en-us http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal.aspx?id=80 10 Journals http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1219 The Ultimate Rendezvous for Hunters On Thursday, January 21, my wife Jan and I flew to Reno, Nevada where we attended the 37th annual Safari Club International convention.  Every year hunters from around the globe gather in Reno to celebrate their favorite sport—hunting.  The SCI conve... 2/18/2010 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1212 Throughout the fall and winter I spend a substantial amount of time in a helicopter cruising the vast brush country of South Texas critiquing deer herds on the various ranches I help manage. While viewing these vast landholdings from above, I am afforded the opportunity to see just how well the de... 1/12/2010 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1208 Uvalde has always been recognized for its abundance and diversity of wildlife, and it’s now becoming recognized as the place to come in order to prepare for a career in wildlife management.   From Hereford to Brownsville , students interested in becoming wildlife managers are relocating to... 12/30/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1207 Clad in camouflage head to toe and situated underneath a leafed-out Huisache tree on the Texas Mexico border, I cranked up the volume of my electronic game caller.   As the sound of a distressed cottontail belched out of the speaker, I prepared my .17mm for any coyote interested in checking out... 12/30/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1171 By noon on our fifth day in South Africa, we were on the third leg of our African adventure. This time we were heading to the Baviaans River Valley in the Eastern Cape and Andrew Pringle’s huge family ranch.             Followin... 10/6/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1139 My heart rate escalated upon each and every calorie-burning step up the steep rocky slope.  If I did not know better, I would have thought I was hunting sheep in Wyoming, but I was now over 10,000 miles from my Texas home in search of the unique vaal rhebok in the Stormberg Mountains of southea... 8/12/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1138 As the seasons click by; anyone who bowhunts can relate to the building anticipation of the quickly approaching hunting season.  The trail cameras are set, food plots are planted or getting planted, and I’ve been laying in-bed at night thinking of exactly where I need to get my stands trimmed a... 8/12/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1115          Ocala, Florida resident David Shashy and I have been friends and hunting companions for a long time.  We met in 1987 when he hunted with me on one of my South Texas deer hunting operations and have remained family since that time.  Over... 6/15/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1107 Just a short drive north of Corpus Christi is the small town of Berclair .   What makes this town, described as a wide spot in the road, so special is the fact that it is the home of whitetail deer biologist and close friend, Al Brothers.   Now to the under 50-year-old age crowd, t... 6/10/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1104 The Nueces River rises up in Real County not 50 miles north of my home in Uvalde in the Edwards Plateau and empties some 315 miles south into the Gulf of Mexico.  As this river winds through the desert-like region of South Texas, it represents a lifeline for a plethora of birds and mammals.&nbs... 5/21/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1090 As a large number of bass fishermen with elaborate boats in tow headed west to fish the bass-rich environment of Amistad Lake, only an hour’s ride west of my home town of Uvalde, my wife, Jan, and I were making the two-hour drive north to the quaint little town of new Braunfels, where we would meet ... 4/2/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1079 As Pecos belted out his best imitation of an injured rabbit, I laid on my side prepared for action. Not five minutes later, a coyote exploded from the thorny brush only steps from us. With the crosshairs on the predator’s shoulder, I fired. The coyote levitated from the ground upon impact and vanish... 2/28/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1066 With the Texas deer season over, quail hunting represents an excellent excuse to spend time in the brush, and that’s just what I did on the third weekend in January. The hunt actually started on Friday the 23rd when my friend Harry Jacobson called to inform me that he, along with three of his Englis... 2/2/2009 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1055      The brush land paralleling both sides of the Rio Grande River, south of Del Rio, Texas, is considered a harsh environment with a plethora of brush species characterized by sharp thorns and spines. Life there depends on rainfall, and denizens of the brush must often deal with... 12/24/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1047      As I walked over the sparsely-vegetated, windswept grain field towards my vehicle, my mind was in a quandary as to which part of the ranch I would search first. My objective was to locate a particular buck I had spotted two weeks earlier, but after pursuing whitetails for 33 year... 12/12/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=1007      October represents the advent of another deer season with thousands of sportsmen gravitating to local grain fields and water holes to initiate the new hunting season in pursuit of dove.  Like every September, I get to spend some quality time with my daughters whom, by t... 10/14/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=982             I attended the 10 th annual Texas Deer Association convention in San Antonio on August 22-24.   As chairman of the antler scoring committee, I solicited the help of my students Javier Hernandez, Dan Brock, Andy Beard,... 8/29/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=965      The 10th annual Texas Deer Association convention will take place on August 21 to August 23rd in San Antonio, Texas. One of the highlights of this convention is the antler contest - I serve as chairman of the scoring committee. Although most deer are scored at the convention... 8/18/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=962     As Hurricane Dolly developed strength in the Gulf of Mexico, my fishing companion, son-in-law Paul Ede, and I traveled south 200 miles to fish the bays around Padre Island.  Upon our late afternoon arrival on the 21st, we found Josh and his dad Steve, owners of Xtreme Outdoor... 7/30/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=961 One of the most highly anticipated summer events for Texas deer hunting advocates is the Texas Trophy Hunters Extravaganza, which took place in San Antonio during the second weekend in July.  My wife Jan and I made a short day of it attending the popular event.     A byproduct of... 7/25/2008