A great dove hunt with Nooner Ranch in Hondo, First day of South Zone, all White Wing Dove, The birds were flying low in unbelieveable numbers. Everyone got a limit. The staff at the Nooner Ranch was very helpful, friendly, efficient, and professional. We will return next year. After the hunt, we ate a wonderful steak dinner at the Herman's Sons Steak House in Hondo. Front row, left to right, Doug McCormick, Kevin Crowell, Larry Caldwell, Jim Terrian, faithful companion: Duncan, Aaron Caldwell. Back fow, left to right, Claude Jacobs, Rob Walz, Forest Webber, Pat Webber, Trey Walz.

Texas Panhandle Pheasants are Sporting Targets

Plainview, Texas- Cities and towns throughout the Texas Panhandle come alive with hunters the 1st weekend of December each year.  Hunters from all over the country converge on the flat Texas plains pumping thousands of dollars into the communities…all in search of the Chinese Ringneck pheasant.

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Cabela's Slates Captains Weekend

Get ready for another exciting and informative weekend at Cabela’s in Buda, Texas. Saturday, Jan 26 & Sunday, Jan. 27, Texas’s 7th largest tourist attraction has slated another popular Captain’s Weekend. Saltwater fishing guides from up and down the Texas coast will be present with booths highlighting their services, as well as presenting seminars on how to fish the Texas coast for inshore and offshore species.

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It's Cast and Blast Time on Coastal Bend

Petra Schultz of Green Hornet Guide Service out of Rockport called about four months ago and said, “Let’s put together a Coastal Bend Cast and Blast for early October.”

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48 Hours in the Gulf

Over 4,000 pounds of fish line the docks at Dolphin Docks in Port Aransas after a very successful 48-hour offshore trip. Captains on the Dolphin head boat were Travis Kerr and Ryan McLauglin.

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Boat Show Season Just Around the Corner

January is relatively a down month for fishing and hunting seasons that are winding down. But boat show season in Texas is wide open. Boat shows are a great way to see the latest gear, newest boats and motors and a great way to spend an entire Saturday or Sunday afternoon.

Houston Boat Show-Jan 4-13, Reliant Center
Rio Grande Valley Boat Show-Jan 11-13,RGV Livestock Show Grounds
Mercedes Austin Boat Show-Jan 17-20,Austin Convention Center
San Antonio Boat Show-Jan 24-27, Alamodome
Corpus Christi Boat Show-Jan 17-20, American Bank Center
Dallas Boat Show-Feb 1-10, Dallas Market Hall

TSJ Wins Best Magazine Award

Texas Sporting Journal won the best outdoors magazine in Texas recently at the Texas Outdoor Writers Association conference held in McAllen,March 8-10,2007. According to the judges, Texas Sporting Journal has grown into one of the best magazines of its kind in the state. Quality layout and design, excellent photography, intriguing stories and good standing columns makes this publication a winner. It's excellent! Also, according to the judges, this however, was a very tough category to judge. Each of the entries in this magazine division with more than 25,000 circulation was a very tough category to judge. Each of the entries met the criteria of displaying quality design, layout, photography, writing and sense of purpose. The Coastal Conservation Association's "TIDE" magazine certainly fit that category and came in a very close second, according to the judges.

Texas Sporting Journal is published six times a year and is dubbed "The National Outdoors Magazine of Texas." The award winning magazine, published in Boerne, Texas is beginning its fifth year of publication.