Texas History

Developing your turkey hunting skills

Developing your turkey hunting skills

In this episode we continue or series, Turkey Strategies, in which we are reviewing the book Complete Turkey Hunting by Outdoor Life. In this one we learn about how to lay the foundation to become a master turkey hunter. As with anything it starts with the basics and...

Leave The Swamp: TEXIT Ep 8: Chapter 4, Project Fear

Leave The Swamp: TEXIT Ep 8: Chapter 4, Project Fear

We continue our series reviewing the book, TEXIT. This episode begins explaining the most common knee-jerk arguments against permanent separation and analyzes the strategy of those against called "Project Fear". Enjoy!...

Interpreting the body language of the whitetail

Interpreting the body language of the whitetail

In this episode we continue our series, Whitetail Strategies, where we learn how to interpret the body language of deer to make ourselves better hunters. We also learn about the Texas secession convention of 1861. Enjoy! Stock media provided by Artmuns / Pond5

About the North American Turkey

About the North American Turkey

In this episode seeing as how it is mid-January we are going to start a new series learning all about Turkey. We are a few months out from turkey season opening up so that gives us a good runway to refresh what we know and gain a few new pointers for when we all head...

The Dawn Flighting, a duck hunting story

The Dawn Flighting, a duck hunting story

In this episode, we get back to a series we started a long time ago covering stories from the hunting classic "The Greatest Hunting Stories Ever Told." We also discuss how Austin officially became the capital of Texas. Enjoy! Stock media provided by Artmuns / Pond5

The deer crime of 1943

The deer crime of 1943

In this episode we discuss a little Texas history as well as a hunting "crime" that occurred in Wisconsin back in the day that is a warning for us hunters not to tip the balance of nature in any one direction as it will cause severe repercussions and unintended...

Using scent to your advantage, a key whitetail strategy

Using scent to your advantage, a key whitetail strategy

In this episode we continue our review of the book, Whitetail Strategies, talking about the importance of paying close attention to your scent and using the deer's scents to your advantage. We also learn about the Bexar Remonstrances and the Annexation of Texas to the...