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Permission to hunt 40-acre farm results in big buck

By Bill Miller LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

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Paying good money for a lease is just part of the hunting culture of Texas, but Bill Plauche’s recent quest for a 200-class Grayson County buck began simply by asking permission.

Plauche, a Sherman ophthalmologist, in early November was awaiting ■ Whitetail the final score of the buck he shot Opener: Page 4

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SMALL FARM, BIG TROPHY: Bill Plauche of Sherman arrowed this 200-class buck Oct. 10 on a 40-acre farm in Grayson County.

And no, the property is not next to the Haggerman National Wildlife Refuge.

It’s several miles south of there, Plauche said. Photo

by Bill Plauche.

Texan gets big marlin, but no prize.

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Deer Wave ‘Claw & Antlers’ highlight Texas Rangers’ Series quest.

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Waterfowl living up to name Birds showing up in areas with plenty of water

By Conor Harrison LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS When it comes to early season ducks, the old adage is find the water and you’ll most likely find the birds. That certainly is proving true this year during the first week of the season.

Reports from waterfowl hunters around the state have been positive, and should only get better as the season progresses and colder weather pushes birds from northern latitudes into the state.

The downside reported by some hunters was the lack of rain during the past few months has caused many honey-holes to dry up.

On Choke Canyon Reservoir in McMullen, Game Warden John Palacio said there was a “pretty good” turnout during opening weekend.

“The guys I checked all had three or four birds apiece,” he said. “They weren’t setting the world on fire, but I know the ducks are out there.”

Palacio said water levels in the reservoir are up over the past few seasons and the ducks were utilizing the lake.

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Window closing on snapper

By Kyle Carter FOR LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS A rare window of opportunity has the red snapper bite red hot off the Texas Gulf Coast, but it is for a limited time only.

The past few years, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has shortened the red snapper season in federal waters because of what NOAA officials said were

declining numbers in the Gulf of Mexico. (Anything outside of 9 miles from the Texas coast is considered federal water).

A season that used to span six months has been getting smaller every year and was shortened to eight weeks this year, from June 1 through July 23.

But in August, the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council voted to recommend opening recreational red snap-

per for a supplemental season in the Gulf’s federal waters during weekends only (Fridays, Saturdays, and Sundays) from Oct. 1 through Nov. 21.

The reason was because a portion of the Gulf was closed due to the Deepwater Horizon/BP oil spill during the summer.

BETTER HURRY: Anglers have only a few weekends to get in on a banner red snapper bite in federal waters off the See OPEN SNAPPER, Page 26 Texas coast. Photo by LSON.

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HUNTING

TIME TO HUNT: Phillip Monier of Southlake and his retriever, Tuff, get ready for a morning hunt in Rains County. Photo by David J. Sams, Lone Star Outdoor News.

Waterfowl smart enough to frustrate hunters LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS “Bird brain” may be a derogatory term for an unintelligent person, but some waterfowl species have just enough smarts to frustrate even the most experienced hunters.

Experts agree that hunters are mistaken if they think all birds are as easy as redhead ducks that get blasted at and then swing around for more.

Other species, like snow geese, effectively band together, which intensifies the challenge for hunters, leaving little room for error while arranging decoys.

“Snows are very frustrating to hunt,” said Dallas Branch of the Avery Outdoors pro staff. “They travel in these really big groups, and some of them are really old.”

Branch said he has seen juvenile snows start to spiral down toward a spread of decoys, but then “the Dallas Branch older ones will swoop down and wave them off.”

“Some people don’t like to hunt them,” Branch added, “just because of the sheer age on some them, and the numbers they fly in.”

But Texas hunters have it especially tough, experts say, because northern flocks have a long way to fly before they reach the southern U.S. When it’s the late season in Texas, a lot of birds are conditioned to recognizing and avoiding decoy spreads that, according to their experiences, have been fatally fake for others in the flock.

“In this day and age it’s harder to kill birds because they’re starting to figure out hunters,” said Derek Rambo, of Grand Prairie, territory

sales manager for Avery.

“A lot of people might think what I do is hokey pokey, but, to me, detail matters.”

Rambo’s recommended field spread starts with 24 dozen decoys, but it could double in size.

Derek Rambo The spread can be as long as 80 yards and 45 yards across. Most of the decoys are feeders but he’ll incorporate some “actives” and only a couple “lookers.”

“A lot of guys don’t think that matters,” Rambo said, “but if you put out the ones with just their heads up, that mimics a flock that’s really nervous and getting ready to leave.”

The field spread, Rambo added, will pull in ducks, even though it’s made of goose decoys.

“Ducks will almost always decoy to goose spreads,” he said. “(But) geese are a lot more finicky than ducks as far as where they want to land.”

A few dozen floaters are appropriate for a marsh spread, Branch said.

For “confidence” decoys he likes to plant the outer edges with some floating geese and even some coots.

“They’re pretty fidgety birds,” Branch said of coots, “so when the others see them down there they go, ‘OK, that’s safe.’”

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Whitetails step out for opener Rifle hunters happy with deer sightings

By Conor Harrison LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS

CHECK IT OUT: Texas whitetail hunters said the cool mornings during opening weekend of the rifle season had deer coming out in the open. Photo by LSON.

As the weather cools down across Texas, the white-tailed deer hunting is heating up.

Opening weekend of the rifle season saw great deer activity as hunters in most regions reported good numbers of healthy deer.

In the Hill Country, which historically sees the earliest rut dates in the state, cool morning temperatures in the upper 30s pushed many big bucks in front of hunters.

Darrell Dierenger, manager of Woodbury Wild Game Processing in Kerrville, reported a great opening weekend.

“The cold weather had the deer

moving, and we had a lot of bucks with rut necks on them,” Dierenger said. “We had a few bucks with really nice racks, and the deer were in good shape.”

An early acorn crop throughout the Hill Country helped fatten bucks for the rigors of the rut, and the deer have been hitting corn feeders the past two weeks as the acorn crop petered out.

Wildlife biologist Dale Prochaska, who works at the Kerr Wildlife Management Area, said he expects a great season throughout the Hill Country.

“We had a good acorn crop this year, but not a bumper crop,” he said.

“Because of the mild winters we’ve had the past several years, population levels are up. Population control

will be key this year to maintaining a healthy herd.”

Prochaska said bow hunters had a challenging year because of the acorns and high grass due to good rainfall, but that should change for gun hunters.

“Early season was tough,” he said, “but we think as the season progresses, the deer will start hitting the feeders.”

In South Texas, where the rut still is nearly a month away, hunters reported positive signs on deer movement.

Johnny Pospech of Goliad hunts a ranch near Cuero and said two hunters on the lease shot nice bucks opening weekend.

“The weather was good,” Pospech said.

“It was 40 degrees Saturday morning and See WHITETAILS, Page 16

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Ranger fans bring the claw, antlers in ’Series’ quest

By Bill Miller LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS Tall grass kept a lot of Texas bowhunters from seeing signs of deer during their early season in October.

But plenty of antlers were on display at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington, as the team clinched the American League pennant and a chance to play San Francisco in the World Series.

The Giants beat the Rangers in Game 5 to win the October Classic, but fans were raucously loyal to the end.

They came to the Ballpark toting antlers — sometimes on their heads FROM DEER LEASE TO THE BALLPARK: Ranger fans celebrated the team’s World Series quest by adopting the players’ popular “deer — to help cheer on their team. wave,” which inspired unusual headgear. The team lost to the San Hand gestures replicated antFrancisco Giants in five games. Photo by Tim Sharp. lers to celebrate speed — just like the fleet hooves of a Texas whiteAccording to the Rangers, second baseman tailed deer.

Esteban German brought the claw from the minor This so-called “deer wave” appeared on T-shirts leagues as a sort of long-distance “high five.” along with the equally popular “claw” gesture.

The origin of the deer wave was a bit less clear, “I’ve heard they sold over 30,000 and that but outfielder Josh Hamilton surely added to it was just after the Tampa Bay series,” said Ronnie by hanging a trophy mount above some lockCruz, whose Arlington-based Visual Impact ers in the clubhouse.

Specialties came up with the design.

The Internet carried speculation that the “As soon as a store gets them,” he added, trophy might have been the monster buck “they’re gone.” he downed in an episode of “The Bucks of During the AL playoffs against the New York Tecomate.” The show is taped on the El Cazador Yankees, fans returned to the Ballpark with Ranch near Hebbronville in deep South Texas. antlers — some fake but many of them real — But there’s nothing mysterious about the wired to broom sticks, clenched in fists or worn origin of the deer-wave design on the popular as headgear. commemorative post-season T-shirts.

Players, however, started the craze earlier in Cruz said a longtime friend, Rangers clubhouse the season by holding their opened hands to manager Richard “Hoggy” Price, approached their heads. him in early summer with a T-shirt order.

The deer wave was used to help cheer on “He said the players had this goofy hand gesteammates, like when they rounded the bases. ture that nobody really knew anything about,” Raising a hand with fingers and thumb Cruz said. “I certainly didn’t.” slightly curled performed the claw — which See RANGER FANS, Page 16 honored a job well-done.

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Marsh Setup for Ducks and Geese

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But, Branch noted, late in the season, after birds have been shot at from Canada to Texas over large fields of decoys, it’s time to show them something they haven't yet seen: smaller spreads.

Allen Treadwell, a RedHead Pro Hunting Team member for Bass Pro Shops, agreed.

“If I’m hunting a water hole in South Dakota or Canada, I may put out several dozen decoys,” said Treadwell, based in Pea Ridge, Ark. “But in Texas and Oklahoma,” he added, “I might just bring a dozen floaters and eight standing decoys on the sandbars.

“They absolutely understand human patterns.”

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Voluntary mule deer check stations planned Voluntary mule deer check stations are planned for six counties this hunting season in the Trans-Pecos region.

State wildlife biologists hope hunters and landowners will visit the stations to provide important data.

The stations will be set up during the weekends of Nov. 28-29 and Dec. 5-6 in Culberson, Jeff Davis, Ward, Pecos, Terrell, and Brewster counties.

Data collected at the stations is used to monitor harvest intensity, herd conditions and age structures, and to develop revisions in regulations.

TPW biologists annually collect mule deer harvest data by management compartment.

The information includes age by tooth wear and replacement, number of antler points, antler inside spreads and basal circumferences, and field-dressed weights.

“These check stations will be located in areas where hunters can conveniently get their harvested mule deer aged, weighed, and measured (for bucks),” said Shawn Gray, TPW mule deer program coordinator.

In the Trans-Pecos, more than 14,000 harvested mule deer bucks have been aged since 1980, averaging more than 500 deer annually.

Data is also collected from a limited number of harvested does.

“This information is essential in monitoring mule deer populations and making future regulation decisions,” Gray explained. “The success of the check stations will be in large part because of the cooperation of hunters and landowners.”

Check stations will be open 8 a.m. to 6 p.m.

Locations include: Van Horn, Culberson County Papa’s Pantry, junction of Interstate 10 and U.S. 90 (Exit 140A).

Fort Davis, Jeff Davis County Jeff Davis County Fire Department, across from Jeff Davis County Courthouse.

Monahans, Ward County Monahans Sandhills State Park, six miles east of Monahans on Park Road 41 (Exit 86).

Bakersfield, Pecos County Chevron Station, south of I-10, (Exit 294).

Sanderson, Terrell County Slim’s Auto Repair, intersection of U.S. 90 and U.S. 285.

Alpine, Brewster County Hip-O Taxidermy, east side of town on U.S. 90, across from Diary Queen Restaurant.

—Staff report

Hunters for the Hungry returns for 2010 deer season As the general deer season got underway Nov. 6 in Texas, the group Hunters for the Hungry was already working with meat processors statewide to accept donated venison for Texans in need.

The program is part of Austin-based Texas Association of Community Action Agencies, Inc., said Anitra Hendricks, the association’s program coordinator.

“Hunters for the Hungry allows hunters to give back to their community and provide a nutritious source of protein to food banks, food pantries, soup kitchens, shelters, and other food assistance providers,” Hendricks said.

“Hunters donate their deer to participating meat processors and pay a reduced processing fee,” she explained. “The processors distribute the meat to area food assistance providers, and those agencies serve it to people in need.”

Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture shows that 17 percent of Texans “struggle to afford food,” Hendricks said.

Last season, hunters donated 167,840 pounds of game meat through 97 participating processors.

Hendricks said.

“That equals 671,360 servings for people in need,” she said.

For information, go to www.tacaa.org/hunters.htm, or call (800) 992-9767, ext. 506.

—Staff report

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FISHING

SNEAK PEEK: The waters below the bridge for State Highway 48, at the mouth of San Martin Lake, offer a preview of what the Bahia Grande, a broad shallow basin, might look like once tidal exchange is restored to the area.

