Texas Fish & Game
Texas game wardens investigate killing of 11-foot alligator
HARKER HEIGHTS, Texas (AP) – Game wardens are investigating the killing of an 11-foot alligator along the Lampasas (lam-PA’-sis) River.
Texas Parks & Wildlife Department Lt. Billy Champlin said Thursday that two people who were fishing called an agency hotline to report they euthanized the gator.
Champlin says the callers said they were fishing for catfish with a drop line when the alligator got hung up on a hook, and they had to put the gator down. The callers Wednesday led a game warden to the carcass above Stillhouse Hollow Reservoir, near Harker Heights.
Champlin did not say how the alligator was killed. The carcass was retrieved as evidence.
Alligator hunters must be licensed, have the landowner’s permission and secure a tag purchased upon harvest of the animal. Alligator hunting season runs April through June.
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Trappers Release Bear Caught in Coyote Trap (VIDEO)
These coyote trappers had quite an unexpected animal waiting for them.
A black bear indadvertedly got caught in these coyote hunter’s trap. That’s a slightly larger animal than this trapper family was expecting.
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Alaska anglers reel in interesting catch
In 35 years as a fisherman, Jim Eastwood has only seen seven skilfish.
...Video: Australian Man Catches Shark with His Bare Hands
Brace yourselves for what appears to be a display of one of the most Australian things one can possibly do. After spotting a shark in some shallow water near the city of Mackay, the man in the video below apparently decided that the best possible thing he could do was trudge out toward it and manhandle it a bit.
We’d like to see him try the same with a great white.
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Pennsylvania Officials Confirm Rare Cancer in Smallmouth Bass
Officials from the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC) announced on Monday that laboratory results have returned for a single smallmouth bass caught in the middle Susquehanna River late last year. The fish, which was harvested by an angler and eventually delivered to the PFBC, had a large and unsightly growth on its lower lip. Tests results confirmed it to be a malignant tumor, the first of its kind ever seen in the state.
...Gulf Shrimp Season Closing on Friday, May 15th
AUSTIN – The Gulf of Mexico commercial shrimp season for both Texas and federal waters will close 30 minutes after sunset on May 15 until a still-to-be determined time in July.
...Game Warden Field Notes
The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.
...Big Catch- Jr.Lake Record
Cody caught his 58 lb 8 oz blue cat March 10, which is a junior lake record for him at Tawakoni. This make a 3rd junior lake record in Texas for this young fisherman since 2011.
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Big bass likes dough bait of Wheaties and Strawberry Soda.
My son, Darren, caught this 8 pound Largemouth bass in a private pond near Aledo, Texas while fishing for Channel Catfish using dough bait made of Wheaties and Strawberry Soda. What a surprise!
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Twin Record White Bass
Ryan and Jackson Graves caught these 2 record white bass on Boerne Lake.
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Big Bass 10.8 lbs
Pete Lawson, 5/5/2007, Toledo Bend, Water melon red brush hog, Texas rigged, 10.8 lbs
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42″ Red Drum
Team member, Walter Colton, caught this 42″ red drum while surf fishing in Sargent, TX. – Just Bitten Shark Fishing Team
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Video: African Warthog Nearly Stumbles into Blind, Shot at One Yard
Brian “Pigman” Quaca has seen a lot of pigs in his life, but his closest experience was during a recent bowhunting trip in Africa when a warthog decided to investigate his blind. At less than a yard, Brian scored his closest ever kill with a bow.
“Dust is flying, the pig was so damn close that I actually jumped back,” Brian said during the video…
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Arkansas Angler Catches Piranha, Nearly Loses Finger
The Arkansas Game and Fish Commission (GFC) has confirmed that a piranha was caught in Lake Bentonville last week, and it nearly took a finger along with it.
According to 5News, Robert Headley reeled in the fish after mistaking it for a large perch. After removing the hook (and nearly being bitten in the process) and noting the fish’s shape and large teeth, the angler contacted wildlife officials and a GFC biologist arrived at the lake to examine the creature…
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WATCH: Helicopter Hog Hunting…with a Bow
Check out this video from PigmanTV taking down a hog from a helicopter with a compound bow:
The video description states:
In this scene taken from Season 4 (2013) of Leupold’s Pigman: the Series, Pigman successfully takes the first ever confirmed kill with a compound bow from a helicopter on film. This episode, filmed in Texas, served as the feature event of Sportsman Channel’s Aporkalypse Next programming campaign.
This could be footage of the first ever compound bow kill from a helicopter.
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Canvass Care: Extend Your T-Top Life by Years
Canvass, whether it’s stretched out across your T-top or it merely covers your boat when not in use, is one of those things we expect to replace. We know it has a limited lifetime, and eventually will start ripping, leaking, and sagging. What many boaters don’t realize is that this lifetime can be extended—by several years—by taking a few simple steps.
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