Letters

Turkey Coverage

I JUST WANTED TO GIVE A SHOUTout to the awesome turkey coverage you’ve been doing. It seems like the Texas outdoors community does li le on turkeys, but you guys go super in-depth on that and so much more. It’s appreciated.

I especially liked the story you did on the new Pineywoods GPS research.

Killer stu !

Amber Borel caught this nice redfi sh while fi shing on Sabine Lake. Redfi sh are doing great from Sabine to Lower Laguna Madre.

Jason Phillips

KUDOS ON A GREAT STORY ON THE LSU/TPWD study on turkeys in East Texas. It was cool to see you guys on the front lines of that one and for pre y much everything else related to turkeys in Texas.

I also liked the photos you ran of the white and smoke turkeys.

Keep up the good work!

Kale Johnson

DO YOU THINK THERE ARE MERriam’s turkeys in the Trans-Pecos? I mean there are some just across the border in New Mexico.

Randy Murphy

Editor: it’s great to see so much positive feedback on the turkey issue. In terms of Merriam’s in the Trans Pecos, they are there but no one is sure of numbers, etc. I have heard reliable reports of Merriam’s turkeys in the Guadalupe Mountains.

Redfi sh Question

With trout seemingly more susceptible to freeze kills, do you ever see the day where the state allows us to keep more red sh? Maybe four a day?

Mary Landry

Editor: e Texas Parks & Wildlife Department a li le over a decade ago tried to give anglers more red sh, but the public overwhelmingly commented against it.

I don’t see anything coming in the near future but it’s not out of the realm of possibility.

Red sh are abundant and doing well in all Texas bay systems which is an incredible thing to see. 