Water hickory trees as the name implies grow and reproduce vigorously wet areas of the coastal plains of the Atlantic and Gulf as far west as Texas. They are also found in the Mississippi valley as far north as Illinois. Timber value is very low. Water hickory are easily confused with pecan. Their fruits are … Read more
Red Snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) reach a maximum size of ~50 pounds. Red Snapper, as the name implies, have a somewhat reddish color. A more descriptive adjective would probably be rose colored. The young have a large dark spot just below the back part of the dorsal fin. Red Snapper range from Massachusetts down to Florida … Read more
Here is an awesome buck taken by Darryl Krumholt. This buck was taken by bow on the Tunica Hills WMA in West Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. Darryl has been hunting the Tunica Hills WMA for years, ever since it opened. This is just one of the bucks he has taken over the years. Tunica Hills WMA … Read more
Black Cherry – Prunus serotina: A small to medium sized tree. Leaf: Alternate, 2 to 5 inches long, oval to oblong, lance-shaped. Margins are finely serrated, dark green and lustrous above, paler below; usually with a dense yellowish-brown, pubescence along mid-rib. Flower: White racemes appear when leaves are half to newly formed. Flowers May to July. … Read more
They average amount of blood in a deer or any other animal is 1 ounce of blood per # of body weight. Example 160# = 5 quarts of blood. (Live weight). The amount of blood loss to affect a deer, not including any body injury, is approximately 32 ounces. Death occurs after about 45 ounces … Read more
Tony Cantrell took this beauty on Nov. 9th 2002 of the Kansas deer season. “I had hunted the spot 3 different times and only glimpsed a 6 point buck. I knew a good buck was in the area and with the rut approaching I figured our paths would cross sooner or later if I was … Read more
This catfish was found in the St. Lucie River in Florida. It is 9 inches long. A large catfish was seen floating dead in the river and the tail of this catfish was seen sticking out of its mouth. The smaller catfish had impaled the large catfish in the head while being swallowed. This resulted … Read more
Inshore Lizardfish inhabit the shallow sand and mud bottoms of the inshore waters of the Western Atlantic Ocean. There range extends from Massachusetts to Brazil including the Gulf of Mexico. But Inshore Lizardfish are uncommon in the northern part of their range. Inshore Lizardfish are a relatively small fish reaching lengths of about 18 inches … Read more
Hunting is primarily a cold weather sport that is awakened by the falling of leaves and the blowing of those cold north winds. Hunters’ closets are filled with cold weather gear all covered in their favorite camo patterns, just waiting for the first chilly day to be used in that long awaited hunt. The great … Read more
The stocky hawkfish is the largest of the hawkfishes and are plenitfully found amoung shallow coral reefs from the Red Sea, East Africa Eastward to the the Marquesan Islands and Mangareva, also north to Japan and East to the Hawaiian Islands. The species is also found in the atlantic ocean near the southern tip of … Read more