The basin is on the east side of the lake, between Brownsville and Port Isabel. The author caught this 27-inch snook on a D.O.A. 4-inch C.A.L. jerk bait in silver mullet. Photo by Erich Schlegel, for LSON.

Channel widening green-lighted for Bahia Grande

By Aaron Reed FOR LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS In July 2005, the last bucket of mud was scooped from a nearly half-mile-long, 60-footwide cut leading from the Brownsville Ship Channel to a new bridge on State Highway 48 between Port Isabel and Brownsville. Over the next few days, water inundated a broad, shallow basin known as Bahia Grande.

The stated goal — to reduce the clouds of blowing dust that plagued the residents of the South Texas communities of Los Fresnos, Port Isabel and Bayview — was accomplished nearly overnight.

But something else — something almost magical — also happened.

Bait fish and birds, then game fish and anglers, quickly followed the water. Over the next several years, on historic islands in the 10square-mile basin, gull-billed terns and brown pelicans began to nest. Stabilized clay dunes in the surrounding upland areas, called lomas, were free of blowing, salty, silt for the first time in nearly seven decades and began to green with new vegetation.

And that was just the first step.

Funding was recently approved to widen and deepen the pilot channel, which will restore a greater measure of tidal circulation in the basin.

“We’re far from completely done with the restoration,” said Sonny Perez, manager of Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge.

“The completion of the channel-widening project will provide stability to this unit.

“It will increase its ability to mature back into a productive nursery for finfish and shellfish, a haven for many migratory birds and an important link in tying our local communities to their natural surroundings.”

The tidal basin is the centerpiece of the refuge’s 21,700-acre Bahia Grande Unit and was largely cut off from regular water exchange when the Brownsville Ship Channel was dredged in the 1930s. That problem was exacerbated when State Highway 48, linking Port Isabel and Brownsville, was constructed.

Two smaller basins, Little Laguna Madre and Laguna Larga, have since been reconnected to the flooded Bahia Grande by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, with water covering an additional 3,500 acres.

Cameron County, the Brownsville Navigation District and the Texas General Land Office are now finalizing a project that will widen the pilot channel to more than 200 feet and deepen it to 9 feet below sea level.

Hydrologists estimate the new channel will improve daily tidal exchange in Bahia Grande from a current 3 percent to approximately 30 percent.

The channel-widening project will be funded by a combination of grants to the state and county — some $2.3 million — administered through the Coastal Impact Assistance Program, or CIAP (“sea-app”).

“It’s going to happen. The money has been approved in the state plan, now it’s just a matter of going through all these administrative hoops to get the work set up,” said Kathy Smartt, CIAP team leader at the Texas General Land Office. “Work will definitely be going on there in the next 24 months.”

In addition to the obvious benefits to estuarine organisms, the restoration of the Bahia Grande is already having a trickle-down effect on birds like the northern aplomado falcon,

Money marlin miss 10 minutes cost Texan $600K in Cabo marlin tournament

By Kyle Carter FOR LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS Team Great Escape pulled their 40-foot yacht to the weigh station in front of the Puerto Paraiso Mall in Los Cabos, Mexico at 9:10 p.m., much to the delight of more than 1,000 people who had gathered in anticipation of their arrival.

Carl Riley, a meat broker from Houston, willed his exhausted body toward the scale, followed by his recently caught 800pound blue marlin. It was the first marlin of his life because this was the first marlin fishing trip he’d ever taken.

It was also the third largest marlin caught in 30 years of Bisbee’s Black and Blue Marlin Tournament, one of the richest fishing tournaments in the world, on the best day of fishing the tournament has ever had.

The problem was not the marlin — it was incredible. The problem was the clock. The scales officially closed at 9 p.m. on that Wednesday, Oct. 20, which meant Riley’s fish, while remarkable, might as well have never made it to the boat.

In the end, those 10 minutes ended up costing Riley more than $650,000 in prize money. In fact, he won no money.

“It was crazy. I was tired obviously, but there were a ton of people at the dock just going wild,” Riley said. “We went down there to have fun. The money would have been nice, but that wasn’t the prevailing factor, really.

“We went down there for the experience more than anything.”

which preys on shorebirds and nests in brushy upland areas and mammals like the ocelot, a spotted wildcat, which has been documented on the Bahia Grande tract. Both are federally listed as endangered species.

What all this means to Texas hunters, anglers and wildlife watchers still isn’t settled, but the possibilities are intriguing.

“We still have to go through the process of officially opening up a refuge tract to public use,” said Perez. “That could be accomplished rather quickly.”

Perez said that the primary uses being contemplated include bank and wade fishing, and canoeing and kayaking for fishing or wildlife observation.

Hike and bike trails are planned for the interior of the unit. And the 2009-2024 Comprehensive Conservation Plan for the refuge, approved earlier this year, lists hunting for waterfowl, upland game birds and exotic big game like nilgai and feral hogs as priority uses that should be explored for the Bahia Grande Unit.

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LATE ARRIVAL: Weighmasters handle the 800-pound marlin landed by Carl Riley of Houston in the Bisbee’s Black and Blue Marlin Tournament Oct. 20 in Cabo San Lucas. Riley missed the weigh-in by 10 minutes, nullifying his chance at the $650,000 purse.

Photo by Dave Lear.

Tournament Director Wayne Bisbee said he was surprised by how well Riley and his team took the loss.

“All things considered, those guys were all right,” Bisbee said. “We did our best to get them to the weigh station and

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Crappie: Still waiting on the ‘bite’ Thorn said the fishing remains good at Lake Lavon, but only around the bridge pilings and brush piles. The best crappie fishing in the entire Dallas urban area, he said, is actually at White Rock Lake right in the middle of town.

Over at Cedar Creek Lake, guide Chuck Rollins said the crappie fishing has been respectable, but not as productive as it could be.

“The month of October is usually pretty good,” he said, “and we’ve been doing all right, but it hasn’t been as strong as it was last year.

“Last year, our bite never stopped.

It started in March SLAB STALLS: Crappie anglers are having some success, but not the and was solid all year long until banner fall bite they have come to expect. Photo by LSON. December. This year hasn’t been like that.”

By Art Chapman Rollins said he thinks the crappie harvest is FOR LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS off by about 20 to 30 percent over last year, but With multiple spider rigs spread across it is still good and will get better. “Do I think their bows, and single cane poles with red and there are just as many fish in the lake as there white bobbers hanging from the banks, crap- were last year?” he asked. “Absolutely.”

Lee Whitecotton, a guide at Lake Palestine, pie fishermen have been awaiting temperature said the crappie fishing has been spotty in changes in Texas.

That’s when their rod tips will dip and the East Texas; turning off and on with the passing cold fronts. season for big slabs will be underway.

“The crappie were really hot for a while but But while fall is supposed to be the gateway to great crappie fishing, the “bite” hadn’t yet a couple cold fronts came along and things happened by the first week of November in dropped off,” he said. “But they’ll pick back up pretty soon; just give it a few days.” much of the state.

Whitecotton said the crappie have been “It’s kind of scattered right now,” said Carey Thorn, who guides crappie trips on Rowlett strongest around the bridges and stumps, and Creek, Lake Ray Hubbard, Lake Texoma and they seem to be moving around a lot.

“When it gets colder, the crappie will go Lake Lavon.

“All the lakes in the North Texas area have down deeper,” he said. “You won’t be able to turned over now and you can catch some crap- catch as many, but the ones you do catch will pie in 6 foot of water on up to 18 foot. For me, be bigger.”

All three guides said minnows and jigs were the magic number has been around 12 feet.”

Thorn said he thought it would be around working, but Rollins insists once fishermen get the hang of fishing with jigs, they won’t want Thanksgiving before the crappie all go deep.

“They’ll either go deep around the dams,” to mess with live bait.

“I’m a firm believer if a guy can fish a jig, he he said, “or they’ll go straight up the creeks where there are lots of rocks and clay soil that can catch more on the jig than he can with minnows,” he said. hold the heat.”

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Klein, Jordon among five Texas anglers heading to 2011 Classic Jordon will look to improve his No. 35 finish in this year’s Classic at Lay Lake in Alabama. Jordon finished No. 24 in the 2003 edition on the Delta, Five Texas anglers will represent the state with a three-day total of 20.9 pounds. in the 2011 BASSMASTER Classic Feb. 18-20, Also in his ninth Classic appearance, Todd 2011 on the Louisiana Delta.

Faircloth will try to continue his hot streak folA total of 51 anglers will vie for the $500,000 lowing his third place Classic finish this year. first-place prize including: Gary Klein, Faircloth tallied eight top-50 finishes with the Weatherford; Todd Faircloth, Jasper; Kelly February Classic being his highest finish of the Jordon, Minneola; Keith Combs, season. He finished in the 15 slot Del Rio; and Clark Reehm, Lufkin. in 2003, landing 25.9 pounds over Klein leads the group in experithe weekend. ence with 29 Classic appearances, Reehm’s first trip to the Classic followed by Jordon and Faircloth was in 2008 on Lake Hartwell in with nine each.

South Carolina where he finished Combs and Reehm both qualiin eighth place. He has finished in fied out of the Central Open. This the top 50 31 times in his career, will be Reehm’s second trip to the with his best finish (second place), Classic, while Combs will be makcoming in the 2008 Elite Series ing his first appearance. event on Lake Amistad.

Klein holds the most classic Combs is one of the newest appearances out of any angler anglers to the tour. As one of 14 competing in the 2011 tourna- Kelly Jordon rookies in the event, Combs is ment, with his first coming in one of the youngest beginning his 1979. Despite the Weatherford native’s suc- career in 2008. cessful 31-year run on the tour, Klein has He has competed in the Central Open Tour never won the Classic. where he finished in the top 50 in four tournaBut Klein will look to build upon a success- ments. His best finish (third place) was last month ful 2010 campaign in which he finished in the at the Bassmaster Central Open on Lake Texoma. top 50 slots 10 times, including finishing No. Anglers will be able to practice on the Louisiana 32 in the 2010 Classic.

Delta until it becomes off-limits to them on Dec. His highest finish came in 2003 when he 13. They will get another chance during the offiended the tournament in second, while fish- cial practice period, set for Feb. 11-13, 2011, and a ing the Delta, the site of 2011’s Classic. final chance on Feb. 16, 2011.

Klein totaled 36.2 pounds in 2003, only .94 The Classic will be kick off the 2011 season, pounds shy of first place angler Mike Iaconelli, which features eight Elite Series events and 10 of New Jersey.

Open events.

Jordon will also look to make a splash in Texas will play host to only one Open event 2011, following an up-and-down 2010 season. in 2011, with anglers coming to Lewisville Lake With five top-50 finishes this past season, Feb. 22-24.

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do everything you could with the exception of qualifying the fish. They were taking it better than 99 percent of us were.”

Riley wasn’t showing off a prize winning fish at the scales, but he was showing off more than five hours of hard work. The marlin hit Riley’s bait at 3 p.m. and took off.

“I knew when it hit that it was a big fish,” Riley said.

“It just looked like a bomb went off in the water.”

For about 20 minutes, the fight was typical, but with no warning, the marlin started crashing straight down. Riley spent an hour trying to figure out what happened and reel the fish in, but he wasn’t making any progress.

Eventually Riley and his team realized the marlin had

been “tail wrapped,” which meant the line had wrapped around the tail, and the marlin just sunk to the bottom to die.

“It was just like pulling up an 800-pound anchor, and dragging it up backwards in that current was impossible,” Riley said. “It just about killed me.”

At 7 p.m., with the marlin only halfway to the boat, the boat’s captain, Ariel Rivero, told Riley he only had another hour before deadline. The rules of the tournament stated that Riley couldn’t get help from anyone on the boat. He was on his own.

“I thought, ‘Man there’s no way, I’ll never make it,’” Riley said. “I was totally exhausted and I was ready to give up long before that. But I just decided I was going to give it everything I had and if I break the line, I break the line.”

At 8:20 p.m., the marlin finally made it to the boat, but it was too late. Exhausted and broken, Team Great Escape made the 10-minute-too-long trip back to the dock.

Riley was so strained by the fight, he caught an early flight back to Houston the next day to see a chiropractor.

Even two weeks later Riley said his body was still feeling the effects of being in a five-hour battle with an 800pound marlin, but he said he hasn’t given much thought to the money lost.

“It’s not like someone took something from me and the experience was unforgettable,” he said. “We’re not taking any of it with us anyway.

When you get right down to it, it’s just money.

“It’s nothing to get upset over; it just wasn’t meant to be.”

Lamar U. takes National Guard FLW Regional Championship The Lamar University team of Matt Morrison of Silsbee and Danny Iles of Hemphill led all three days of competition at the National Guard FLW College Fishing Texas Division Regional Championship Oct. 28 on Sam Rayburn Reservoir.

