It’s official – all four Bass Champs Texas Regions have now begun. The North Region kicked off February 4th on Cedar Creek with 160 teams vying for a portion of the 105% tournament payback. Every ounce counted as weights were stacked tight! Lee Yowell and Brian Schott came out on top to win over $25,000.

Protection of fishing, hunting, and shooting on national forest and public lands has taken a step forward with the Senate introduction of the Recreational Fishing and Hunting Heritage and Opportunities Act.

I have a 4200 acre lease in crockett county 16 miles north west of ozona, texas. We have managed this property for the past 5 yrs and have had good results. I need 10 hunters, guest are allowed with restrictions. However if I cannot fill the full lease than we can divide the lease and hunter requirements. There are a lot of deer and turkey, the quail are having a hard time due to drought conditions. The camping area has water and electricity, electric bill will be split between all paying hunters after season. The country is heavy cedar and misquite w/rolling country and a wet weather draw that runs thru the middle of the property. The land owner has told me that the property was stocked with south texas deer in the 60's and at one time had the largest deer in the county. The genetics are there and we have seen trophy class deer each year we have hunted the lease. I need to have commited hunters by April in order to hold this property, I know the land owner and he has told me that he was removing the hunters this season because they would not allow the bucks to reach 4-5 yrs. of age. He has told me that if I can get the hunters he is more than willing to lease the property to me long term.

Last week, a federal district court in Washington, D.C. issued a ruling upholding an Obama administration policy that requires federally licensed firearms retailers in states bordering Mexico to report multiple sales of semi-automatic rifles.  The case was brought by two NRA-backed firearms retailers and by the National Shooting Sports Foundation acting on behalf of its affected members. 

Moments before this alert was to go out (1/13/12), a federal district court in Washington, D.C. issued a ruling upholding an Obama administration policy that requires federally licensed firearms retailers in states bordering Mexico to report multiple sales of semi-automatic rifles.