Lone Star Outdoor Show

Rabbit Hemorrhagic Disease isn't native to North America. However, in 2017 it was detected in British Columbia and has since made it's way down throughout the Southwest (Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, Texas and even California) where in some cases tens of thousands of wild rabbits have been discovered dead. Texas Parks and Wildlife Chief Veterinarian [...]

What to do with all that pork? That is the question that many hunters face a night of thermal or aerial hog control. This week we discuss the limitations the USDA has placed on the donation of feral hog meat to organizations like Hunters for the Hungry, local food banks and shelters etc. Outfitters Charles [...]

Our longtime friend, author and wild game chef extraordinaire Hank Shaw makes his return to the show this week. We discuss regional pastimes such as mushroom hunting and bleeding venison in ice water. Also on the table is what to do with silver skin (are there situations you should leave it on?), low and slow [...]

Amid the Coronavirus pandemic, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service cancelled the annual Waterfowl Breeding Population and Habitat Survey for the first time in 55 years. Ducks Unlimited Scientist Dr. Mike Brasher gives is his take on what the lost year of date means for waterfowl hunters. Also we take a look at two of [...]

You've likely been told that eating raw freshwater fish is extremely dangerous. But is that really accurate information? MeatEater Fishing Editor Sam Lungren has done much research on the topic. He joins me this week to discuss this topic in depth. We look at some of the common parasites and bacteria found in raw fish [...]

Republicans occupying the Oval Office generally means a downturn in gun sales and that trend continued with the Trump Administration. However, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, gun sales have sky rocketed to unprecedented levels, so much so that firearm manufacturers can't keep up with the current demand. Mossberg Firearm's Linda Powell makes her return to [...]

Our good friend and First Lite Community Manager Kevin Harlander makes his return to the show. We discuss how the Covid 19 Pandemic is affecting the hunting retail industry. We also hit on cancelled hunting trips due to the pandemic. Plus, spring turkey and black bear, the 2020 First Lite line up and the worst [...]

Lifelong outdoorsman Jarrod Ballard was enjoying a casual walk through the turkey woods during Virginia's opening morning when his life was nearly taken due to another hunter's negligence. Jarrod joins me to discuss the events of April 11th. He lost so much blood that he actually bottomed out while being care flighted to a Charleston [...]

Fishing and Hunting guides and outfitters have been hit hard by the Coronavirus pandemic. That hasn't kept Captain Len Girard off the water however. The salty old seadog checks in for our semi regular report from the coast.

Dallas Safari Club Executive Director Corey Mason makes his return to the show this week. We discuss the state of the global hunting community due to the current pandemic. What advice does Corey have for those of us with hunts already booked that require travel, even international travel? Also, we dive into the anti hunting [...]

Justin Rokohl's life forever changed on June 20th, 2008 when his Humvee was hit by an IED while fighting in Afghanistan. The explosion cost him both of his legs, but the south Texas native never let that slow him down. It was an honor to have Corporal Rokohl join me this week to talk about [...]

Another video of a feral hog being blown up as a crowd of "hunters" (I use that term loosely) hooted and hollered went viral recently. Maybe you enjoy seeing that, I for one wish hunters would be more cognizant of the material they put into the public forum. Ultimately the public forum is where we [...]

Sometimes hunters make an honest mistake. My friend Jeff Jackson found out the hard way that even an honest mistake will result in TPWD throwing the book at you. He ended up losing this 226 inch high fence buck which we all agree the law is black and white. But what happened after that seems [...]

We start off today's show by visiting with renown author, blogger, dietician and film producer Diana Rogers (@SustainableDish) to discuss the issues with vegan ideology. What would really happen to a world where humans only consumed plants and chemically engineered fake meat substitutes? Diana is student of the earth and it's renewable resources. She often [...]

If you've followed real country music over the past 20 years then you know few can pen a song better than Chris Knight. So it was a treat to have Chris in studio along with Austin Cunningham (a great songwriter in his own right). We take a listen to a few new tunes off the [...]

Marion Julius always loved having different animals on the family's Illinois farm. So it was no surprise to his son Kent when he brought home a black bear cub. 9 years later, the bear (named Clifford) had reached a massive 1,000 lbs. Marion often performed tricks with Clifford and was at ease when in the [...]

The tough conversations are never easy to have. This week former Texas Back Country Hunters & Anglers Board Members Abe Bullman and Austin Brown join me in studio to discuss why the ultimately stepped down from their roles on the board. I also try to get to the bottom of the chapter's "Hunt Real Deer" [...]

Reckless Kelly has been on the Americana/Red Dirt scene for over 20 years. Not much has changed as Willy and Cody Braun are still pumping out great tunes two decades later. The elder Braun brothers join me in studio this week to play a few songs of their upcoming double album "American Jackpot/American Girls" which [...]

Chronic Wasting Disease has long been a hot topic of conversation among the wildlife management and hunting community. In recent weeks however, it has come to the forefront again through a series of assaults on Texas hunting culture. I.E., is labeling both high fences and breeder operations as CWD threats to the rest of our [...]

We kick things off with Micky and Gary Braun of Micky and the Motorcars. The boys play a few tunes off their new record "Long Time Comin". Plus we discuss a little back country hunting with the Idaho natives. Gary actually guided archery elk hunts as a younger man. Also, why do westerners call a [...]

Over the course of 11 hours, Carlos Mandragon captured one of the most incredible struggles I've ever seen. Certainly the most fascinating series of trail camera images that I've come across. Carlos joins me to talk about what he caught on his Stealth Cam at the Rancho Buena Vista earlier this month. Like I've always [...]

From rice breast (parasitic infection) in ducks to abscesses, disease, and infection in cervids...what does a hunter do when they harvest a tainted animal? We visit with Texas Parks and Wildlife Law Enforcement Chief of Staff and TPWD Whitetail Deer Program Leader Alan Cain on the topic. There is so much misinformation out there and [...]

When I got the text of a big male cougar in a snare last week, I figured someone had sent it to my longtime buddy Chisum Cooke. The next text I got was of his old man (and my friend) Lee Cooke bear hugging the 135 lb South Texas tom and I realized that cat [...]

The genre bending sound of Shane Smith and The Saints can't be defined by Red Dirt nor can it be considered Americana. Whatever you want to call it, I personally believe they're one of the best things country music has seen in some time. I am thrilled to have Shane join the broadcast this week [...]

Common sense tells deer hunters that a management plan based on removinginferior racked or 'cull' bucks from the gene pool would ultimately lead to an overall increase in antler production within a property. However, recent research doesn't back that assertion up. QDMA (Quality Deer Management Association) Communications Director and longtime whitetail writer Lindsay Thomas joins [...]