Their three-day total of 51 pounds, 4 ounces won them a top prize of $50,000, which included a Ranger boat and outboard wrapped in school colors, according to an FLW news release.

They also won $25,000 for their university and qualified for the National Championship on Kentucky Lake, April 7-9, 2011.

Morrison said the team’s limit came “fairly quickly” on the second day of competition, but he didn’t catch his third keeper of the final day until an hour before check-in time.

“I didn’t know what anybody else had, so I was sweating it the entire time,” Morrison said.

Iles said the team fished a creek channel in 15 to 16 feet of water in the main lake and tried to fish a sweet spot for large keeper bass.

They used a half-ounce Falcon Lures spinnerbait with Indiana blades.

“This is really nice,” Iles said. “Our goal coming into this was to win it, and we accomplished that.”

Rounding out the top five teams, who also qualified for the National Championship, were: 2nd, Texas A&M, Paul Manley, College Station, and Andrew Shafer, Bryan, 42-5, $25,000; 3rd, University of Texas–Tyler, Matthew McClellan, Tyler, and Tyler Fisher, Flint, 42-2, $11,000; 4th, LSU-Shreveport, Zach Caudle and Joe Landry, both of Shreveport, 37-7, $8,000; and 5th, Stephen F. Austin, Blaze Platt, Weatherford, and Ryan Watkins, Nacogdoches, 36-15, $6,000.

FLW Outdoors, named after Forrest L. Wood, founder of Ranger Boats, is the largest fishing tournament organization in the world college anglers, according to the news release.

It scheduled 189 tournaments in 2010.

—Staff report

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AMISTAD: Good on jerkbaits, buzzbaits, Senkos, topwaters, and flukes.

CANYON LAKE: Good on watermelon and watermelon red soft plastics, and on Texas-rigged tequila sunrise soft plastic worms in 14–24 feet.

COLEMAN: Good on watermelon and watermelon red deep-running crankbaits.

SAM RAYBURN: Good on minnows, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and some topwaters.

BELTON: Good on large spinnerbaits early and late.

WHITE, HYBRID, STRIPER

JOE POOL: White bass are good on slabs.

LBJ: Striped bass are good on Li’l Fishies early and late.

LEWISVILLE: White bass and hybrid striper are fair to good on slabs, live shad and Little Georges.

RAY ROBERTS: White bass are excellent on chartruese/white 1 oz. slabs over main lake humps and ridges in 25–35 feet.

CATFISH

CALAVERAS: Channel and blue catfish are excellent on shrimp, stinkbait, and cut bait.

FALCON: Channel and blue catfish are excellent on cut bait and frozen shrimp under roosting birds.

RAY ROBERTS: Catfish are excellent around baited holes and under the white bass.

TEXOMA: Catfish are good on nightcrawlers, prepared bait and cut shad.

CRAPPIE FALCON: Crappie are excellent on minnows.

ALAN HENRY: Water lightly stained; 66–71 degrees; 0.92’ low. Black bass are fair on chartreuse/white spinnerbaits, crankbaits and watermelon seed jigs.

Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs.

Catfish are fair on live baits.

AMISTAD: Water clear; 80 degrees; 0.35’ high. Black bass are good on jerkbaits, buzzbaits, Senkos, topwaters, and flukes. Striped bass are fair on slabs and crankbaits. White bass are fair on slabs and crankbaits. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers, shrimp, and cheesebait over baited holes. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines and throwlines baited with live perch.

ATHENS: Water fairly clear, 66–71 degrees; 1.74’ low. Black bass are fair to good on buzzbaits early, later switching to medium-running shad pattern crankbaits, Rat–L–Traps and Texas rigs.

Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs fished over brush piles. Catfish are fair to good on cut and prepared bait.

BASTROP: Water clear. Black bass are good on deep-running crankbaits. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are very good on liver and shrimp. Yellow catfish are slow.

BELTON: Water clear; 76 degrees; 2.62’ low. Black bass are good on large spinnerbaits early and late. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are good trolling Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are good on minnows at night. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines baited with live perch and live shad.

BOB SANDLIN: Water off-color; 67–71 degrees; 3.17’ low. Black bass are good on clear topwaters early morning to early afternoon, midday switching to shaky heads, Texas rigs and Rat–L–Traps.

White bass are fair to good on slabs and Rooster Tails. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and cut bait.

BRAUNIG: Water clear; 80 degrees.

Black bass are fair on crankbaits and spinnerbaits. Striped bass are fair on liver and silver spoons near the jetty and the dam. Redfish are fair on perch and tilapia. Channel catfish are very good on shrimp and cheesebait near the dam.

Blue catfish are good on stinkbait.

BRIDGEPORT: Water fairly clear; 66–70 degrees; 1.48’ low. Black bass are fair on small crankbaits, Rat–L–Traps and Texas rigs. White bass are fair on Road Runners.

Catfish are fair to good on cut bait.

BROWNWOOD: Water clear; 78 degrees; 8.61’ low. Black bass are fair on watermelon and watermelon red deep-running crankbaits. Hybrid striper are fair on live bait. White bass are fair on Li’l Fishies and silver slabs at night. Crappie are fair on minnows over brush piles in 10–15 feet. Channel catfish are fair on cut bait, stinkbait, and shrimp. Yellow catfish are slow.

BUCHANAN: Water clear; 78 degrees; 10.13’ low. Black bass are good on green spinnerbaits and chartreuse/blue crankbaits in 10–25 feet. Striped bass are fair on Spoiler Shads and Red Fins around Lighthouse Point early.

White bass are fair on hellbenders and watermelon soft plastics along drop-offs in 10–20 feet. Crappie are good on blue and blue/black jigs, and live minnows.

Channel catfish are fair on shrimp, minnows, and stinkbait. Yellow and blue catfish are good on live shad.

CADDO: Water murky; 64–71 degrees; 0.67’ low. Black bass are fair on topwaters, spinnerbaits, chatterbaits and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair on minnows.

White bass are fair to good on minnows and Little Georges. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and cut bait.

CALAVERAS: Water clear; 80 degrees.

Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and Rat–L–Traps near the dam. Striped bass are good on live bait.

Redfish are fair on live bait near the dam in 12–25 feet. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on shrimp, stinkbait, and cut bait. Yellow catfish are slow.

Georges. Catfish are fair to good on cut shad and nightcrawlers.

CANYON LAKE: Water clear; 75 degrees; 0.30’ low. Black bass are good on watermelon and watermelon red soft plastics, and on Texas-rigged tequila sunrise soft plastic worms in 14–24 feet.

Striped bass are fair trolling crankbaits and spinnerbaits. White bass are fair on minnows and slabs. Smallmouth bass are fair on white grubs in 8–15 feet early. Crappie are fair on minnows and chartreuse crappie jigs. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live perch.

CEDAR CREEK: Water stained; 66–70 degrees; 2.39’ low. Black bass are fair on buzzbaits and spinnerbaits early, later switching to Texas rigs, jigs and Rat–L–Traps. White bass are fair to good on Rooster Tails and slabs. Hybrid striper are fair on slabs. Crappie are fair over brush piles. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers.

CHOKE CANYON: Water clear; 79 degrees; 4.76’ low. Black bass are good on shad-colored soft plastic worms and lizards. White bass are fair on minnows.

Crappie are good on minnows and green tube jigs. Drum are fair on live worms.

Channel and blue catfish are very good on shrimp, liver and bloodbait in 5–20 feet. Yellow catfish are fair on live perch.

COLEMAN: Water fairly clear; 77 degrees; 9.84’ low. Black bass are good on watermelon and watermelon red deep-running crankbaits. Hybrid striper are fair on live minnows and chartreuse striper jigs.

Crappie are good on minnows and white tube jigs. Channel catfish are good on nightcrawlers and shrimp. Yellow catfish are slow.

COLETO CREEK: Water fairly clear; 79 degrees (92 degrees at discharge); 0.58’ low. Black bass are fair on watermelon and tequila sunrise soft plastics and crankbaits in 15–20 feet. Striped bass are fair on minnows. White bass are fair on minnows and silver spoons. Crappie are good on minnows in 10–25 feet.

Channel and blue catfish are good on trotlines baited with liver and goldfish.

Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live perch.

CONROE: Water fairly clear; 1.65’ low.

Black bass are good on chartreuse/red flake soft plastics in 12–25 feet. Striped bass are fair on silver spoons and white striper jigs. Crappie are fair on minnows and chartreuse tube jigs. Catfish are fair on liver, cut bait, and shrimp.

FALCON: Water clear; 78 degrees. Black bass are good on watermelon red jigs, spinnerbaits, topwaters, and large worms. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are excellent on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on cut bait and frozen shrimp under roosting birds.

FAYETTE: Water fairly clear; 82 degrees.

Black bass are good on tequila sunrise deep-running crankbaits in 5–15 feet.

Red ear perch are good on nightcrawlers.

Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait and hot dogs.

live worms off points in 20 feet. Channel and blue catfish to 4 pounds are good on trotlines baited with perch and shad in 20 feet.

JOE POOL: Water off-color; 67–71 degrees; 0.06’ low. Black bass are fair to good on Texas rigs, Rat–L–Traps and shaky head jigs with a finesse soft plastic. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs.

Catfish are fair to good on prepared baits and cut shad.

LAKE O’ THE PINES: Water lightly stained; 66–70 degrees; 0.11’ low. Black bass are fair on chatterbaits, Texas rigs, flukes and wacky rigs. Crappie are good on minnows over brush piles. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers and cut shad.

Bream are fair to good on red wigglers.

LAVON: Water stained; 66–70 degrees; 5.43’ low. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits, crankbaits, Rat–L–Traps and Texas rigs. White bass are good on slabs and Rooster Tails. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs over brush piles. Catfish are fair to good on cut shad and nightcrawlers.

LBJ: Water stained; 78 degrees; 0.31’ low. Black bass are fair on chartreuse buzzbaits and spinnerbaits, and on watermelon/green soft plastics on main lake points in 10–20 feet. Striped bass are good on Li’l Fishies early and late.

White bass are fair on Li’l Fishies early and late. Crappie are fair on minnows and green tube jigs over brush piles in 10–18 feet. Channel catfish are good on shrimp, stinkbait, and liver. Yellow and blue catfish are good on trotlines baited with live bait.

LEWISVILLE: Water stained; 65–70 degrees; 0.5’ low. Black bass are fair on weightless flukes, Texas rigs, chatterbaits and wacky rigs. White bass and hybrid striper are fair to good on slabs, live shad and Little Georges. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Catfish are good drifting cut shad.

LIVINGSTON: Water fairly clear; 80 degrees; 0.04’ high. Black bass are good on spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and soft plastics. Striped bass are sporadic on bone-colored Zara spooks and Rat–L– Traps. White bass are fair on troll tubes, pet spoons, and small slabs. Crappie are good on minnows. Blue catfish are good on shad. Yellow catfish are slow.

MACKENZIE: Water lightly stained; 68–73 degrees; 77.3’ low. Black bass are fair on Rat–L–Traps, spinnerbaits and Texas rigs worked around stickups and rocky points. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on minnows and Rooster Tails. Smallmouth bass are fair on shad pattern crankbaits. Walleye are fair on minnows and Suspending Rogues.

Catfish are fair on live baits.

FORK: Water fairly clear; 66–71 degrees; 2.68’ low. Black bass are fair to good on jigs, spinnerbaits, chatterbaits, Texas rigs and shallow to medium-running crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. Catfish are fair to good on nightcrawlers and cut shad.

MEREDITH: Water lightly stained; 68–72 degrees; 88.75’ low. Black bass are fair on shad pattern crankbaits and spinnerbaits along secondary points and grass lines. Crappie are fair on jigs and minnows. White bass are fair on slabs and live bait. Smallmouth bass are good on live bait and black/chartreuse jigs around rocky points. Walleye are fair on live baits and shallow running crankbaits.

Channel catfish are good on minnows and cut baits.

GRAPEVINE: Water stained; 67–71 degrees; 0.29’ low. Black bass are fair to good on buzzbaits early, later switching to Texas rigs, medium- to shallow-running crankbaits and wacky rigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. White bass are good on slabs.

Catfish are fair to good on cut bait and nightcrawlers.

O.H. IVIE: Water lightly stained; 66–71 degrees; 25.93’ low. Black bass are fair on shad pattern shallow running crankbaits and spinnerbaits, jigs and Texas rigs worked along timber and points. Crappie are good on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair on live bait and Road Runners. Channel catfish are fair to good on live bait.

