Hunting guide Daniel Cerretani and I were walking in front of the lodge at Hidden Lakes Hunting Resort outside Yantis recently and he said there was a flock of sandhill cranes passing over an adjoining pasture.

POSEY — It is one of those moments almost every deer hunter has felt, but no one enjoys. That moment when the blood trail runs out and there is no sign of the deer.

It is amazing how people become collectors. One day they don’t own anything, then the next they have a room, garage or shed full of cars, antiques, Barbie dolls or whatever.

Sadly, there has been a generation, maybe two, in Texas that has grown up without experiencing the exhilaration of a wild quail covey rise.

Tyler Chapter of Ducks Unlimited will hold its annual banquet fundraiser beginning at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday at Harvey Convention Center.

With a population of about 5.4 million and a growth rate of 3.8 percent annually, it is pretty clear that Texas has a vibrant white-tailed deer herd. The only question is: is it too big and is it growing itself out of habitat?

If there ever was a year to dream big when it comes to deer antlers, this should be it.

In this era of political upheaval there is one thing all Texas voters should be able to agree on: approving Proposition 5 on Nov. 5 is a good thing for Texas state parks, and in turn, Texas.

Long story short, William Oliver bought an airgun for shooting pigs from Airguns of Arizona. That led him to taking one of the company’s staff, Kip Perow, on an East Texas pig hunt. Perow returned the favor with an Arizona dove and quail hunt, and Oliver fell in love with the desert mountain…

Jacksonville fisherman Jim Hamblet will detail his recent fishing trip across Alaska at the Lone Star Fly Fishers program at 7 p.m. Tuesday in the Main Building of Tyler Junior College’s West Campus, 1530 S SW Loop 323.