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Are Deer in COVID’s Crosshairs?

Deer hunting in Texas is a source of recreation, and it also provides economic benefits to the state. (Texas A&M AgriLife photo)

Are Deer in COVID’s Crosshairs?

With deer hunting a major recreational activity and economic benefit to the Texas economy, understanding more about the nexus of hunters, deer and the possibility of zoonotic disease transmission is important in ensuring the industry’s overall safety and sustainability.

Deer season: It’s a wrap

Luke enjoyed a late season muzzleloader hunt with his buddy Jeff Rice (Lt). Jeff is a very seasoned hunter but this was his first muzzleloader hunt. He took this fine doe that will provide plenty of venison for upcoming camp meals.

Deer season: It’s a wrap

For most of us, the various deer seasons here in the Lone Star State have come to close. Granted, hunting is still available on select ranches under Texas Parks and Wildlife management plans but for the majority of us, it’s a wrap.

The Rhythm of the Season

The Rhythm of the Season

If you ask a teacher, they will tell you that there is a rhythm to teaching. There is a weekly rhythm, there is a rhythm based on the moon, there’s a yearly rhythm based on the agricultural calendar, and there’s even a rhythm based on a semester. Spring semester has its own rhythm: it is when deeper learning can occur due to students using what they have learned in the fall and building on that knowledge.

Don’t You Forget About Me

By Dina Moon

Don’t You Forget About Me

Don’t You Forget About Me

There’s a scene in The Breakfast Club, one of my favorite John Hughes movies, where, after being given the Saturday detention assignment of writing an essay on who, exactly, they thought they were to have broken the rules they had broken and caused the problems they had caused, a group of school detentionees select a spokesperson to pen a single paper for the whole lot. The Anthony Michael Hall character, Brian, agrees to be their representative and author in residence. His reply goes a little something like this. “Dear Mr. Vernon, we accept the fact that we had to sacrifice a whole Saturday in detention for whatever it is we did wrong. But, we think you’re crazy for making us write an essay telling you who we think we are. You see us as you want to see us: in the simplest terms, in the most convenient definitions. But, what we found is that each one of us is a brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal. Does that answer your question?” And, thus we have this week’s introspective question. Who am I? WHO am I? Who AM I? Who are you? How do we figure that one out?

Joining a Gym or Purchasing At-Home Equipment? Avoid New Year Fraud in 2022

The beginning of a new year is often associated with increased interest in gym memberships, at-home workout equipment and programs designed around living a healthier lifestyle. As consumers recover from holiday celebrations, including holiday dinners typically more robust than the standard fare, the new year offers plenty of opportunities to help shed those extra servings of stuffing. However, it is important to remain mindful of con artists who take advantage of shopper trends for their own gain and keep realistic fitness goals that consumers can carry throughout the year.

NO CABIN FEVER

There’s lots to do in the outdoors during the dead of winter. Larry Weishuhn and Luke enjoy a cup of camp coffee after a great meal cooked outdoors over a wood fire.

NO CABIN FEVER THIS WEEK

Like many outdoor types, I used to consider the dead of winter as ‘off time’, a time to clean rifles and shotguns and put them away and devote time to readying fishing tackle for spring fishing. But winter has become one of my favorite seasons for enjoying the outdoors.

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