Texas Sporting Journal - Wildlife Management

Pondering Skinny Bass

Ask any pond owner. What are the major challenges you face in pond management? Invariably, the specter of skinny fish – aside from catching fish – ranks in the top five. Where the largemouth is the marquee species in aging and/or clear-water ponds, putting weight on skinny gamefish is especially tricky.

By Mark McDonald

Partners with Nature Series

For years, aggressive landowners have used these techniques to manipulate native habitat to maximize on the production of quail, deer and other creatures. These days, another tactic - soil aeration - is gaining popularity, especially among Texas wildlife managers who also run livestock.

By TSJ Staff

Purina & Texas Sporting Journal - "Your Story"

I have always been fascinated by big deer. I love to look at them and watch their social behaviors. I have hunted Canada in the past and I used to think that the biggest whitetail deer were in Canada but that was before I realized that I could grow big deer on my place by incorporating high nutrition with other things I had learned.

By Bob Hood

Clay County Turn-Around

The buck slipped though the trees, and I saw him for just the blink of an eye. Right off, I could tell he was a "shooter." At 175 yards, in the last few minutes of daylight, I had no idea what a shooter he really was.

By Sherman Wyman