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'SHOOTING' TURKEYS

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Last week, I was in the turkey woods well before daylight. The day promised to be perfect for a spring turkey hunt, calm winds that would allow the sound of my plaintive hen yelps to carry back into the woods where I knew several turkeys had roosted. I had “put them to bed” the previous evening while scouting. Several gobblers sounded off from their roost tree just before dark to my owl hoots. The stage was set this morning for a close encounter with one or more boss gobblers as I placed Henrietta, my plastic hen decoy, about 25 yards out in front of the brushy fence line I intended to use to conceal myself from what I hoped to be a close encounter. Henrietta had helped me dupe many a gobbler in past years and I placed her in a prominent spot in front of my blind so that an approaching gobbler would spot her from quite a distance and hopefully close the distance and offer me a close “shot”.

TPWD Commission approves 2024-25 statewide regulations

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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission (TPWD) have approved hunting regulations for the 2024-25 season with the following modifications and clarifications to 2024-25 Statewide Hunting and Migratory Game Bird proclamations: — Eliminate the Light Goose Conservation Order from both eastern and western zones due to continuous declines of wintering light geese in Texas.
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OLDER SPORTSMEN HAVE MORE FUN

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There was a time back when I was in my 20s and 30s that I thought I would be hanging up my hunting and fishing gear when I reached those magic ‘golden years’. I used to dread turning 60 and then, 70, because I truly thought I would be on the front porch in a rocking chair reminiscing about all the great times I had in the outdoors as a young man.

POLICE BLOTTER

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Terrell Police made the following arrests and responded to the following incidents from April 2 through April 11. Arrests: Jahmal Dominique Clay, Terrell, 32, criminal trespass Damien Jamal Palmer, Terrell, 30, warrant Benjamin Duane Lindsey, Terrell, 45, warrant Christian Anthony Bickham, Terrell, 39, warrant Amanda R.