Hunting and Fishing

Ted Nugent Tells Culture, Recreation and Tourism Committee He Hunts 300 Days Per Year

Apparently, there is a debate over the practice of hunting deer in captivity in the state of Texas. I grew up with a father who loved the outdoors, so much so he worked as an outdoor writer and broadcaster for many years. While he was more into fishing than hunting, he did like to go out and shoot a ... More >>

Intellicast.com: I Live in Houston, Texas. Perhaps You've Heard of It? Or Not.

For better or worse, I've always been one of those nimrods that gets a little bent out of shape whenever I see a list of major cities in America that doesn't include Houston. This invariably happens on things like morning talk shows where they run a ticker of weather during the show and every city u ... More >>

Friday Night: Public Image Ltd. at Scout Bar

Public Image Ltd. Scout Bar November 2, 2012 Not many shows remind you that sound has actual, physical mass, but Public Image Ltd. sure did Friday. Mass, as in something tangible and discernible, with density and volume. Especially volume. But don't count out density. Yes, I'm talking about some ... More >>

Randy Wayne White: Gone

The Aggies Are Full of S*#!% About Tech Fans

Texas A&M athletic director Bill Byrne was highly upset with Texas Tech fans this weekend: ​The horrendous and extensive vandalism took place outside what is no doubt Lubbock's finest hotel as the Aggies visited to play Texas Tech. Terrible. Except Tech has done its own investigation, and dis ... More >>

The Truhearts: Singer-Songwriters, Bass Fishing Enthusiasts

Each Wednesday, Rocks Off arbitrarily appoints one lucky local performer or group "Artist of the Week," bestowing upon them all the fame and grandeur such a lofty title implies. Know a band or artist that isn't awful? Email their particulars to sheaserrano@gmail.com. ​This week, the perfectly ... More >>

Grass Carp: You've Done Your Job Saving Lake Conroe, Now They're Coming to Kill You

Grass carp: You're fired!!​When Lake Conroe began to be overrun with the harmful plant hydrilla, Texas officials had the answer -- they brought in a bunch of grass carp to eat that stuff up. The carp performed admirably: The lake is now essentially free of hydrilla, Texas Parks and Wildlife s ... More >>

Houston International Boat, Sport and Travel Show

River Monster, East Texas Style

Dallas Trinity TrailsThat's one big alligator gar.​It might look like a mere minnow to Jeremy Wade, the stolidly bonkers host of Animal Planet's River Monsters, but to the rest of us, the giant alligator gar that Cleveland's Joseph Williams caught appears to be nothing short of a behemoth from ... More >>

Y'all Musta Forgot: RoderickVONN's I'm Almost Done Getting Ready!

​Houston's history is dotted with albums that, fairly or not, have been swept aside. We'll examine them here. Have an album that you think nobody knows about but should? Email sheaserrano@gmail.com. You know RoderickVONN. He's the other guy from JUZCOZ (the one that doesn't kind of look like ... More >>

Trishana Broussard: Sex With Three East Texas Teens Nets Six Years' Prison

Trishana Broussard: If blowing underage boys in cemeteries is wrong, she don't wanna be right​A 37-year-old East Texas woman is going to prison after pleading no contest to engaging in oral sex with three teenaged boys. On Monday, Trishana "Mama Bear" Broussard was sentenced to a six-year se ... More >>

Twitter That There Dove Hunt, With TPWD's Help

Take cover, little Twitter bird!!!​You bag yourself a nice impressive set of doves in a kill-or-be-killed situation, what's the first thing you want to do? Tweet the ever-living shit out of it, of course.The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department understands this. That's why they're premiering new ... More >>

Chef Chat, Part 2: Jamie Zelko of Zelko Bistro

Tam Vo​We continue our visit with Chef Jamie Zelko by discussing the her bistro's ambiance and some of her many hidden talents. EOW: So let's talk about your restaurant. I see some aged wood and old photographs. Tell me about your inspiration for the ambiance. Zelko: Well the wood on the ... More >>

Chron's Feelings Are Hurt

HBO drama didn't celebrate Houston as best-est place.

The Easy Way To Win A Bass Tournament: Stick A Lead Weight In The Belly Of Your Fish

​Wily criminal minds never sleep. Luckily for the forces of good and justice, neither do the dedicated men and women of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department.Robby Rose, 45, a competitive fisherman from Garland, was playing (fishing?) in a bass tournament in Rockwall County last October. Appar ... More >>

Net Gains and Losses

Is the Omega Protein company overfishing the most important fish in the sea?

Wild Duck Gumbo Recipe: Part One

​The first step in making a great wild duck gumbo is to go shoot some ducks. And this is the time of year for it. That's why I climbed into an airboat last Saturday morning at 5:30 a.m. and set out across the mudflats of South Bay near Aransas Pass in the dark. As the sun came up, I found mys ... More >>

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Texas Deer Hunters: Your License Plate Is No Longer Oh So Gay

Courtesy TPWDThe new, manly license plateTexas deer hunters, as you head to your comfortable blinds to await as unsuspecting deer saunter across your line of fire in search of strategically dropped food pellets, you no longer need fear being thought of as not macho.According to the state of Texas, t ... More >>

How To Treat A City's Ills: Lame Jokes!

Photo by meshmar2We've written before about the...ummm....interesting things going on in La Marque.City officials have been resigning, the crime rate is rising, there are Ike recovery issues to be dealt with, people are pissed.So let's lighten up with a joke, right? That's what La Marque Mayor Bill ... More >>

Fish Story: Arctic Char

There are lots of fishing camps in Nunavik, Quebec's arctic region, devoted to fly fishing for arctic char. There's even an annual arctic char fishing derby in Whale Cove, in case you want to try your luck. The highly prized freshwater game fish is a traditional food of the Inuit natives and its hig ... More >>

Never Been To A Gun Raffle? Head To Manvel

Friends Don't Let Friends Buy Guns For Friends

Central Library Grand Reopening Celebration

You can’t tell a library by its cover — unless it’s a $17 million cover

Bayousphere

Houston International Boat, Sport, and Travel Show

From yachts and sailboats to fishing reels and beef jerky, it’s all here

“Coniecturae Mysticae”

Megnet and Harlow create, compare and contrast art

A Cut Above

The future of the best beef in America may depend on a herd in East Texas

Over the Limit?

PCBs may prompt a first-ever warning against bay speckled trout fishing

Letters

Venison Recipes for Gourmet Environmentalists

Shooting Bambi's Mom

A gourmet environmentalist shares his favorite venison recipes

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Best Bird-Watching Outside City Limits

Stewart Road, Galveston

Harebrained

McGonigel's Mucky Duck

Best Place to Buy a Gun

Top Gun of Texas

The Long Haul

Immigrant shrimpers survived Vietnam and the wrath of Texas rednecks. Can they do the same with new fishing restrictions?

Reeling

Bass kills and lesions on fish worry Sam Rayburn anglers. So does the state's plan to lower the lake's pollution standards.

She's So...Normal

Melissa Bank

Fishin' Folk

Ma, Pa and Jr. will love Trout Fishing in America's feel-good sound

Killer Weed

The life-suffocating Salvinia molesta has entered Texas waterways. It's green, fast and deadly.

Press Picks

Press Picks

Goode Comfort

In a changing world, Goode Company Seafood keeps on delivering

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The Hard Way