First time offered for hunting lease: 320 acre ranch about 15 miles west of Robert Lee, Texas.

• Brush provides habitat for game, while 100 recently cleared acres provide wide shooting lanes throughout the property.
• Hills on three sides provide elevations for long sporting shots.
• Wet weather creek. A pond holds water except during drought periods.
• Electricity and water well with hydrant and stock watering trough.
• Total cost is $3200.00 per year, which may be shared among a maximum of three hunters.
• Guests allowed, but total annual bag limit may not exceed that for three hunters.
• The property is also leased for livestock ranching.
• Hunters provide their own deer feeders, if desired.
• All legal game hunting allowed.

On March 5, Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar announced that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) had decided that the greater sage-grouse was warranted for listing under the Endangered Species Act (ESA), but that the listing is precluded at this time due to higher priority listing actions, according to the Wildlife Management Institute. The decision establishes sage-grouse as a candidate species and allows states to continue to manage the species, including managed hunting where appropriate.

A controversy has erupted in the sport fishing community over a new federal management plan for oceans and Great Lakes waters. Recent opinion pieces circulating on the internet and reported on numerous radio stations have stoked the flames through revelations that the policy, if implemented, would prohibit recreational fishing within vast areas of public water.

More than 1,250 archers competed in 31 categories during the Hoyt Pro/Am Tour Friday through Sunday at Uchee Creek for prizes totaling $100,000.  Archers shot 40 targets. The 3-D foam targets included antelopes, deer, boars and wolves. The archers shot at known and unknown distances during the event.

We are now booking dates for the upcoming 2010-2011 hunting season. Visit our website at www.halsellranchgamehunts.com and choose your package to hunt whitetail, feral hogs, and quail.