HOUSTON COUNTY: Water clear; 74 degrees; 1.23’ low. Black bass to 5 pounds are good on topwaters, blue soft plastic worms, and shad-colored deep running crankbaits near the islands in 20 feet. Crappie are good on live minnows in 20 feet. Bream are good on

PALESTINE: Water lightly stained; 64–70 degrees; 2.07’ low. Black bass are fair to good on Texas rigs, jigs, chatterbaits and chrome/black Rat–L–Traps. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs over brush piles. Hybrid striper and white bass are fair to good on slabs and Little

POSSUM KINGDOM: Water stained; 67–72 degrees; 1.15’ low. Black bass are fair to good on spinnerbaits, Texas rigs and chrome crankbaits. Crappie are fair on jigs over brush piles. White bass are good on slabs and Little Georges.

Striped bass are good on live shad below the dam. Catfish are good on live shad and cut bait along the river channel on the North End. RAY HUBBARD: Water fairly clear; 66–71 degrees; 3.01’ low. Black bass are fair on crankbaits, chatterbaits, Rat–L–Traps and Texas rigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs over brush piles.

White bass are good on Rooster Tails in the shallows. Hybrid striper are fair on 4” swim baits in the shallows. Catfish are fair to good drifting cut shad in 20–25 feet.

RAY ROBERTS: Water clear; 67–72 degrees; 0.6’ low. Black bass are fair on spinnerbaits and baby brush hogs in 2–4 feet in the backs of creeks. Crappie are good on minnows over brush piles.

White bass are excellent on chartruese/ white 1 oz. slabs over main lake humps and ridges in 25–35 feet. Catfish are excellent around baited holes and under the white bass.

RICHLAND CHAMBERS: Water off-color; 67–70 degrees; 1.38’ low. Black bass are fair on medium-running crankbaits, Rat–L–Traps and jigs. White bass and hybrid striper are fair to good on Rooster Tails and slabs. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs over deep brush piles.

Catfish are good on cut bait, prepared bait and nightcrawlers.

SAM RAYBURN: Water lightly stained; 79 degrees; 8.55’ low. Black bass are good on minnows, spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and some topwaters. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are good on minnows and green tube jigs. Bream are fair on worms. Catfish are good on shrimp and liver.

SOMERVILLE: Water murky; 79 degrees; 1.51’ low. Black bass are good on spinnerbaits and crankbaits. Hybrid striper are fair on live bait. White bass are good on minnows. Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait and hot dogs. Yellow catfish are slow.

TAWAKONI: Water fairly clear; 65–70 degrees; 2.75’ low. Black bass are fair on Texas rigs, jigs and shaky head-rigged worms. Crappie are fair on minnows and jigs. White bass are fair to good on slabs.

Striped bass and hybrid striper are fair on live shad and slabs. Catfish are good on cut and prepared bait.

TEXOMA: Water off-color; 64–70 degrees; 1.65’ low. Black bass are fair to good on crankbaits, Texas rigs, Rat–L–Traps and Carolina rigs. Crappie are fair to good on minnows and jigs. Striped bass are good on live shad and slabs. Catfish are good on nightcrawlers, prepared bait and cut shad.

SALTWATER SCENE NORTH SABINE: Trout are good under birds and pods of shad on soft plastics. Redfish and flounder are good in the marsh on shrimp.

SOUTH SABINE: Trout are good under birds and pods of shad. Redfish are good at the jetty on live bait and cracked crabs.

BOLIVAR: Trout, black drum, sand trout and redfish are good at Rollover Pass. Trout are fair to good while drifting shell on plastics.

Bull redfish are good on the beachfront.

TRINITY BAY: Trout are good for drifters working pods of shad and mullet on Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eels.

Trout are good under birds on soft plastics.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout and large Gulf trout are good for drifters working deep shell on plastics and fresh shrimp. Redfish and flounder are fair to good in the marsh around drains on shrimp.

Trout and redfish are good under the birds.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: Bull redfish and flounder are good at San Luis Pass on shrimp and shad. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs. Trout are good under the birds.

TEXAS CITY: Bull redfish are good in the channel on shrimp and crabs. Gulf trout are good in the channel on fresh shrimp.

FREEPORT: Trout are good on reefs on shrimp and DOA Shrimp under corks. Redfish are fair to good on the reefs in Christmas Bay. Bull redfish are good on the beach.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout and redfish are fair under the birds on soft plastics. Trout and flounder are fair to good on muddy shorelines on soft plastics for waders working the edges of reefs.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are fair on sand and grass humps on soft plastics and topwaters. Redfish are fair on live shrimp at Shell Island, Oyster Lake, Crab Lake and Mad Island. Redfish are good for sight–casters around the Diversion Channel.

PORT O’CONNOR: Redfish are good at the mouths of the back lakes on live bait. Trout are fair to good on the reefs in San Antonio Bay on live bait.

ROCKPORT: Trout are fair in St. Charles Bay on live bait and topwaters. Redfish are good in Redfish Bay on mullet and crabs.

PORT ARANSAS: Offshore is good for tuna and red snapper on weekends. Redfish are fair at Shamrock on topwaters and plum soft plastics.

Bull redfish are good at the jetty and on the beachfront on natural baits.

TOLEDO BEND: Water stained; 80 degrees; 7.92’ low. Black bass are good on shad-colored soft plastic worms and chartreuse topwaters early and late.

Striped bass are fair on minnows. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are good on minnows and blue tube jigs.

Bream are good on nightcrawlers. Channel and blue catfish are good on liver, shrimp, and bloodbait.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Bull redfish are good in the surf on mullet and shrimp. Trout are fair for waders working mud and grass on small Super Spooks. Redfish are good in the channels on natural baits.

TRAVIS: Water fairly clear; 78 degrees; 11.67’ low. Black bass are good on watermelon soft plastic worms, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits. Striped bass are fair on minnows and silver spoons. White bass are fair on minnows and slab spoons in 20–35 feet. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are fair on shrimp, liver, and doughbait in 25–40 feet.

PORT MANSFIELD: Redfish are good while drifting pot holes on topwaters and soft plastics under a popping cork. Trout and redfish are fair to good on the spoils on small topwaters and soft plastics under rattling corks. Bull redfish are good on crabs at East Cut.

WHITNEY: Water murky; 5.12’ low. Black bass are fair on watermelon and watermelon red spinnerbaits and Rat–L–Traps.

Striped bass are fair on minnows and chartreuse slabs. White bass are good on minnows and hellbenders. Crappie are fair on minnows. Catfish are fair on shrimp, cut bait, and liver.

BAFFIN BAY: Trout are good on topwaters and plum plastics around rocks and grass.

Trout are good while drifting deep rocks on plum plastics. Redfish are fair to good on gold spoons around spoil islands.

SOUTH PADRE: Trout are fair to good while drifting grass and mud on plastics and live shrimp. Redfish are good in Airport Cove and on the Gas Well Flats on DOA Shrimp and Gulps.

PORT ISABEL: Trout and redfish are good at Laguna Vista and Holly Beach on live bait and Gulps. Snook and mangrove snapper are good in the Brownsville Ship Channel on D.O.A. Shrimp and live shrimp.

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GAME WARDEN BLOTTER STRANGE CHOICE FOR A FIELD KNIFE Henderson County Game Warden Dustin Balfanz received information about a man skinning a deer on the side of a very busy FM road. When he arrived, the man was observed skinning the deer with a broken beer bottle. The man was arrested for possession of a white-tailed deer in closed season.

TOO MUDDY TO GET OUT OF TRUCK A pickup with three young men shooting doves from the roadway out of the vehicle was reported to Jackson County Game Warden Kevin Stancik.

When he arrived, Stancik saw the driver put a gun out of the window of the truck and shoot from the roadway at doves flying out of the fields. Since he was off-duty, Stancik requested a sheriff’s deputy stop the vehicle.

The driver admitted to being the only shooter and had permission to hunt the property. However, the ground was muddy so he decided to shoot from the roadway. Cases pending.

BLOOD ON BOOTS SINKS POACHER Angelina County Game Warden Tim Walker received a call about an archer witnessing two men dragging out a doe while carrying a firearm. Unable to get to the area in time, Walker theorized the violators would have to come to town to get ice. After a two-hour wait, the vehicle drove through town and pulled in to the ice house parking lot. Walker made contact with the violator, who denied everything while standing with blood on his boots. The other violator and deer were located later. Cases pending.

DOES IT HELP IF I THOUGHT IT WAS A DOG? Information that a man had killed a deer out of gun season near the Cedar Creek area was provided to Henderson County Game Warden Shawn Smith.

Upon arrival, Smith observed a man walking out of a barn. When asked about the deer, the man said he had shot it with a .22 rifle from about

RUNNING WITH DEAD DEER ONLY ADDS TO CHARGES At a deer camp he was familiar with, Van Zandt County Game Warden Steve Stapleton was called the night before opening day of bow season and told the occupants were intending to gun hunt the

next morning. The next morning, a truck entered the camp with a dead deer draped over the tailgate. The truck stopped in camp, and the driver got out and cautiously walked back down the

50 yards away thinking it was dog.

Citations pending.

ONE MAN’S TRASH, ANOTHER WARDEN’S EVIDENCE Travis County Game Warden Jeff Hill found more than a dozen bags of trash thrown into the brush along a remote county road. The first bag he opened revealed a photocopy of the violator’s driver’s license and personal mail. Hill informed the violator that he would be receiving a citation. He responded, “I knew better than to do that and as soon as I get my tires aired up I’ll pick it up.”

HONEY, MAY I BORROW YOUR TAG? At a hunting camp in Terrell County, Game Warden Saul Aguilar observed three properly tagged mule deer heads.

As he made contact with the group he was greeted by one individual holding all of the licenses. Aguilar decided to talk to a woman named on one of the tags to review her first deer experience, but she was unable to describe the type of equipment used. Aguilar finally determined the male companion had harvested both deer and used the woman’s tag to avoid using his only mule deer buck tag. Proper citation was issued.

OPTICS WEREN’T AN ILLUSION After watching two men hunting doves on a ranch, Wise County Game Warden Penny Nixon met them at the gate on their way out. When asked for

road. Suddenly, the man pitched his rifle into the brush and took off running back into the camp with Stapleton in pursuit.

The man then grabbed the deer from the tailgate and took off running with

his hunting license, the passenger in the truck said he had not been hunting. Nixon then showed the subject her binoculars and cited him for no hunting license. Case pending.

SAVING THE BEST FOR LAST BACKFIRES While inspecting a deer processor and taxidermist, Polk County Game Warden Ryan Hall noticed a tag on a large 8-point buck. Hall later learned the hunting license that had been used on the deer had not been purchased until after dark on the day the deer was checked in to the processor. A man had killed the deer and then talked his wife’s girlfriend into tagging it for him.

When questioned, the man said he had seen a larger buck on his game camera and knew that if he had used his tag his hunting season would have been practically over because of the new antler restrictions. Charges of hunting under the license of another, allowing another to hunt under her license, and failing to tag a white-tailed buck deer were filed. Cases pending.

LOUD MUSIC MUST BE TRUTH SERUM Orange County Game Wardens Phillip LeDoux and Clint Caywood observed several parties fishing from the bank. LeDoux made contact with a group of young men fishing while listening to loud music. When he questioned one of the young men, a juvenile, the young man said, “I’ve got a whole bunch of illegal redfish in my cooler.” Inspection of the container revealed 10 undersized redfish.

it, and tried to hide it in a nearby creek. The subject was apprehended trying to reenter the camp. Charges were filed for evading arrest, waste of game, illegal means and methods, and no hunting license.

BLOOD STAINS IN TRUCK BED STIR MEMORY Runnels County Warden Lane Pinckney interviewed a juvenile regarding a buck deer that was killed approximately two months earlier. The young man denied any involvement.

After being educated on DNA in regard to the blood stains in their pickup, the young man remembered accidentally hitting a deer on the road, shooting it, loading it into their pickup and later cutting the head off and then dumping the deer on a county road. Multiple charges pending.

AGGRESSIVE GET-A-WAY GATOR Game Wardens Rick Lane, Rob Furlow, Dan Hill, and a state trapper worked together for three days attempting to catch the largest alligator in Cass County. It had eaten two dogs and cats. It was chasing cows, keeping them away from their pond.

It broke a black bear snare, tore up shrimp nets, broke eight large snag hooks, and then escaped.

ALL THAT WORK FOR A CITATION A snorkeling spearfisherman bagged a goliath grouper at the South Padre Island jetty. After receiving a call, Cameron County Game Wardens Billy Lucio and Dave Lewis sat behind the dunes while the man swam the approximately 150-pound fish from the far tip of the jetty. Both wardens met the exhausted man at the surf only to seize his fish and issue him a citation. Case pending.

CAMERA THIEVES FOILED Thieves took 16 game cameras and several deer stands and feeders from a number of hunting leases in Polk County. Initially, Game Warden Ryan Hall and his partners David Johnson and Brandon Mosley received a complaint that thieves had taken six game cameras along a pipeline. They eventually identified the suspects as three juveniles. The recovered property and theft cases were turned over to the Polk County Sheriff’s Department, where felony charges of engaging in organized criminal activity are pending.

