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Supreme Court weighs Chicago's strict gun ban ABC News Share     Otis McDonald, 76, is afraid for his life in his crime-saturated Chicago neighborhood and he is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overturn his city's strict ban on handguns in the home. "In my home, this is the only time I worry," McDonald said. "There's more guns coming into this city than the police can take away from them. So if I've got a gun, and if others have guns in their homes to protect themselves, then that's one thing that police would have to worry about less." More
Persistence pays in Brown County Lone Star Outdoor News Share
For 25 years, Hubert Todd, 52, has been running the same deer-season routine when he gets home from his plumbing job in Brownwood about 5 p.m. He grabs his dog, a coffee can of corn and walks to a spot 300 yards from his house, which sits on 23 unfenced acres. He spreads the corn, walks back to his house, drops off the dog and picks up a gun. More A dog called Huck, waves of grain and a great hunt The Statesman Share
A startling, quick-freeze kind of north wind the icy forefinger of an impending snow storm poking down into East Texas set the dried stalks of standing milo to singing. Mike Leggett really couldn't tell where the buzzing plants left off and the shotgun-induced ringing in his ears began, though actually it didn't matter. Through wind-blistered, teary eyes he could see Darr the pointer and Dixie the shorthair, 30 yards ahead in the stubble, locked down on birds, waiting for everyone to assume shooting positions. More
'The Hidden Life of Deer' The Mother Nature Network Share
In her new book, Elizabeth Marshall Thomas trains her naturalist's eye on the quiet creatures that live near her house.Whether you live in the city and make occasional forays into the suburbs, or spend all of your time in rural areas, chances are high that you have seen a deer in the last six months. More Leschper: Map out your next big adventure soon The Reporter News Share
"A good plan today beats a perfect one tomorrow." That saying has been attributed to many sources, but it applies nowhere more than in outdoor pursuits, and if you're looking to plan a hunting or fishing excursion for 2010 and don't have your agenda well under way, you're behind everyone else. There is an amazing array of sporting opportunities in the Lone Star State and elsewhere, and narrowing down your choices can be tough, but now is the time to nail down your one big trip - or two or three if you're lucky - for this year. So, where do you start? More
Texas Big Game Awards offering $20,000 in scholarships The Lone Star Outdoor News Share
Texas Big Game Awards is accepting applications for $20,000 in scholarships for students whose majors are related to agriculture or natural resources, according to a press release from the nonprofit. Eight scholarships (one per TBGA region) awarded at $1,500 each, and the overall top scholarship applicant will receive $3,000. More Trans-Pecos mule deer hunting rule change proposed The Alpine Avalanche Share
Expansion of mule deer hunting opportunities tops a list of proposed changes to regulations that the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is considering for 2010-11. TPWD is recommending adding a day to the mule deer season across the Trans-Pecos region, a change that could affect a majority of West Texas landowners and hunters. More
Despite lifting of gun ban, Christmas Mountains won't be transferred The Ft. Worth Star-Telegram Share
Texas Land Commissioner Jerry Patterson says he still won't support the transfer of the Christmas Mountains to the National Park Service despite this week's lifting of a ban on guns in national parks. Anyone who thought otherwise, he says, is ignoring half of his oft-quoted refrain: No guns. No hunting. No deal. More Preparing for the taxidermist Big Game Hunt Share
Trophy mounts must be the best that money can buy. Just as there are good plumbers and bad, there are also good taxidermists and bad. Some evidently have never looked a deer or moose in the face, others take shortcuts to save money, some cannot seem to deliver a mount in less than five years and others yet should simply look for another line of work. Fortunately, among them are also extremely conscientious and talented professionals who take great pride in their work. They're often called on to perform miracles and, just as often, they perform miracles with the pitiful materials provided. More |
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