Dateline – February 2021 – Carrollton, Texas It was the late 1980’s the last time we had a cold spell like this one. Temperatures in […]
Lemmon Lake Lives… and Dies
Dateline – May 2020 – Dallas, County Two years ago I ventured out to the Joppa Preserve in the Great Trinity Forest to take stock […]
A Richland Chambers Re-route
I have been hearing tales of Richland Creek Wildlife Management Area for many years now. Wildlife viewing is the name of the game there. The […]
This Place in the Woods – Spring, Summer, and Fall
Dateline – Spring, Summer, Fall 2019 – Denton County EDITOR’s NOTE: This is a followup to an earlier article… This Place in the Woods – […]
Sparring Bucks of the North Texas Rut
Dateline – January 2020 – Lewisville, Texas Sparring is a big part of mating season for male White-tailed Deer. Bucks use antler dueling as a […]
Deerz
Dateline – October 2019 – Denton, Texas We have a healthy population of White-tailed Deer in certain places around the metroplex. The following pictures are […]
This Place in the Woods – Deep Winter and Early Spring
Have you ever wondered what goes on in that little patch of bottomland woods you pass by everyday on your drive to work? You know […]
They Got ’em in the Grasslands!
There’s a big mammalian predator said to roam the North Texas countryside. But this elusive killer is a ghost. Only the most fleeting of glimpses […]
Losing Lemmon Lake
I first discovered Lemmon Lake early one morning in the Summer of 2012. Glimpses of the deep blue water could be seen through breaks in […]
The Back Forty
Denton County – January 2018 thru March 2019 According to Dictionary.com, the “back forty” is a term that refers to “remote, usually uncultivated acreage on […]
The Wise County Time Machine
I made my first trip to Wise County way back in the early 1980’s. A hastily arranged camping trip led a small group of us […]
The Smart Trail Camera
I recently put my Bushnell Aggressor Wireless Trail Cameras back in service after giving them almost a year off. The cameras were temporarily put into […]