Trespassing charges also are pending.

PROBABLY WOULD HAVE MISSED WITH A BOW, TOO A rifle shot during archery deer season caught the attention of Jefferson County Game Warden Chris Swift.

Swift went into the woods on foot and heard three more shots. There was a deep canal in between him and the shooter, so Swift got back into his vehicle and found truck tracks on the other side of the canal. One man was located walking through the woods with a deer rifle. When Swift asked if he had done any good, he said he shot at a doe but she was running and he missed. Charges were filed for hunting deer with illegal means and methods and no hunting license.

MAYBE THEY WERE COLOR BLIND Harris County Game Warden Jennifer Inkster encountered two subjects on a local fishing pier with a catch of white bass. The subjects were about to filet 55 white bass ranging in size from 8 inches to 14 inches in length.

The pair believed them to be yellow bass and admitted to catching them on Lake Livingston earlier that day.

The subjects did not possess fishing licenses and were cited for exceeding the bag limit and possession of undersized fish. Civil restitution and fines are pending.

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1 Wed 7:00 2 Thu 7:01 3 Fri 7:02 4 Sat 7:02 5 Sun 7:03 6 Mon 7:04 7 Tue 7:04 8 Wed 7:05 9 Thu 7:05 10 Fri 7:06 11 Sat 7:07 12 Sun 7:07 13 Mon 7:08 14 Tue 7:09 15 Wed 7:09 16 Thu 7:10 17 Fri 7:10 18 Sat 7:11 19 Sun 7:12 20 Mon 7:12 21 Tue 7:13 22 Wed 7:13 23 Thu 7:14 24 Fri 7:15 25 Sat 7:15 26 Sun 7:16 27 Mon 7:17 28 Tue 7:17 29 Wed 7:18 30 Thu 7:19

1 Fri 7:19 2 Sat 7:20 3 Sun 7:21 4 Mon 7:21 5 Tue 7:22 6 Wed 7:23 7 Thu 7:23 8 Fri 7:24 9 Sat 7:25 10 Sun 7:25 11 Mon 7:26 12 Tue 7:27 13 Wed 7:28 14 Thu 7:28 15 Fri 7:29 16 Sat 7:30 17 Sun 7:31 18 Mon 7:31 19 Tue 7:32 20 Wed 7:33 21 Thu 7:34 22 Fri 7:35 23 Sat 7:35 24 Sun 7:36 25 Mon 7:37 26 Tue 7:38 27 Wed 7:39 28 Thu 7:40 29 Fri 7:41 30 Sat 7:41 31 Sun 7:42

1 Mon 7:43 2 Tue 7:44 3 Wed 7:45 4 Thu 7:46 5 Fri 7:47 6 Sat 7:48 7 Sun 6:49 8 Mon 6:50 9 Tue 6:50 10 Wed 6:51 11 Thu 6:52 12 Fri 6:53 13 Sat 6:54 14 Sun 6:55 15 Mon 6:56 16 Tue 6:57 17 Wed 6:58 18 Thu 6:59 19 Fri 7:00 20 Sat 7:01 21 Sun 7:02 22 Mon 7:03 23 Tue 7:04 24 Wed 7:04 25 Thu 7:05 26 Fri 7:06 27 Sat 7:07 28 Sun 7:08 29 Mon 7:09 30 Tue 7:10

1 Wed 7:11 2 Thu 7:12 3 Fri 7:12 4 Sat 7:13 5 Sun 7:14 6 Mon 7:15 7 Tue 7:16 8 Wed 7:16 9 Thu 7:17 10 Fri 7:18 11 Sat 7:19 12 Sun 7:19 13 Mon 7:20 14 Tue 7:21 15 Wed 7:21 16 Thu 7:22 17 Fri 7:23 18 Sat 7:23 19 Sun 7:24 20 Mon 7:24 21 Tue 7:25 22 Wed 7:25 23 Thu 7:26 24 Fri 7:26 25 Sat 7:27 26 Sun 7:27 27 Mon 7:27 28 Tue 7:28 29 Wed 7:28 30 Thu 7:28 31 Fri 7:28

1 Sat 7:29 2 Sun 7:29 3 Mon 7:29 4 Tue 7:29 5 Wed 7:29 6 Thu 7:29 7 Fri 7:29 8 Sat 7:30 9 Sun 7:30 10 Mon 7:29 11 Tue 7:29 12 Wed 7:29 13 Thu 7:29 14 Fri 7:29 15 Sat 7:29 16 Sun 7:29 17 Mon 7:28 18 Tue 7:28 19 Wed 7:28 20 Thu 7:28 21 Fri 7:27 22 Sat 7:27 23 Sun 7:26 24 Mon 7:26 25 Tue 7:25 26 Wed 7:25 27 Thu 7:24 28 Fri 7:24 29 Sat 7:23 30 Sun 7:23 31 Mon 7:22

1 Tue 7:21 2 Wed 7:21 3 Thu 7:20 4 Fri 7:19 5 Sat 7:19 6 Sun 7:18 7 Mon 7:17 8 Tue 7:16 9 Wed 7:15 10 Thu 7:15 11 Fri 7:14 12 Sat 7:13 13 Sun 7:12 14 Mon 7:11 15 Tue 7:10 16 Wed 7:09 17 Thu 7:08 18 Fri 7:07 19 Sat 7:06 20 Sun 7:05 21 Mon 7:04 22 Tue 7:03 23 Wed 7:02 24 Thu 7:00 25 Fri 6:59 26 Sat 6:58 27 Sun 6:57 28 Mon 6:56

1 Tue 6:55 2 Wed 6:53 3 Thu 6:52 4 Fri 6:51 5 Sat 6:50 6 Sun 6:49 7 Mon 6:47 8 Tue 6:46 9 Wed 6:45 10 Thu 6:44 11 Fri 6:42 12 Sat 6:41 13 Sun 7:40 14 Mon 7:38 15 Tue 7:37 16 Wed 7:36 17 Thu 7:35 18 Fri 7:33 19 Sat 7:32 20 Sun 7:31 21 Mon 7:29 22 Tue 7:28 23 Wed 7:27 24 Thu 7:25 25 Fri 7:24 26 Sat 7:23 27 Sun 7:21 28 Mon 7:20 29 Tue 7:19 30 Wed 7:17 31 Thu 7:16

1 Fri 7:15 2 Sat 7:14 3 Sun 7:12 4 Mon 7:11 5 Tue 7:10 6 Wed 7:08 7 Thu 7:07 8 Fri 7:06 9 Sat 7:05 10 Sun 7:03 11 Mon 7:02 12 Tue 7:01 13 Wed 7:00 14 Thu 6:58 15 Fri 6:57 16 Sat 6:56 17 Sun 6:55 18 Mon 6:54 19 Tue 6:53 20 Wed 6:51 21 Thu 6:50 22 Fri 6:49 23 Sat 6:48 24 Sun 6:47 25 Mon 6:46 26 Tue 6:45 27 Wed 6:44 28 Thu 6:43 29 Fri 6:42 30 Sat 6:41

1 Sun 6:40 2 Mon 6:39 3 Tue 6:38 4 Wed 6:37 5 Thu 6:36 6 Fri 6:35 7 Sat 6:34 8 Sun 6:33 9 Mon 6:32 10 Tue 6:32 11 Wed 6:31 12 Thu 6:30 13 Fri 6:29 14 Sat 6:29 15 Sun 6:28 16 Mon 6:27 17 Tue 6:27 18 Wed 6:26 19 Thu 6:25 20 Fri 6:25 21 Sat 6:24 22 Sun 6:24 23 Mon 6:23 24 Tue 6:23 25 Wed 6:22 26 Thu 6:22 27 Fri 6:21 28 Sat 6:21 29 Sun 6:20 30 Mon 6:20 31 Tue 6:20

7:52 7:51 7:49 7:48 7:47 7:45 7:44 7:43 7:42 7:40 7:39 7:37 7:36 7:35 7:33 7:32 7:31 7:29 7:28 7:27 7:25 7:24 7:22 7:21 7:20 7:19 7:17 7:16 7:15 7:13

7:12 7:11 7:09 7:08 7:07 7:05 7:04 7:03 7:01 7:00 6:59 6:58 6:56 6:55 6:54 6:53 6:52 6:50 6:49 6:48 6:47 6:46 6:45 6:44 6:43 6:42 6:41 6:40 6:39 6:38 6:37

6:36 6:35 6:34 6:33 6:32 6:31 5:31 5:30 5:29 5:28 5:28 5:27 5:26 5:26 5:25 5:24 5:24 5:23 5:23 5:22 5:22 5:22 5:21 5:21 5:21 5:20 5:20 5:20 5:20 5:19

Times given above are for Dallas. For other locations, subtract 1 minute per 12 miles east of Dallas, and add 1 minute per 12 miles west of Dallas. The table below gives adjustments for some Texas cities. Information provided is the longitudinal distance from Dallas and the time adjustment for sunrise and sunset.

5:19 5:19 5:19 5:19 5:19 5:19 5:19 5:19 5:19 5:19 5:20 5:20 5:20 5:20 5:21 5:21 5:21 5:22 5:22 5:22 5:23 5:23 5:24 5:24 5:25 5:25 5:26 5:27 5:27 5:28 5:29

5:29 5:30 5:31 5:31 5:32 5:33 5:34 5:35 5:35 5:36 5:37 5:38 5:39 5:40 5:41 5:42 5:43 5:44 5:44 5:45 5:46 5:47 5:48 5:49 5:50 5:51 5:52 5:53 5:54 5:55 5:56

5:57 5:58 5:59 6:00 6:01 6:02 6:03 6:04 6:05 6:06 6:07 6:08 6:09 6:10 6:11 6:11 6:12 6:13 6:14 6:15 6:16 6:17 6:18 6:18 6:19 6:20 6:21 6:22

Abilene . . . . . . . . . . 165 miles west . . . .add 14 minutes Alpine . . . . . . . . . . . 405 miles west . . . .add 24 minutes Beaumont . . . . . . . . 160 miles east . . . .subtract 13 minutes Corpus Christi . . . . . 35 miles west . . . . .add 3 minutes Austin . . . . . . . . . . . 55 miles west . . . . .add 5 minutes Del Rio. . . . . . . . . . . 235 miles west . . . .add 20 minutes El Paso* . . . . . . . . . 555 miles west . . . .subtract 23 minutes

6:23 6:23 6:24 6:25 6:26 6:27 6:27 6:28 6:29 6:30 6:30 6:31 7:32 7:33 7:33 7:34 7:35 7:35 7:36 7:37 7:38 7:38 7:39 7:40 7:40 7:41 7:42 7:42 7:43 7:44 7:44

7:45 7:46 7:47 7:47 7:48 7:49 7:49 7:50 7:51 7:51 7:52 7:53 7:54 7:54 7:55 7:56 7:56 7:57 7:58 7:59 7:59 8:00 8:01 8:02 8:02 8:03 8:04 8:05 8:05 8:06

8:07 8:08 8:08 8:09 8:10 8:11 8:11 8:12 8:13 8:14 8:14 8:15 8:16 8:17 8:17 8:18 8:19 8:19 8:20 8:21 8:22 8:22 8:23 8:24 8:24 8:25 8:26 8:26 8:27 8:27 8:28

Houston . . . . . . . . . . 170 miles east . . . .subtract 5 minutes Laredo . . . . . . . . . . . 160 miles west . . . .add 14 minutes Lubbock. . . . . . . . . . 280 miles west . . . .add 24 minutes San Angelo . . . . . . . 215 miles west . . . .add 18 minutes San Antonio . . . . . . . 95 miles west . . . . .add 8 minutes Tyler . . . . . . . . . . . . 75 miles east . . . . .subtract 6 minutes *El Paso is in Mountain Time Zone.

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Wild sheep groups reach agreement

Editor Bill Miller Associate Editor Conor Harrison Graphics Editor Amy Moore Associate Editor Mark England Business/Products Editor Mary Helen Aguirre Operations Manager Mike Hughs Accounting Nancy Halphen Web site Bruce Soileau

National Advertising Mike Nelson Accounts Manager Classified/Outfitters Blazing Paths Media Advertising Intern Nicholas Conklin Founder & CEO David J. Sams

A long-running lawsuit between the two major wild sheep conservation organizations has come to an end. The boards of directors of the Wild Sheep Foundation and Grand Slam Club/ Ovis agreed on settlement terms on Nov. 2.

Gray N. Thornton, president and CEO of WSF, announced the agreement, stating the parties agreed on the terms “after hearty, professional and good faith negotiations by all involved.”

The suit was filed by GSCO in 2006 against the Foundation for North American Wild Sheep (now WSF) and International Sheep Hunter’s Association for use of certain hunting-related terminology.

Specifically, GSCO contended terms like “Grand Slam,” “Grand Slam of North American Wild Sheep” and others were used in violation of trademark laws.

