class I” release sites, and no further CWD testing is required.

There are approximately 166 of the 1,300 deer breeding facilities in Texas that have met this benchmark, according to TPWD. In order to be able to meet movement status and transfer deer to “Class II” release sites, breeders are required to have tested 4.5 percent of their entire herd for the prior two years. At these sites, a total of 50 percent of

HSC announces scholarship winners The Houston Safari Club has announced the 2015 recipients of the Dan L. Duncan Scholarship awards.

Applicants for these scholarships are undergraduate and graduate students majoring in wildlife management and/or range management.

Nicole Alonso — Texas A&M University–Kingsville Mary Annala — Texas A&M University–Kingsville Ryan Anthony — Sul Ross State University Drew Arnold — Texas Tech University Emily Belser — Texas A&M University–Kingsville Andrea Bruno — Texas A&M University–Kingsville Courtenay Conring — Texas Tech University Caitlin Curry — Texas A&M University Michelle Downey — Texas A&M University–Kingsville John Edwards — Texas A&M University–Kingsville Matthew Garrick — Texas A&M University–Kingsville Katie Guntly — Texas Tech University Shannon Hall — Texas A&M University–Kingsville Kyle Hand — Stephen F. Austin University Samuel Harryman — Texas Tech University Ronald Paul Jankowiak — Sul Ross State University Anastasia Krainyk — Texas A&M University–Kingsville John Leonard — Texas A&M University–Kingsville Brandon Mitchell — Texas A&M University-Kingsville Dakota Neel — Texas Tech University Lindsey Phillips — Texas A&M University–Kingsville Lindsay Roberts — Texas A&M University–Kingsville Derek Wiley — Texas Tech University Sean Yancey — Texas Tech University Pierce Young — Texas A&M University–Kingsville — HSC

the deer released, including a minimum of 50 percent of hunter-harvested breeder deer, will have to be tested, instead of the original proposal of 100 percent.

“Three-fourths of facilities are at or would be movement qualified with the testing of one to three additional deer,” TPWD wildlife division director Clayton Wolf said.

This will involve the majority of deer breeding facilities, and for hunters may mean paying for the taking of samples from the brain or lymph nodes of the deer and shipping them to Texas A&M Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory for testing (approximately $150 per deer).

Breeders that have not met movement status may release deer to Class III release sites, requiring testing of a total equaling 100 percent of the deer released, including all hunter-harvested breeder deer.

“Breeders release about 30,000 deer each year,” said Texas Deer Association President Chase Clark.

Approximately 1,000 deer will be tested for breeders to reach movement qualified status, bringing the total testing numbers up to 31,000, under the initial proposals.

Breeders found this total untenable and felt it could significantly damage the industry, deer hunting in Texas and cause numerous breeder operations to close their

doors. TAMVDL officials said the vast numbers of testing required would be difficult if not impossible for its office to complete.

The final plan, reached after meetings and negotiations will all parties involved, will bring down the number of deer tested, but to an undetermined amount.

“I sincerely appreciate the efforts put forth to find compromise and workable solutions,” Clark told TDA members in an email blast. “It’s not perfect, and there will be some tough choices for breeders to make.”

However, Clark had a positive outlook going into TDA’s annual convention that began August 13, no longer under the cloud of the moratorium of deer movement going into the upcoming deer season.

“The deer business is about to get back in business,” he said.

Craig Wilson of Wilson Whitetail Ranch of Texas and a TDA board member was not sure of the overall feeling of all breeders, but was grateful for the amount of effort put into the plan by the CWD Task Force, TACH, TPWD and all breeders.

“In general, we’re very please to have something that is manageable and workable, at least temporarily,” he said.

“Especially at our peak time.”

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National media rough on lion story Continued from page 4

American bison instead of a Cape buffalo.

Attention has been brought to the current situation in Zimbabwe, with rampant poaching and allegedly corrupt leadership, and to the importance of hunting in the region.

Dallas Safari Club’s Executive Director, Ben Carter, appeared on National Public Radio.

Representatives of other groups have also appeared on national media programs.

Many conservationists and organizations — including the International Union for Conservation of Nature and Natural Resources and the African Wildlife Foundation — note that habitat destruction, prey depletion and human-lion conflict unrelated to trophy hunting are among the biggest threats to lion populations in Africa.

