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December 26, 2014
Volume 11, Issue 9
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Buck hunt ruined by ranch visitor By Conor Harrison LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS
Isaac Garcia and his brother, Elijah, were on their first buck hunt with the Lone Star Outdoor News Foundation. Hunting in South Texas, the first two days of hunting were slow for Ike, with plenty of young bucks to look at while the mature bucks either didn’t appear or appeared for an instant and disappeared. Since the hunting was tough, the offer to extend the hunt into Monday was given and his father, Albert Garcia Jr. of Italy, agreed to allow the boys to miss a day of school, and one more morning hunt was planned. At the blind, several does were hounded by young bucks, as the South Texas rut was about to begin. While waiting for an older buck, the group watched a doe and young buck sprint away, the doe’s tail straight-up. “Something is wrong,” guide Craig Nyhus told them. “That isn’t rutting behavior; something spooked them.” Please turn to page 6
WAITING FOR SANTA: ’Tis the season to be hunting, as one ranch owner in South Texas found out recently when he pulled up to the front door of the ranch house and found this buck. Little did the buck know, behind these doors was a large trophy room full of whitetail mounts. Photo by Nicholas Rish.
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Texan catches Oklahomarecord striper State regulations differ By Conor Harrison LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS
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A TOUGH SITUATION: One young hunter’s lasting memory of his hunt in South Texas will be of trespassers passing under the deer blind. Photo by Craig Nyhus, Lone Star Outdoor News.
A Dallas angler reeled in a new record-sized Lake Texoma striped bass the first week of December, hauling the massive fish out of the lake near the northern shore in Oklahoma waters. The 27.29-pound, 38 3/4inch striper has been certified as a Oklahoma-Lake Texoma striped bass record — 6 pounds more than the previous lakerecord striper catch. Barbara Pope was fishing with guide Chris Carey of
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A BIG STRIPER: Barbara Pope holds the new record Oklahoma-side Lake Texoma striper. The fish weighed 27.29 pounds. Photo by Barbara Pope.
Striper Express Guide Service when the big fish hit her deadsticking a soft plastic in 35 feet of water. Pope fought the fish for about 20 minutes before getting it into the boat. While heavier striped bass
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have been caught in previous years at Lake Texoma, this fish represents the largest striped bass from the Oklahoma side of the lake since the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife
The Boone and Crockett Club doesn’t want deer and elk raised “in captivity” to be scored using the B&C Scoring Method. The language in the club’s statement, though, raised questions for deer contests and deer hunters. In a press release dated December 7, the club issued a resolution that included: “The Boone and Crockett Club scoring system exists to document the successful conservation of wild
Making hunting jewelry
Woman channels her passion for hunting into a budding business. Page 4
FISHING
All over the place Crappie bites are fairly productive, but conditions are making them hard to predict. Page 8
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Warm temperatures plus abundant cover are making hunting tougher and frustrating some South Texas hunters. Page 17
Following Cedar Bayou’s opening on Sept. 25, anglers are seeing evidence of a healthy fishery. Page 8
Deep South Texas rut report
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