In January 2008, a federal court jury in the Northern District of Alabama found that GSCO did in fact “own” the terms and that the terms were used in violation of those ownership rights, and a permanent injunction was issued prohibiting their further use.

Monetary damages were assessed at $1.9 million. Several issues remained before the court during the two-year delay.

Thornton and GSCO Executive Director Dennis Campbell turned their focus to putting the issues behind them over the past 60 days, each making

concessions to come to an agreement, allowing the organizations to focus on their missions.

“We’re really pleased to get this done,” Campbell said. “It’s time to point to the future. I sincerely look forward to working with Gray and WSF in the conservation community.”

While the terms of the financial component of the settlement won’t be officially disclosed until each group’s membership is completely informed, the agreement does provide that GSCO will license some of its terms to WSF and WSF will be contributing to conservation efforts on behalf of both organizations.

“It’s a positive,” Thornton said. “This is a great day for wild sheep and those who hunt and conserve them.”

—Staff report

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Three states pass pro-hunting amendments

are Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Vermont, Virginia and Wisconsin.

—Staff report

Voters in Tennessee, Arkansas and South Carolina turned out in the Nov. 2 mid-term election to overwhelmingly approve amendments aimed at protecting hunting and fishing as constitutional rights, according to reports.

In Tennessee, 90 percent of voters supported the amendment, while similar measures received 89 and 82 percent of the vote in South Carolina and Arkansas, respectively, according to reports.

However, voters in Arizona, the only other state with a similar amendment on the ballot, rejected the change.

The 10 other states that have already adopted the amendment to protect hunting and fishing

Pennsylvania elk habitat restored Reclamation of a 135-acre abandoned mine site has been completed in Pennsylvania’s elk country, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation has reported.

RMEF is celebrating the accomplishment as part of a habitat conservation project that it helped initiate back in 1998.

The project reclaimed land from deep and surface mining in Clinton County, Pa. “Spoil piles, dangerous high-wall cliffs and low-wall disturbances were backfilled, graded, dressed with biosolids, seeded and planted,” RMEF officials said.

Engineers designed the project to restore water quality, enhance recreational opportunities and revitalize degraded habitat for elk and other wildlife.

Originally known as the New Garden or Kelley Estate property, the tract was purchased by RMEF in 1998.

RMEF administered a major grant for the reclamation work, which began in 2006.

“The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection awarded a $1.35 million Growing Greener II grant to RMEF, and all but $1,600 passed through directly to the project,” officials said.

“Our organization has been working for years to conserve and enhance habitat in Pennsylvania,” said David Allen, RMEF president and CEO, “and this project is a good example of our long-term commitment to ensuring the future of elk, other wildlife and their habitat in the Keystone State.

“We intend to build on this long-

standing relationship and success in the years ahead.”

—Staff report

EPA denies petition to ban lead fishing products The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency denied a petition calling for a ban on the manufacture and use of lead-based fishing gear.

The Center for Biological Diversity, the American Bird Conservancy and two other groups filed the petition to ban the production and sale of lead based ammunition and fishing tackle under the Toxic Substance Control Act of 1976.

The response of EPA said that the groups failed to demonstrate that the rule is necessary to protect against an unreasonable risk of injury to health or the environment.

—Staff report

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Ranger Fans Continued From Page 5

Price asked for designs depicting the claw and antler gestures, but he only wanted about 60 shirts, just for the players.

Cruz and his staff got busy. The claw was easy, but they had to search “clip art” for a suitable image of a handsome buck.

In the final design, human hands formed the deer’s rack. It appears on the back of the shirt, and the claw is on the front.

Players started wearing them to batting practice, but fans soon took notice and wanted shirts of their own, Cruz said.

Then Major League Baseball got involved.

“They wanted the rights to the artwork so that they could mass produce them,” Cruz said.

“Obviously, at the volume they wanted, I couldn’t mass produce them myself.”

The league, after closing the deal, started selling the shirts in early September for $26.

Multiply that by 30,000, and ... well, the math hasn’t gone unnoticed by Cruz. Sales totals at the end of the Series were unavailable.

“Obviously, as a businessman, you want to make money,” he said. “But, I’ll be honest with you — I’ve gotten a lot of press out of it.

“It has just been phenomenal; you can’t really describe it unless you go to the stadium.”

ANTLERS UP: Hunters easily recognized the As for the buck that modeled the T-shirt design, gestures used by Texas Ranger fans to cheer on Cruz said it was listed in the clip art as a Texas their favorite players. Photo by Tim Sharp. whitetail.

Whitetails Continued From Page 4

44 degrees Sunday morning. There are acorns everywhere, but they would slip in and get corn.”

Pospech reported the deer were in good shape but he rated the rutting activity as “fair.”

In North Texas, Rob Griffin, board member for the Young Sportsmen’s Foundation, said members were returning positive reports from across the state.

“I’ve seen a lot of pictures of a lot of awesome deer,” he said. “What we’re hearing, and the pictures are confirming, is that everyone is seeing nice deer.”

Griffin said the rut in North Texas usually

heats up near the end of December, and with cooler weather on the way, hunters should be in for a banner year.

Reports from West Texas were positive, although some were hoping for improvement.

Rick Smith, owner of Lake Garden Processing in San Angelo, said the gun season opener was “soso,” but, he added, “much better than last year.”

Smith said hunters brought in several healthy, good-size white-tailed bucks.

Steve Hudson, who hunts in Stonewall County, northwest of Abilene, said deer were in great shape, and cold weather spurred bucks into movement for the first time this year.

“Horn condition looks pretty good,” Hudson said, “and the fat was unbelievable.

All the does had twins.”

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Sun | Moon | Tides

First

Nov. 12

Height 0.7 L 0.9 L 1.8 L 1.6 L 1.3 L 0.9 L 0.5 L 0.2 L -0.2 L -0.4 L -0.5 L -0.5 L 2.9 H 2.7 H 2.7 H

Time 10:17 p.m.

10:32 p.m.

8:34 a.m.

10:41 a.m.

12:11 p.m.

1:16 p.m.

2:06 p.m.

2:50 p.m.

3:31 p.m.

4:14 p.m.

5:00 p.m.

5:51 p.m.

9:43 a.m.

10:30 a.m.

11:20 a.m.

Height 2.7 H 2.5 H 2.0 H 2.0 H 2.1 H 2.5 H 2.7 H 2.9 H 2.9 H 3.0 H 3.0 H 2.9 H -0.5 L -0.4 L -0.2 L

Time

Height

Time

Height

3:20 p.m.

4:30 p.m.

5:34 p.m.

6:29 p.m.

7:17 p.m.

7:55 p.m.

8:23 p.m.

8:42 p.m.

8:58 p.m.

9:19 p.m.

6:46 p.m.

7:39 p.m.

08:20 p.m.

1.3 L 1.6 L 1.8 L 2.0 L 2.1 L 2.3 L 2.3 L 2.5 L 2.5 L 2.7 L 2.9 H 2.7 H 2.5 H

10:42 p.m.

10:50 p.m.

10:59 p.m.

11:06 p.m.

11:13 p.m.

11:17 p.m.

11:21 p.m.

11:32 p.m.

11:55 p.m.

2.5 H 2.3 H 2.3 H 2.3 H 2.3 H 2.5 H 2.5 H 2.7 H 2.7 H

Time Height 1:31 p.m. 0.6 L 2:36 p.m. 0.7 L 6:20 a.m. 1.4 L 6:13 a.m. 1.3 L 6:20 a.m. 1.0 L 6:32 a.m. 0.7 L 6:50 a.m. 0.4 L 12:00 a.m. 1.9 H 12:04 a.m. 2.0 H 12:08 a.m. 2.0 H 12:19 a.m. 2.1 H 12:42 a.m. 2.1 H 1:12 a.m. 2.3 H 1:45 a.m. 2.1 H 2:19 a.m. 2.1 H

Time

Height

Time

Height

3:46 p.m.

4:56 p.m.

6:00 p.m.

6:55 p.m.

7:43 p.m.

3:37 p.m.

4:18 p.m.

5:01 p.m.

5:47 p.m.

6:38 p.m.

7:33 p.m.

08:26 p.m.

09:07 p.m.

1.0 L 1.3 L 1.4 L 1.6 L 1.7 L 2.3 H 2.3 H 2.4 H 2.4 H 2.3 H 2.3 H 2.1 H 2.0 H

11:29 p.m.

11:37 p.m.

11:46 p.m.

11:53 p.m.

2.0 H 1.9 H 1.9 H 1.9 H

8:21 p.m.

8:49 p.m.

9:08 p.m.

9:24 p.m.

9:45 p.m.

10:16 p.m.

11:12 p.m.

1.9 L 1.9 L 2.0 L 2.0 L 2.1 L 2.0 L 2.0 L

Time

Height

Time

Height

Date Nov 12 Nov 13 Nov 14 Nov 15 Nov 16 Nov 17 Nov 18 Nov 19 Nov 20 Nov 21 Nov 22 Nov 23 Nov 24 Nov 25 Nov 26

9:50 p.m. 2.5 L 10:46 p.m. 2.5 L

Time 11:04 p.m.

11:19 p.m.

9:21 a.m.

11:28 a.m.

12:58 p.m.

2:03 p.m.

2:53 p.m.

7:12 a.m.

7:39 a.m.

8:11 a.m.

8:46 a.m.

9:25 a.m.

10:09 a.m.

10:56 a.m.

11:46 a.m.

Height 2.1 H 2.0 H 1.6 H 1.6 H 1.7 H 2.0 H 2.1 H 0.1 L -0.1 L -0.3 L -0.4 L -0.4 L -0.4 L -0.3 L -0.1 L

Time 11:34 p.m.

11:49 p.m.

9:51 a.m.

11:58 a.m.

7:16 a.m.

7:28 a.m.

7:46 a.m.

8:08 a.m.

8:35 a.m.

9:07 a.m.

9:42 a.m.

10:21 a.m.

11:05 a.m.

11:52 a.m.

2:49 a.m.

Height 1.3 H 1.2 H 0.9 H 0.9 H 0.6 L 0.4 L 0.3 L 0.1 L -0.1 L -0.2 L -0.3 L -0.3 L -0.3 L -0.2 L 1.3 H

Time 10:26 p.m.

10:41 p.m.

8:43 a.m.

10:50 a.m.

12:20 p.m.

1:25 p.m.

2:15 p.m.

2:59 p.m.

3:40 p.m.

4:23 p.m.

5:09 p.m.

9:22 a.m.

10:06 a.m.

10:53 a.m.

11:43 a.m.

Height 1.8 H 1.7 H 1.4 H 1.4 H 1.5 H 1.7 H 1.8 H 2.0 H 2.0 H 2.1 H 2.1 H -0.3 L -0.3 L -0.2 L -0.1 L

Date Nov 12 Nov 13 Nov 14 Nov 15 Nov 16 Nov 17 Nov 18 Nov 19 Nov 20 Nov 21 Nov 22 Nov 23 Nov 24 Nov 25 Nov 26

Time Height 2:27 p.m. 0.3 L 3:32 p.m. 0.4 L 7:16 a.m. 0.9 L 7:09 a.m. 0.8 L 12:07 a.m. 1.1 H 12:16 a.m. 1.1 H 12:23 a.m. 1.1 H 12:30 a.m. 1.1 H 12:34 a.m. 1.2 H 12:38 a.m. 1.2 H 12:49 a.m. 1.3 H 1:12 a.m. 1.3 H 1:42 a.m. 1.4 H 2:15 a.m. 1.3 H 12:08 a.m. 1.2 L

4:42 p.m. 0.6 L 5:52 p.m. 0.8 L 1:28 p.m. 1.0 H 2:33 p.m. 1.2 H 3:23 p.m. 1.3 H 4:07 p.m. 1.4 H 4:48 p.m. 1.4 H 5:31 p.m. 1.5 H 6:17 p.m. 1.5 H 7:08 p.m. 1.4 H 08:03 p.m. 1.4 H 08:56 p.m. 1.3 H 12:42 p.m. -0.1 L

11:59 p.m. 1.2 H 6:56 p.m.

7:51 p.m.

8:39 p.m.

9:17 p.m.

9:45 p.m.

10:04 p.m.

10:20 p.m.

10:41 p.m.

11:12 p.m.

0.9 L 0.9 L 1.0 L 1.1 L 1.1 L 1.2 L 1.2 L 1.3 L 1.2 L

09:37 p.m. 1.2 H

Time 1:28 p.m.

2:33 p.m.

6:17 a.m.

6:10 a.m.

6:17 a.m.

6:29 a.m.

6:47 a.m.

7:09 a.m.

7:36 a.m.

08:08 a.m.

08:43 a.m.

12:04 a.m.

12:34 a.m.

1:07 a.m.

1:41 a.m.