Rosie Cooney, chair of the IUCN’s Commission on Environmental, Economic and Social Policy, said “the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, responsible for managing this park, derived most of its income for wildlife conservation across the country from trophy hunting. With minimal revenue from central government (not well-known for its good governance and transparent resource allocation), it is now in trouble.”

Clooney said the park’s staff has been radically cut, bushmeat (subsistence) poaching is on the rise and rangers are ill equipped to cope.

As the days and weeks passed, an interesting phenomenon

involved more rational discussions between hunters and nonhunters. People are seeking a better understanding of sustainable use trophy hunting and why it is or is not important.

Conservation and hunting groups are aware that more can be done to reach out to explain the benefits of trophy hunting in Africa, where the economic impact is estimated at $200 million per year that helps fund antipoaching efforts and helps sustain locals and villagers.

And reaction to the event may lead to bolstering conservation efforts.

David McDonald, one of the Oxford researchers, noted an increase in funding since the incident, and said, “There’s been a lot of attention recently on, ‘Can any good come from the demise of poor Cecil?’ And I think the answer is ‘Yes.’ And amazingly, overnight our website has been inundated with people from North America saying they want to help us, for example, buy new satellite tracking devices or new vehicles for the project, or most importantly, to help us in training some of the wonderful young Zimbabwean biologists that we are training as conservation biologists, and even looking for scholarships to bring them to Oxford to train.”

As of August 5, the Oxford study had received more than $780,000 in additional donations.

Meanwhile, those without computers or Facebook, especially Africans, either are unaware of or are puzzled by the furor over one lion.

Major U.S. airlines refusing trophies as freight In reaction to the death of Cecil the lion in Zimbabwe, several major U.S. airlines have announced they will no longer accept sport-hunted trophies as freight.

Delta issued the following statement: “Effective immediately, Delta will officially ban shipment of all lion, leopard, elephant, rhinoceros and buffalo trophies worldwide as freight. Prior to this ban, Delta’s strict acceptance policy called for absolute compliance with all government regulations regarding protected species. Delta will also review acceptance policies of other hunting trophies with appropriate government agencies and other organizations supporting legal shipments.”

United Airlines also came out with the same ban.

“We felt it made sense to do so,” Charles Hobart, a United spokesman, said in disclosing the carrier’s decision to prohibit transportation of those five species.

American Airlines soon followed: “Effective immediately, we will no longer transport buffalo, elephant, leopard, lion or rhino trophies.”

UPS bucked the trend: “United Parcel Service will continue to ship legally obtained trophies.”

In a company statement, UPS said it is opposed to the trafficking or trade of endangered species but accepts for shipment taxidermy items that are legally obtained and appropriately documented.

“Our shipping policy allows acceptance of taxidermy finished specimens if they satisfy applicable regulations and our shipping guidelines,” the statement read. “Our priority is to ensure we abide by laws and regulations for all shipments.”

Zimbabwe back open On August, 2, the Ministry of Environment imposed a temporary suspension of lion, leopard and elephant hunting in Zimbabwe.

On August 7, the suspension was lifted.

“We are pleased to inform you that, following some useful discussion between operators and the relevant Zimbabwean authorities, the suspension has now been uplifted throughout the country,” the statement from the Ministry read.

Some conditions were put in place, including no further hunting of collared animals and lion, leopard and elephant hunts will be attended by a member of the National Parks and Wildlife Management Authority at the expense of the landowner.

Online threat against DSC ignored by Facebook Dallas Safari Club has dealt with negative comments from antihunters in the past. One comment, though, caught their attention and was reported to law enforcement and Facebook. The post from Peshotan Pavri read in part: “I will come right to your Dallas Safari Club with an AK47 and a grenade and wipe the whole lot of you out!”

Law enforcement addressed the issue promptly, according to DSC. Facebook, however, provided a different and puzzling response: “Thank you for taking the time to report something that you feel may violate our Community Standards.

Reports like yours are an important part of making Facebook a safe and welcoming environment. We reviewed the comment you reported for harassment and found it doesn’t violate our Community Standards.”

— Staff report

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Texas Deer Association 17th Annual Convention JW Marriott San Antonio Hill Country Resort and Spa (210) 767-8300 texasdeerassociation.org

AUGUST 14

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