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January 8, 2016
Group takes stand on captive-bred lion hunting
Volume 12, Issue 10
Hunting the Texas snow
Lone Star Outdoor News The Professional Hunters Association of South Africa has taken a stand on the controversial issue of captive-bred lion hunting. In a position paper issued after its 2015 annual general meeting and approved by a majority of members, the group stated: PHASA distances itself from all captive-bred lion breeding and hunting until such time as the South African Predator Association can convince PHASA and the International Union for Conservation of Nature that captive-bred lion hunting is beneficial to lion conservation. The above decision is effective immediately and is binding on all PHASA members. If any evidence arises implicating a PHASA member as having participated in the hunting or marketing of a captive-bred lion, such member will be subjected to PHASA’s internal disciplinary process, which will include expulsion if found guilty. Professional hunters agree the issue is emotional and controversial among the members of the group. “It’s going to have a bigger influence on the captive lion breeders than the hunting industry, but it is just a matter of time before the U.S. will place a ban on hunting captive-bred lions,” said PH Wimpie Knox of Lion Creek Please turn to page 5
CONTENTS A RARE SIGHT: Not many Texas hunters experience dragging their deer through the snow. Here, Peter Vanderpot and guide Sawyer Wright take Vanderpot’s deer to the camp to be dressed on the Menard County ranch. See more coverage of hunts taken during the after-Christmas blizzard on Page 16. Photo by Chris Hamilton.
Game Warden Blotter . . . . Page 12 Freshwater Fishing Report . Page 10 Saltwater Fishing Report . . Page 14 Sun, Moon & Tides . . . . . Page 19 Crossword . . . . . . . . . Page 18
Ice-covered dove
Learning the lake
Heroes . . . . . . . . . . . Page 20 Products . . . . . . . . . . Page 21
Guides move into teaching mode
Outdoor Datebook . . . . . Page 23
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To catch more and bigger bass, you may want to go back to school. Pro anglers like James Biggs, Clark Reehm and retired tournament veteran Donald Harper are three in a growing number of Texas bass fish-
Some might see a West Texas hunting guide trying to save a frozen mourning dove’s life as ironic or the last thing you would expect. But Derek McDaniels just sees it as “me being me.” Two days after Christmas, he was out scouting hunting locations for Blackfoot Guide Service out of Lubbock — despite a blizzard that dumped 11 inches of snow in the area over the weekend. “I grew up in Nebraska,” McDaniels said. “I’ve seen a few of these.” McDaniels was helping search for hot spots to hunt sandhill cranes and geese. He, fellow guide Kyle Fagler and owner Brian Schreckenbach traveled to Tahoka and were working their way back Sunday afternoon when they noticed something odd along the roads north of Slaton. “We started seeing dove sitting just off the shoulders,” McDaniels said. “At first, I thought they were dead.”
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HUNTING
Trans-Pecos quail
First drake
Scaled quail abundant in far West Texas. Page 4
After a decade-long quest, an empty space on the wall will be filled. Page 4
FISHING
Photo by Kyle Fagler.
Christmas Eve bass
Pier-fishing fun
Two anglers land three 8-pounders. Page 8
Fishermen bundling up, landing black drum, croaker. Page 9