Houston

Time Height 3:53 a.m. 1.3 H 4:05 a.m. 1.2 H 3:57 a.m. 1.1 H 3:26 a.m. 1.0 H 2:31 a.m. 0.9 H 12:20 a.m. 0.9 H 09:42 a.m. 0.4 L 10:08 a.m. 0.3 L 10:38 a.m. 0.2 L 11:13 a.m. 0.1 L 11:52 a.m. 0.0 L 12:01 a.m. 1.3 H 1:11 a.m. 1.3 H 2:13 a.m. 1.3 H 3:07 a.m. 1.2 H

Time Height 4:19 p.m. 0.4 L 5:17 p.m. 0.5 L 6:26 p.m. 0.6 L 10:53 a.m. 0.7 L 9:27 a.m. 0.7 L 9:25 a.m. 0.6 L 7:39 p.m. 1.1 H 8:37 p.m. 1.2 H 9:39 p.m. 1.3 H 10:48 p.m. 1.3 H 12:33 p.m.

1:15 p.m.

1:58 p.m.

2:40 p.m.

Time

1:49 p.m.

5:11 p.m.

6:36 p.m.

Height

0.8 H 0.9 H 1.0 H

Time

Height

8:03 p.m. 0.7 L 11:07 p.m. 0.8 L

0.0 L 0.0 L 0.0 L 0.1 L

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ACROSS 1. Solution used to wash out gundog’s eyes 4. A large fish-eating bird 8. A male dall 9. Used to sharpen fishing hooks 10. A bowhunter’s weapon 11. Calling sound of a wild turkey 12. A wildfowl concealment 13. Growth habitat for crappies 14. The angler’s tool 16. A very large deer 17. A casting method 19. The ring______ pheasant 21. The female pheasant 22. Determining the freshness of a track 24. Finger protector, shooting 25. Describes a turkey’s vision 27. Propels the boat 29. Arrow receptacle, quiver ____ 31. A good trap bait 34. A large bass species 35. The female bear 36. Line grommets on a fish rod 37. Home of the Key deer 39. A hand-held clay target thrower 42. Large member of the deer family 43. Coues, Key, Sitka 44. They guide the swimming fish 46. Part of a call can reveal gobbler’s age 47. A wild turkey predator DOWN 1. A tackle-busting bass 2. Amount of catch allowed 3. A very valuable fur bearer 4. A casting method 5. Weed growth habitat for fish 6. A wildfowl on the move

A.M. Minor Major 10:24 4:13 11:10 4:59 11:51 5:41 12:09 6:19 12:45 6:55 1:20 7:31 1:57 8:08 2:36 8:48 3:20 9:33 4:09 10:22 5:03 11:17 6:02 ----7:03 12:49 8:06 1:52 9:06 2:53 10:04 3:51 10:57 4:44 11:46 5:34 12:08 6:20 12:52 7:05

P.M. Minor 10:47 11:31 ----12:29 1:05 1:41 2:19 3:00 3:45 4:36 5:31 6:30 7:32 8:33 9:33 10:29 11:22 ----12:33 1:18

Major 4:36 5:21 6:01 6:39 7:15 7:51 8:30 9:11 9:58 10:49 11:45 12:16 1:18 2:19 3:20 4:17 5:09 5:58 6:45 7:31

SUN Rises Sets 06:42 05:27 06:43 05:26 06:44 05:26 06:45 05:25 06:46 05:25 06:46 05:24 06:47 05:24 06:48 05:24 06:49 05:23 06:50 05:23 06:51 05:23 06:51 05:22 06:52 05:22 06:53 05:22 06:54 05:22 06:55 05:21 06:56 05:21 06:56 05:21 06:57 05:21 06:58 05:21

MOON Rises Sets 12:17p 11:30p 12:49p NoMoon 1:19p 12:23a 1:47p 1:16a 2:16p 2:07a 2:46p 3:00a 3:18p 3:54a 3:53p 4:50a 4:34p 5:49a 5:20p 6:48a 6:13p 7:47a 7:11p 8:44a 8:13p 9:37a 9:18p 10:25a 10:23p 11:09a 11:27p 11:48a NoMoon 12:25p 12:31a 1:00p 1:35a 1:35p 2:39a 2:13p

Dallas 2010 Nov-Dec 12 Fri 13 Sat 14 Sun Q 15 Mon 16 Tue 17 Wed 18 Thu 19 Fri > 20 Sat > 21 Sun F 22 Mon > 23 Tue > 24 Wed 25 Thu 26 Fri 27 Sat 28 Sun Q 29 Mon 30 Tue 01 Wed

A.M. Minor Major 10:30 4:18 11:15 5:05 11:57 5:46 12:15 6:24 12:50 7:01 1:26 7:36 2:02 8:13 2:42 8:54 3:26 9:38 4:15 10:28 5:09 11:23 6:07 ----7:09 12:55 8:11 1:57 9:12 2:58 10:09 3:56 11:02 4:50 11:52 5:39 12:13 6:26 12:58 7:11

P.M. Minor Major 10:53 4:41 11:37 5:26 ----- 6:07 12:34 6:44 1:11 7:21 1:47 7:57 2:24 8:35 3:05 9:17 3:51 10:03 4:41 10:54 5:36 11:50 6:36 12:22 7:37 1:23 8:39 2:25 9:39 3:25 10:35 4:22 11:27 5:15 ----- 6:04 12:38 6:51 1:24 7:37

SUN MOON Rises Sets Rises Sets 06:53 05:27 12:27p 11:31p 06:54 05:26 12:58p NoMoon 06:55 05:26 1:26p 12:26a 06:56 05:25 1:53p 1:20a 06:57 05:24 2:20p 2:14a 06:58 05:24 2:48p 3:08a 06:59 05:23 3:19p 4:03a 07:00 05:23 3:53p 5:01a 07:01 05:22 4:33p 6:01a 07:02 05:22 5:18p 7:01a 07:03 05:22 6:10p 8:01a 07:04 05:21 7:08p 8:58a 07:04 05:21 8:11p 9:50a 07:05 05:21 9:17p 10:38a 07:06 05:20 10:24p 11:20a 07:07 05:20 11:30p 11:57a 07:08 05:20 NoMoon 12:32p 07:09 05:20 12:36a 1:05p 07:10 05:19 1:42a 1:39p 07:11 05:19 2:48a 2:14p

P.M. Minor Major 11:00 4:48 11:44 5:33 12:04 6:14 12:41 6:51 1:18 7:28 1:54 8:04 2:31 8:42 3:12 9:24 3:58 10:10 4:48 11:01 5:43 11:57 6:43 12:29 7:44 1:30 8:46 2:32 9:46 3:32 10:42 4:29 11:34 5:22 ----- 6:11 12:45 6:58 1:31 7:44

SUN MOON Rises Sets Rises 06:54 05:40 12:29p 06:55 05:39 1:02p 06:56 05:39 1:32p 06:57 05:38 2:00p 06:57 05:38 2:29p 06:58 05:38 2:59p 06:59 05:37 3:31p 07:00 05:37 4:07p 07:01 05:36 4:47p 07:02 05:36 5:34p 07:02 05:36 6:27p 07:03 05:35 7:25p 07:04 05:35 8:27p 07:05 05:35 9:31p 07:06 05:35 10:36p 07:07 05:35 11:41p 07:07 05:34 NoMoon 07:08 05:34 12:44a 07:09 05:34 1:48a 07:10 05:34 2:52a

Sets 11:43p NoMoon 12:37a 1:29a 2:20a 3:13a 4:07a 5:03a 6:01a 7:00a 7:59a 8:56a 9:49a 10:38a 11:21a 12:01p 12:37p 1:13p 1:48p 2:26p

P.M. Minor 11:13 11:57 12:17 12:55 1:31 2:07 2:45 3:26 4:11 5:01 5:57 6:56 7:58 8:59 9:59 10:55 11:48 12:12 12:59 1:44

SUN Rises 07:18 07:19 07:20 07:21 07:22 07:23 07:24 07:25 07:26 07:27 07:28 07:29 07:30 07:31 07:32 07:33 07:34 07:35 07:36 07:37

Sets 11:49p NoMoon 12:46a 1:41a 2:35a 3:30a 4:27a 5:26a 6:27a 7:29a 8:29a 9:26a 10:18a 11:04a 11:45a 12:21p 12:54p 1:26p 1:58p 2:32p

San Antonio 2010 A.M. Nov-Dec Minor Major 12 Fri 10:37 4:25 13 Sat 11:22 5:12 14 Sun Q ----- 5:53 15 Mon 12:22 6:31 16 Tue 12:57 7:08 17 Wed 1:33 7:43 18 Thu 2:09 8:20 19 Fri > 2:49 9:01 20 Sat > 3:33 9:45 21 Sun F 4:22 10:35 22 Mon > 5:16 11:30 23 Tue > 6:14 12:00 24 Wed 7:16 1:02 25 Thu 8:18 2:04 26 Fri 9:19 3:05 27 Sat 10:16 4:03 28 Sun Q 11:09 4:57 29 Mon 11:59 5:46 30 Tue 12:20 6:33 01 Wed 1:05 7:18

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2010 A.M. Nov-Dec Minor 12 Fri 10:50 13 Sat 11:36 14 Sun Q ----15 Mon 12:35 16 Tue 1:11 17 Wed 1:46 18 Thu 2:23 19 Fri > 3:02 20 Sat > 3:46 21 Sun F 4:35 22 Mon > 5:29 23 Tue > 6:28 24 Wed 7:29 25 Thu 8:31 26 Fri 9:32 27 Sat 10:30 28 Sun Q 11:23 29 Mon ----30 Tue 12:34 01 Wed 1:18

Major 4:39 5:25 6:07 6:45 7:21 7:57 8:34 9:14 9:58 10:48 11:43 12:14 1:15 2:18 3:19 4:17 5:10 6:00 6:46 7:31

Major 5:02 5:47 6:27 7:05 7:41 8:17 8:56 9:37 10:23 11:15 ----12:42 1:43 2:45 3:46 4:42 5:35 6:24 7:11 7:57

Sets 05:43 05:42 05:42 05:41 05:40 05:40 05:39 05:38 05:38 05:37 05:37 05:37 05:36 05:36 05:35 05:35 05:35 05:35 05:34 05:34

MOON Rises 12:52p 1:22p 1:49p 2:14p 2:40p 3:07p 3:36p 4:10p 4:48p 5:33p 6:25p 7:23p 8:27p 9:34p 10:42p 11:50p NoMoon 12:57a 2:04a 3:12a

FOR THE TABLE Venison Shepherd’s Pie Ingredients: Ground venison Mashed potatoes Garlic Egg Onion Green beans Corn Tomato sauce Grated cheese

pan. Combine ground venison, garlic, egg and onion into a meatloaf mixture and layer over the mashed potatoes. Next, layer green beans, corn and tomato sauce; followed by a layer of grated cheese. Repeat these layers until ingredients are exhausted. Finish with a layer of mashed potatoes. Cook 45 minutes in the oven.

Distribute mashed potatoes in —Ohio Department of Natural a layer along the bottom of a large Resources

Beer Fried Catfish Ingredients:

7. One who fishes from a moving boat 13. The _____ shooter 15. To spook deer toward the hunters 16. Field area preferred by quail 17. The camper’s pest 18. A young bear 20. A male grouse 23. Main fin on a fish 26. These reveal age of some game 28. They propel the boat

29. A male moose 30. An animal hideaway 32. A popular brand of camo 33. A deer at rest 37. Turkey has a spur on these 38. At times walleye seeks _____ water 40. A game bird 41. A type fly lure 45. Letters for a type shotgun

2 cups self-rising flour 1 cup beer; (your favorite brand) Garlic powder; to taste Salt and pepper; to taste Red pepper; to taste 4 3-to-5 ounce catfish fillets; cut Vegetable oil; for frying

Combine flour, beer, garlic salt, salt and pepper in a bowl.

Mix well. Dip catfish strips in remaining flour and then in batter. Fry in hot oil in a deep fryer or skillet until golden brown. Drain on absorbent towels. Serve hot.

—Arizona Game and Fish Department

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with his bow Oct. 10 on a small farm south of U.S. 82.

The score won’t be available until the second week of December, but this much was sure at the outset: The buck’s rack sported 30 points and a 20-inch outside spread.

“The approximate score is 210,” Plauche said. “It never ceases to amaze me about some of the giants that come out of the woods up here; 180 plus is common.”

Grayson County deer have reached legendary stature in recent years as 200-class bucks started showing up in statewide deer contests.

But hunting opportunities there are limited because a lot of the deer live on isolated pockets of farmland.

Such was the case when Plauche tried to get on a farm where his wife, Cheryl, saw a monster buck run to as she drove their two children to school.

“She said, ‘It was bigger than any deer you’ve killed,’” Plauche said.

