Center Roughriders Stadium, September 8, 2017 -

The No. 2 ranked Gilmer Buckeyes rolled to a convincing 56-17 win over the hometown Center Roughriders on Friday, at Roughrider Stadium during Centers’ Senior Night game.

September 8, 2017 - The Texas Big Game Awards Program recently announced rule changes that will make deer taken on properties where pen-raised, Trap / Transport / Transplant and / or Deer Management Permit deer have been released since March 1, 2017 ineligible for entry in the program's scored entry category. The rule will apply to those properties for five years from the last release date.

September 7, 2017 - I visited my crop-duster friend Wayne Smith in Edgerly, La. last week. I first saw Wayne back in the 80’s when he flew his Ag-Cat Crop-duster over a field where I was photographing birds. He was flying low enough for me to see the cigar in his mouth.

September 6, 2017 - There's an old saying among fishermen that you don't necessarily need the biggest boat on the water to catch the biggest fish. In fact, there are times when a small rig like an aluminum jon boat can definitely be better.

Way better.

September 6, 2017 College Station, Texas — Texas A&M Forest Service is accepting applications for the 2017 Southern Pine Beetle Prevention Program. Through this cost-share program eligible forest landowners can receive financial and technical assistance related to reducing the threat of future SPB infestations and outbreaks.

Funds provided by USDA Forest Service-Region 8 and Forest Health Protection can assist landowners with conducting first thin operations in overly dense, pulpwood size pine stands in 23 East Texas counties.