Written: 05/13/2011 00:03 by: treece4 View

By Don Grogan This story begins at our DWWC January meeting with a membership contest drawing. I won a quail hunt for two at Upland Bird Country near Corsicana, Texas. My thoughts immediately went to: ?Maybe my 87 year old father, Barney Grogan, would like to go on this hunt with me.? My Dad’s las...

Written: 04/27/2010 12:28 by: FCONKLE View

Back in 2002, my oldest son was hired to remodel some living quarters on a south Texas ranch. The owner wanted to be able to offer trophy deer hunts and needed the facilities to be upgraded. I went down there to help him, and we worked every day until about 4 o'clock. After that, we were free to u...

Written: 02/01/2010 22:03 by: treece4 View

by Bobby Buff I have raised and hunted beagles, hounds, retrievers and pointing dogs for hunting as well as a couple of stock dogs for working cattle. I guess all dog people that raise pups with the hopes of hunting them look forward to the day when they come of age, or the proverbial light comes ...

Written: 01/11/2010 13:26 by: SaltyDog View

The other day we took our friend Nais (pronounced “Nye-eese) to the pistol range. Nais is a young schoolteacher friend of ours from Taekwondo. Formerly dating a Border Patrol Agent (also a friend of ours), she has developed a desire to shoot guns. Heck, I don’t see how anybody wouldn’t want to s...

Written: 01/04/2010 11:55 by: SaltyDog View

  Your dog would die for you. You would not do the same for him -Quote from my good friend CB I swore I’d never have another dog. Forget the bird dog, German Shorthaired Pointer thing. Just no dog. Not after Nikko. And that was almost twenty years ago. Even though every year the girls alwa...

Written: 01/03/2010 22:25 by: SaltyDog View

Greetings from Latitude 26! Just a short introduction then I'll get down to the meat. I'm a licensed 100 ton Captain here in the very tip of Texas, just a couple of miles from the border. First and formost I'm a husband and dad who loves my family. And all the things that God put on this earth. I...

Written: 10/11/2009 18:28 by: Paleo View

  As a kid there were two skills I mainly learned from my father, how to work and how to hunt. My father was in the army, I remember him talking once about the $800 he got a month and where it was to be used. Needless to say we didn't have a lot but by hunting and raising a garden we ate pretty goo...

Written: 08/28/2009 12:32 by: ggonzales View

    I wanted to take the time to share my thoughts and feelings on how sporting artist such as John P. Cowan and John Dearman have inspired me to follow my outdoor passions.  I still remeber the first time I saw a Cowan painting at a Doctor's office and I was blown away by the detail that made the ...