Growing up I collected Star Wars and baseball trading cards. Now I’m on a trading card! My love of mysterious animals landed me a spot on some special trading cards put out in celebration of “Cryptoalooza” a mysterious wildlife-centered event I spoke at in Jefferson last weekend. The card as you can see features me...
Last week I had the great privilege of visiting a farm in Southeast Texas that raises red kangaroos. My wife Lisa and I and are young friends Rachel and Abby got to film a clip for my God’s Outdoors with Chester Moore project and I got to shoot some good photos. What blew me...
This is from the official press release I am sending out to the industry next week. As always I try to share things with the Texas Fish & Game universe first. I would not be where I am in this business with out Roy and Ardia Neves, Don Zaidle and the loyal readers of...
This is the fourth installment of my best of SHOT 2012 series. Johnny Stewart Game Calls has a new game-calling unit called the Executioner. The name alone makes me think this is a cool item but there is much more. It has wireless remote with a range of 300 yards. It features 100 preloaded...
There are lots of dangerous snakes in the world but in my opinion one stands out as being the very baddest. Yes, it is highly venomous but others are worse. This snake is super fast and aggressive so besides delivering a deadly bite, it is hard to get away from. Can you identify this...
For those of you who checked out my entry yesterday, the snake in question was a gaboon viper. These are SUPER BAD snakes. Hailing from south-central Africa, they are super venomous and highly dangerous. Gaboon vipers average 3-6 feet in length can weigh nearly 20 pounds. Their super-thick bodies are full of powerful muscles...
This is one seriously bad snake. Can anyone name the species? If someone gets it today I will do another post tomorrow with more details.
Sheepshead are known for their unusual teeth but this one tops them all. My good friend Marcus Heflin’s son Justin caught this one in the Neches River while we were hammering them along with black drum a couple of years ago. Someone needs to cue “Dueling Banjos” from Deliverance about now.
Wolves! Come check out my latest lecture: Mysterious Howls: The Surprising Story of Wolves in Southeast Texas and Southwest Louisiana It will be held at Shangri-La Botanical Gardens Discovery Theater 7 p.m. Tuesday Oct. 25. The event is free but seating is limited. Call 670-9799 to RSVP and do so quickly. All of my...
Tarpon are without question of the most majestic fish swimming the waters of the Texas Gulf Coast. I recently had the opportunity to photograph some tarpon was completely stoked to captured this super cool photo. I could go into great, descriptive detail about these fascinating fish known as the “silver king” but I think...