en-us http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal.aspx?id=80 10 Journals 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 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=955     Since the theme of my wildlife consulting business is to work with, not for, people, I have a rather large number of friends associated with my business.  One of my good friends is Dwight Belicek, ranch manager for the McCall 501 Ranch located south of Uvalde.  Dwight... 7/11/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=915 On Friday afternoon, the 11th of April, accompanied by my wife Jan, I headed 133 miles south to Laredo, Texas where we met up with Mexican wildlife biologist Israel Tamez, who transported us across the International Bridge spanning the Rio Grande in order to attend the 20th ANGADI Convention in Nuev... 5/1/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=898 Spring Break was spent traveling. It started on Saturday, March 15 when my wife Jan and I traveled south to the Broken Bow Ranch where we attended the wedding of my friend, ranch owner Bow Carpenter. Sitting on hay bales neatly aligned near one of the beautiful lakes on the ranch at sundown, we witn... 4/3/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=879 On February 8 and 9 I attended the Texas Deer Association’s third annual deer auction at the San Antonio Livestock Show and Rodeo. Obviously, things are changing when deer enter the auction ring and close to a million dollars is generated from the event. Other than a projected mage of the deer being... 2/27/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=870 For a change of scenery during the hunting season and my college teaching schedule, my daughter Nan’s husband Paul and I spent a couple of days in early January fishing for trout, in all places, Texas. Not a half hour north of San Antonio, Texas, Paul and I enjoyed some incredible trout fishing... 2/11/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=849 My December started out in Mexico where I conducted an aerial deer survey on several ranches entailing some 40,000 acres. As I entered the brush lands on the other side of the Rio Grande, it was obvious that the normally desert-like environment benefited from the generous rainfall throughout 2007. ... 1/3/2008 http://huntingnet.com/fieldjournal/fieldjournal_detail.aspx?nID=269 Deer hunting has always been a big part of our family’s activities. The pursuit of those elusive whitetails allowed us to spend many hours together enjoying quality family time that is often overlooked in this rapid-paced society.  Possibly the most unique thing about my family of hunters is th... 9/6/2007