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Game Cameras, Tools in Wildlife Management

November 04, 2009

A good hunter or outdoors person can usually do some pre-season scouting and get a pretty good idea of the number of deer using an area or feeder. As you scout you are looking for sign that may tell you where a big buck might be hanging out. You see the large tracks, rubs on trees, the scrapes and worn trails, all telling you a story of what is happening and when. But, now hunters are using a new tool to help them do their scouting.

Not Your Ordinary Pig

November 04, 2009

Many of you are all too familiar with feral pigs and their destructive nature. Javelina (Pecari tajacu), also known as collared peccaries, are cousins to the pig (Sus scrofa). Javelina are native to this continent, unlike true pigs. Javelina and pigs both belong to the same Phylogenetic Order (Suiformes), but belong to different Families so they cannot interbreed. Javelina are native to Texas, New Mexico & Arizona in the U.S. In Texas, javelina are most commonly associated with the southern and western portions of the state, but are also present in parts of Central Texas.

First time on stand

October 21, 2009

It was my first opportunity to bow hunt this year but excitement and confidence waned a bit as I watched the smoke from the burn barrel. There was little consistency to the wind direction and this would drastically cut the chances of a twenty yard or less encounter with a deer or pig.