Excited by his wife’s report, he approached the landowner, but he had no luck.

“No one seems to ask to hunt up here,” he said, “but where I’m from in Louisiana, we did it all the time.

Most people here say no, but nothing ventured, nothing gained.”

Deer have always inhabited this county along the Red River, home of Haggerman National Wildlife Refuge.

It’s also the only archery-only county in the state, which is a big reason why many people say the deer keep growing.

“We’ve got good genetics,” said Game Warden Dale Moses. “But here, where it’s archery only, they can reach full maturity at 3 to 5 years old.

“If you let deer get to be 5 and a half years old anywhere in this state, you start to see these quality deer.”

Although Plauche couldn’t get on the land where his wife saw the big deer, he inquired with the woman who owned the 40-acre farm next door.

The land is just 300 yards from the Plauche’s home, and several miles south of the Haggerman.

“She just told me I could hunt when I asked,” Plauche said. “I don’t think she thought there were deer on the place and neither did anyone else because she had never been asked before.”

Plauche set up a trail camera, which confirmed that a multipointed buck was moving through the area. The photo kept him from getting more than an hour’s sleep the night before his Sunday-morning hunt.

“I just stared at the ceiling,” he said. “I knew he was over there, the biggest deer I’d ever seen. Finally I just got out of bed at 3 a.m. and said, ‘I’m going to the stand.’”

Plauche peddled to the farm on a mountain bike because he didn’t want to stir the area with engine noise.

The strategy paid off and Plauche’s arrow was true.

He later realized, however, that the antler configuration on his trophy was different from the deer photographed by the trail camera.

“Probably a different deer,” Plauche said. “I know he is — but how do you pass on the one I shot?”

“Teal and pintails mostly,” he said.

Near the coast, hunters reported seeing good numbers of ducks and geese.

Ducks Unlimited District Chairman Jim Cuskey, who hunts near the Sealy/ Eagle Lake area, said there are lots of birds in the area.

“I hunted two or three times during the early teal season and limited out in 30 to 35 minutes,” he said. “I was out Saturday morning for the opening and there were lots of birds. The property I hunt did not have a lot of water on it, but hopefully the weather will improve.”

Cuskey said he still was seeing a lot of teal and said geese have moved into the area in good numbers.

“Most of what we shot were teal,” he said. “I’m not a biologist but I think the colder weather will help. Everyone I’ve talked to (from his chapter) is seeing a lot of birds.”

In East Texas, Game Warden Heath Bragg said he worked Lake Livingston on opening weekend and reported

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the groups of hunters he checked all had good numbers of birds.

“I checked about 20 groups and the hunters were mostly shooting teal, wood ducks and gadwalls,” he said. “There were a fair amount of birds on the lake.

Everyone had birds.”

Bragg said another game warden worked on Sam Rayburn Reservoir and reported few birds.

In the Panhandle, hunters reported a mixed bag — mostly based on the availability of water.

Several guides, who wished to remain anonymous, said there are plenty of birds.

Other hunters reported seeing fewer birds, and said they were waiting until later in the season before venturing out.

“I generally hunt later in the season,” said North Texas hunter Jon Harshbarger. “There isn’t much water and not a lot of places to hide right now.

I hunt Lake Tawakoni, and I haven’t seen many birds while I’ve been out fishing. The birds I have seen have all DUCK DOWN: James Prince admires a drake pintail he took near Seadrift. been local birds.”

Photo by LSON.

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CONSERVATION It’s back to drawing board on Devils River land plan

PATROL VESSEL BRUCE HILL, commissioned in October, is named for a Texas game warden who was killed in a 1990 Panola County boating accident. The boat will be used to patrol bay and offshore waters near Port Mansfield. Photo by Mike Cox, TPWD.

DATEBOOK November 12 McAllen Ducks Unlimited Fundraiser Nomad Shrine Club (956) 369-1812

November 17 Dallas Ducks Unlimited Fundraiser Crown Plaza Suites (214) 282-3000

November 18 Lake Fork Delta Waterfowl Fundraiser AJ’s Fishhouse (903) 497-6906 Coastal Bend Bays Foundation Awards banquet and fundraiser Hawn Wild Flight Theater (361) 882-3439

November 20 Eden Camouflage Cotillion Hunter appreciation dinner and dance Eden Fire Station (325) 869-3336 edenchamber@verizon.net

November 21 Dallas Woods and Waters Club Outdoor cooking seminar Eagle’s Lodge (214) 734-7717

November 27 Annual Kimble County Wild Game Dinner Coke Stevenson Memorial Center, Junction (325) 446-3190 www.junctiontexas.net

November 30 Sam Houston State Ducks Unlimited Fundraiser Walker County Fairgrounds

December 2 3rd Annual Cowtown Chapter Delta Waterfowl Banquet Elks Lodge # 124 3233 White Settlement Road, Fort Worth (817) 475-9796 cheeverfarley@gmail.com

December 4 Crockett County Deerfest Hunter Appreciation/ Community Benefit Fairpark Convention Center, Ave. Aa, Ozona (325) 392-4766 www.deerfest.org

State officials will keep looking for options to get land for a new state park on the Devils River, according to a Nov. 3 directive from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.

The move delays a final vote on the project until a future commission meeting. It also gives TPW more time to “explore alternatives in response to recent stakeholder input,” according to an agency news release.

The commission had scheduled the proposal for action during its meeting Nov. 3-4 in Austin.

However, the Lone Star Chapter of the Sierra Club and others said they needed more time to review the plan.

“We took this off the agenda

because we’ve received great feedback from a lot of people around the state who felt the process may be moving too quickly,” said Peter Holt of San Antonio, commission chairman.

Holt added that, “several people have brought to us some very interesting alternatives.”

The original plan involved an exchange of the existing Devils River State Natural Area in Val Verde County as a partial payment for a privately owned ranch downriver that would become a new state park.

TPW officials have said the ranch has river frontage with the potential for better public access for anglers, paddlers and hikers.

But during earlier public hearings, nearby property owners expressed concerns that public access to the ranch may result in trespassing on their lands.

Others questioned if there would adequate protection for nearby sites

of ancient rock art.

“We want the staff to go forward and figure out how to make this work,” Holt said. “We understand the concerns of landowners, paddlers and conservationists and want to make sure we take all that into consideration.

“On the other hand, we represent a state with about 24 million people.

“The Devils River Ranch is a real opportunity to add something to our park system that is second to none in terms of wildness, but at the same time would allow more people to experience this phenomenal area in appropriate ways.”

The department has compiled maps, photos and other resources to explain the project and provide comments in its Devils River Land Acquisition news roundup at tpwd. state.tx.us, on its Web site.

—Staff report

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BASE CAMP LOCKERS: DEBOURGH has introduced a new series of strong, welded-steel lockers for outdoorsmen. The locker, a secure storage solution for a home or hunting cabin, is built with a three-point, three-sided latching system, locking security compartment, adjustable shelves, and a 4x4 knockout for electrical application. Available in Mossy Oak Break-up Infinity and Treestand camo patterns, the locker retails for about $1,440.

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OGT shoots still a hit

By Ralph Winingham FOR LONE STAR OUTDOOR NEWS Looking out at about 180 participants during a fund-raising shoot, Operation Game Thief Coordinator Lt. Lewis Rather said he was not surprised other states have tried to emulate the Texas program.

“It is really gratifying to see this many people who believe in our program,” Rather said during the Oct. 22 event at the San Antonio AIMING TO STOP POACHING: A shooter prepares to break a target Gun Club. “We try to get the com- at the recent Operation Game Thief fundraising shoot at the San munity involved and spread the Antonio Gun Club. message around.

Wildlife Department that gives us support, but “We have been very fortunate in Texas.’’

The San Antonio fund-raiser was the first time no funding,’’ Rather said. “We conduct three fund-raising shoots like this one each year and OGT focused its efforts on the Alamo City. are looking for more venues.’’

The organization, created in 1981, has Seed money from the Houston Safari Club, grabbed the public’s attention with billboards the Dallas Safari Club, the National Wild Turkey dotting the state’s highway system urging peoFederation and other sources have covered the ple to report poaching. cost of the billboards that have become familiar The 24-hour, toll-free hotline number, 800- sights for Texas motorists.

792-GAME (4263), allows people to anony“The billboards and bumper stickers, along mously report illegal hunting and fishing with word of mouth, have really worked for us,’’ activities to which game wardens could imme- Rather said. “We have been using the American diately respond. bald eagle on the billboards, and now we are also “At this time of year, we get about 30 to 40 using a game warden looking through binoculars calls a week and during the deer hunting sea- with the saying, ‘The eyes of Texas are upon you.’ son, we will receive about 50 to 60,’’ Rather said.

“That has been getting motorists’ attention.”

“In about half of those cases, we issue citations.

Another successful part of the program has “When economic times are harder, we see been the 14 OGT trailers that travel around the more violations. The whole goal of our pro- state displaying a “Wall of Shame” of outdoor gram is to get everyone involved in the out- criminal activity, Rather said. doors through a safe, ethical and legal way of “Most states only have one or two trailers hunting or fishing.” that can be used to provide information to the Since its beginning, OGT has paid more public and we have 14,’’ he said. than $215,000 in rewards based on more than As for the future, Rather said OGT is work40,000 calls that have resulted in more than $1 ing on a program that has been used in other million in fines. states that will allow people to report violaRewards up to a $1,000 are offered to callers tions by text messaging or e-mails over their if their reports result in arrests and convictions cell phones. for game law violations.

“That means you can be sitting right next In addition, the program was authorized to a game violator and send us a text or ein 1991 to pay a death benefit to the survivors mail to report a violation and they will never of Texas game wardens or park peace officers know what you are doing,” Rather said. “Using killed in the line of duty. updated technology is really something else “We operate solely on donations, with a we believe will help our program keep growing memo of agreement with Texas Parks and and growing.’’

For more information, go to www.ogttx.com.

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Channel widening Continued From Page 8

San Martin Lake, a smaller but similar active estuary immediately to the west of Bahia Grande (and partially on the Bahia Grande Unit of the refuge), offers a glimpse into the future of the larger body of water once tidal circulation is restored.

Lined with mangroves, some reaching heights of 12-15 feet above the water, San Martin Lake is home to extensive oyster beds and is a hotspot for snook and redfish anglers.

Joe Vega, deputy director of the Cameron County Parks and Recreation Department (and mayor of Port Isabel), speaks in a voice tinged with awe as he recounts the process of restoring Bahia Grande.

“It’s an exciting project, I’ll tell you what,” Vega said. “People used to say: ‘It’s never going to happen.’ But bringing people together made a big difference. We went from five members to now 80 partners. Once this thing

gets developed, it’s going to be a great recreational area for Cameron County.”

Vega credited U.S. Rep. Solomon Ortiz, D-Texas, for sponsoring key legislation to advance the project.

The bill allowed the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to grant the Brownsville Navigation District an advance mitigation credit for constructing the pilot channel.

Also, the Texas Department of Transportation submitted a $2 million change order during the State Highway 48 widening project in order to turn a couple of culverts into a bridge long enough to accommodate the planned final channel.

“This project was possible only because there were so many partners coming to the table, each looking at a different resource and being willing to think outside the box,” said Perez.

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NOAA approved the request and guides along the Texas coast say the bite has never been better.

“They are biting everywhere,” said Terry Haun, who captains for Rip-Tide Charters out of Port O’ Conner. “Right now they’re anywhere you stop, just about. I always fish shipwrecks or rocks, but you can catch them at the rigs too.

“It doesn’t matter what bait you use. Everybody uses sardine or squid but they’ll bite pretty much anything you put down there.”

Capt. Bill Curry, who guides with Finsanity and Workingman Charters out of Galveston, said the cold weather has the snapper moving closer to the coast and farther north.

Puzzle solution from Page 18

“A lot of your predator fish, as the water cools down, they start moving south,” Curry said. “The snapper, they like the cooler water, so when the waters cool down, they start coming to you.”

Fish moving shallow is a good sign because the red snapper season in state water is open year-round and offers a four-fish limit as opposed to the two-fish limit in federal water.

The larger limit is one of the reasons Captain Ron Pierson, who guides out of Port Aransas, said he prefers fishing within the 9-mile limit.

“The snapper bite typically picks up in the fall and the wintertime,” Pierson said.

“It’s been getting better and better every year for the past four or five years, I think par-

tially because the federal closings have reduced the fishing pressure.”

Haun and Curry said they haven’t had much luck in state waters, but they agreed the bite is moving closer to home. Curry said he was running 50 miles to find the snapper during the summer season, and is running less than half that far now.

The extra season has opened up a side of snapper fishing that anglers have rarely been able to experience, but, according to Curry, not many people are noticing.

“There have been a few take advantage of the extra season but most people are in the woods hunting,” he said. “Most people don’t even know it’s open.”

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