Mar 06 2013
By JIM FOSTER Special to the Parade In spite of all the tropical plants and birds and in relation to the Gulf of Mexico, we do live in a desert – the Wild Horse Desert to be exact. Tales from the generations before us tell of dry years and how important water is to the …
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Feb 27 2013
By JIM FOSTER Special to the Parade Fact: The white-wing dove is a Mexican and South Texas Bird. Over the last decade the species has moved in a slow exodus to establish new colonies and new territories in the northern part of the state. However, this is the area that was most popular for years …
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Feb 14 2013
By JIM FOSTER Special to the Parade Many anglers and boaters have had the frustration of spending an hour or better cutting an abandoned and unseen crap trap from their lower unit and prop. In addition, these traps are death boxes for many game as well as non-game species. These scenes and deaths can be …
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Feb 07 2013
By JIM FOSTER Special to the Parade Unless you live in a shell, I would think you have heard all the Winter Texan jokes. These jokes, sometimes funny and sometimes not, are along the lines of some jokes about a certain Texas university and ethnic areas with Polish populations. Well, jokes are jokes but getting down …
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Jan 31 2013
By JIM FOSTER Special to the Parade If you were to listen in on conversations between fishermen the number one question asked on the dock or in the tackle shops would be, “What did you catch them on?” In this case, the answer is a lure. There are basically four types of artificial lures. These …
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