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October 25, 2019
Volume 16, Issue 5
Sharing the family values
Photo by Robert Sloan
Crappie on brush, pilings By Robert Sloan
For Lone Star Outdoor News With cool fronts moving across Texas, water temperatures are beginning to fall and fish, like crappie, are on a good bite. So far, crappie are still holding tight to brush piles, but with our first hard cold front they will begin to move to deeper water on most lakes. For example, on Sam Rayburn, once the crappie leave the brush piles they can be found in big numbers in the Angelina River channel, according to Lonnie Stanley. On Lake Conroe, guide Phillip James said the best way to catch crappie there is to use live minnows. “The crappie fishing on Lake Conroe is some of the best in East Texas,” he said. “Some of my best trips involve fishing live minnows
Kase Bransom gleems with excitement to his proud mom, Leigh-Adella, after harvesting his first white-tailed deer. Kase, 6, took this 8-point with his Raven crossbow while hunting with his dad, Dylan, on their family ranch in Cherokee. “Being able to celebrate the great outdoors and milestones with our boys as a family is truly the best part of the hunt,” Bransom said. “He was so proud of every aspect from the hunt, to the field-dressing and quartering, to filling out his tag. He had the antlers in his lap on the ride home.” See more photos from Kase’s first deer on page 7. Photo by Lili Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.
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Woman has dream job as game warden By Robert Sloan
Going to work is not always an easy thing to do at the Bailey house. When she’s walking out the door, Chelsea Bailey is wearing a bulletproof vest, a gun belt with a Glock pistol, a knife, extra bullet magazines, pepper spray and a flashlight. She says goodbye to her three children and husband. Once she’s out the door and in her truck, she’s on the job as a Texas game warden. She and her husband, Ben, are both game
wardens, and both love their jobs. “I’ve always wanted to work in law enforcement,” Bailey said. “Members of my family have been in law enforcement. I knew that when I graduated with a degree in Criminal Justice from Texas State University that I wanted to be a Texas game warden.” Chelsea and Ben met at the game warden academy. She’s been a warden for nine years. She’s 32 years old and absolutely loves her job. “Being a game warden is nothing like working at a regular job,” she said. “Every day is a new day, and it’s always something different.”
Photo from Chelsea Bailey
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Freshwater Fishing Report . Page 10
HUNTING
Saltwater Fishing Report . . . Page 11
Making wild game fashionable (P. 4) Guide focuses on rivers (P. 8)
Game Warden Blotter . . . . Page 12 Heroes . . . . . . . . . . . Page 14 Products . . . . . . . . . . Page 15 Sun, Moon & Tides . . . . . Page 16 Classifieds . . . . . . . . . Page 19
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Fredericksburg-based clothing line.
Off-the-grid fly-fishing.
Hunter’s Moon (P. 5)
Marburger’s closes (P. 8)
How did the Hunter’s Moon get its name?
Well-known sporting goods store closes its doors.