Athens Angler Tops 1,100 in Berkley Event at Fork
November 3, 2017 - Haslet-based Bass Champs closed out its 2017 season this month with its two-day team championship on the Red River out of Shreveport, La. and the 12th annual Berkley Big Bass event at Lake Fork.
Corey and Craig Waldrop took the top spot in the Red River championship with 10 bass weighing 21.81 pounds, while Brian Schott and Scott Gill grabbed second with 20.39 pounds. Both teams won Skeeter bass boats and bonus cash.
On Fork, Allen Teague topped a field of 1,100 anglers with a 9.95 pounder that earned him a fully rigged Skeeter ZX 200 and $1,000 in hourly bonus cash. The tournament produced five more bass over 24 inches, including a pair of eight pounders, a seven pounder and two six pounders.
Deer, duck, quail hunters all busy in November
November is a busy month for Texas hunters as white-tailed deer, duck and goose seasons all get underway during the first two weeks of the month.
The statewide general deer season and duck and goose seasons in the South, East and West zones get underway simultaneously on Nov. 4 while the North Zone duck season begins on Nov. 11.
Another game in play is the statewide quail season, which got underway on Oct. 28. While the quail hunting forecast is not near as favorable as last season following one of the most robust production years in recent times, biologists believe good carry over of adult birds combined with last summer's hatch could lead to some banner hunts on properties with good habitat.
Big Time Hunt winners announced
Marcus Dennis of Lindsay is this year's winner of the Texas Grand Slam hunting package given away by computer draw as part of the TPWD's Big Time Texas Hunts program.
Dennis' name was selected from thousands who anted up the Grand Slam, which includes four separate guided hunts for the state’s top four premier big game species – desert bighorn sheep, white-tailed deer, pronghorn and mule deer.
The full list of winners in eight additional hunt categories were announced on Oct. 27. According to TPWD reports, hunters bought nearly 84,000 Big Time Texas Hunt entries generating more than $774,000 to support wildlife research, habitat management and public hunting.
Other winners in this year's BTTH drawings are as follows:
* Ultimate Mule Deer Hunt – David Pulk, Double Oak
* Premium Buck Hunt – Hans Schroeder, Houston
* Exotic Safari – Franklin Catrett, Albany, GA
* Whitetail Bonanza – William Glover, Boerne; Clyde Kesling, McKinney; Sam Lawless, El Paso; Chris Daniels, Magnolia, MS; Steve Howell, Blanco; and William Weiser, Lexington
* Big Time Bird Hunt – Thomas Blakeney, Canyon
* Gator Hunt – William Howard, Coppell
* Texas Waterfowl Hunt – Andrew Lillie, Houston
* Wild Hog Adventure – Gregory Wise, Edna
