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Outdoors: Consider kayaks, canoes instead of expensive boats
You don’t need to fish from a $50,000 bass boat or track a trophy buck through the Central Texas cedars to get outdoor thrills. Tough economic times have caused people to re-evaluate their recreational options and make adjustments — like setting vacation destinations closer to home ...
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Phil Curry: Hunting trips precious memories for children
I was about 8 years old when I took my first hunting trip to Del Rio with my dad Jim Curry and my brothers Jeff and Chris. We were riding in the back of an old Jeep Willy with Pat Wardlaw and his sons Mike and Bill. It was 15 degrees with sleet and freezing rain. We didn’t have ...
Wendy Gragg: A crash course in camping, outdoor survival
When society breaks down, I want to know how to make a new life outdoors. That's why the TPWD folks call me "Zombie Girl."
Outdoors: A dove season primer
Dove hunting is a tradition in the Lone Star State that brings friends and family together.
Game wardens find boating season all calm on Lake Waco
The Lake Waco boating scene was calm Saturday afternoon as state game wardens patrolled the waters to check boaters' safety.
John Werner: Hiking to the top of Redcloud in Colorado
Tribune-Herald staff writer John Werner and his wife Karen conquered another 14,034-foot Redcloud Peak on their last vacation.
Waco Skeet & Trap Club offers enthusiasts, hunters chance to hone their skills
In recent years, the Waco shooting club has attracted some of the world’s most prestigious shooting events, along with Olympic champions and world-class marksmen.
All ages get revved up for motocross racing in Waco Eagles Motorcycle Club
From four-wheelers to motocross and motorcycles, a Waco-area motorcycle club has kept folks coming back for generations with a family-oriented approach.
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Outdoors: Consider kayaks, canoes instead of expensive boats
Outdoors: Million-dollar fish waiting in select Texas lakes
Outdoors: It's time for mating season, big catches
Drag boat races back in Waco this weekend
Downtown Waco company to store boat rentals on river
Outdoors: Spend Mother's Day at Mother Neff State Park
Fishing tournaments
Outdoors: Fishing enthusiasts new to Waco have place to turn
Outdoors: Adjustments part of fisherman's life
Stargazer: Solar eclipse coming our way
- Outdoors: Help out Central Texans while fishing for big prize
- Phil Curry: Hunting trips precious memories for children
- Brazos fishing event hooks children to great outdoors
- Outdoors: Smaller bodies of water can provide big results
- Outdoors: Fish for good cause at scholarship event
- Waco's Jones wins fishing tournament
- Outdoors: Man's best friend adds laughter to fishing tale
- Waco's Alton Jones adds to tournament lead
- Waco angler takes lead at Florida Elite event
- Outdoors: Spring fishing picks up steam
- Outdoors: On next fishing trip, claim a Lake Waco record
- Waco angler finishes 4th at Bassmaster
- Outdoors: Spring season can soothe withdrawal
- Waco's Alton Jones moves up to 3rd place at Bassmaster
- Waco angler Jones 16th at Bassmaster Classic
- Waco's Jones fishing for another Bassmaster title
- Outdoors: Rain raises hopes for spring fishing
- Stargazer: Below the equator, delights found in New Zealand
- Outdoors: Don't let plans get in way of success
- Outdoors: Quail hunting becoming expensive outing
- Outdoors: Boating dangers accompany welcome deluge
- Outdoors: Right conditions make fishing easy
- Outdoors: After year of ordeals, young hunter bags 1st deer
- Stargazer: 2012 night sky highlights
- Outdoors: Finally, boat training becomes requirement
- Outdoors: Long wait on Lake Whitney proves worthwhile
- Outdoors: Rainbow trout stocking a Plan B Christmas gift
- Outdoors: Hunting, fishing teach lessons of life and death
- Outdoors: December brings gifts for Central Texas
- Stargazer: Tycho Brahe's key role in astronomy
- Outdoors: Cotton Belt Trail has taken toll on habitat
- Outdoors: Dove hunting club spreads wings to serve wounded vets
- Outdoors: Hunters for the Hungry a big help during holidays
- Outdoors: Drought taking toll on quail growth
- Stargazer: Thinking about buying a telescope for the holidays?
- Outdoors: Texas Hall of Fame nominations sought
- Outdoors: Bowhunters reporting surprising number of deer
- Outdoors: Record Texas heat not just trouble for humans
- Outdoors: Enjoy cooler weather at state parks
- Stargazer: Unraveling some mysteries of the night
- Outdoors: Fishing for Freedom gives soldiers free day on Lake Belton
- Outdoors: Fairfield Lake quickly losing fishing stock
- Wendy Gragg: A crash course in camping, outdoor survival
- Outdoors: Location critical for deer hunters after drought
- Outdoors: Record heat no deterrent to fishing fun
- Outdoors: Lake Belton event supports troops
- Stargazer: Comet Elenin's arrival brings out fear-mongering nonsense
- Outdoors: Texas now allows noodling for catfish
- Outdoors: A dove season primer
- Outdoors: Gearing up for hunting season
- Outdoors: Make sure not to invite bears on camping trip
- Outdoors: Stay safe during dove season
- Stargazer: So many people, animals and objects under the night sky
- Outdoors: TPWD scouring Central Texas for hunting instructors
- Outdoors: Don't sweat heat, hunting season almost here
- Outdoors: Granddaughters cash in on Lake Whitney fishing trip
- John Werner: Hiking to the top of Redcloud in Colorado
- Outdoors: News of Lake Waco alligator not too shocking
- Outdoors: Night fishing offers escape from 100-degree temperatures
- Stargazer: Beautiful image not actual photograph
- Outdoors: Take care on waterways this holiday
- Outdoors: Pro angler Jones seeking fan votes for all-star entry
- Outdoors: Shoreline swimming can still be dangerous
- Outdoors: Fishing trip makes lasting memory for nephew
- Stargazer: Sun heads north for summer
- Outdoors: Texas revising conservation plan
- Outdoors: Tracking white-winged dove
- Game wardens find boating season all calm on Lake Waco
- Real Gun Show coming this weekend
- Outdoors: Summer striper trip on Whitney highlights fundraiser
- Bohemian Bass Classic today on Lake Whitney
- Outdoors: Area bass enthusiasts capture reward at O.H. Ivie
- Bass tourney Saturday
- Stargazer: Time to play some cosmic baseball
- Outdoors: ShareLunker program completes 25th season
- Hewitt Kiwanis to host bass tournament
- Outdoors: Lake Brazos restocking in full swing
- Outdoors: Community lakes offer great teaching experience
- Baylor Bass Club Open Saturday at Lake Waco
- Outdoors: Central Texas pastor preparing for Alaska fishing trip
- Waco Bass Club tourney this Saturday
- Outdoors: Sometimes fish do the fishing for you
- Deer management seminar set for today
- Outdoors: Connecting youth to outdoors 1 fish at a time for 365 days
- Central Texas fisherman honored for hefty catch
- Outdoors: Robinson teen doing best to control feral hog population
- Waco's Jones leading Angler of Year race
- Bass tourney, boat show start today at Whitney
- Caution needed with outdoor season kicking off early
- Outdoors: Toxic algae drawing bead on Whitney
- Stargazer: Journey into solar system starts on moon
- Outdoors: Lunker bass a positive fishing sign
- Outdoors: Plenty of action on Centex lakes
- Clifton Robinson: Why goose hunts are best undertaken between good friends
- 1,400 registered for state archery tourney
- Outdoors: Trading turkey for trout
- Waco Striders holding Trail Run on Saturday
- Outdoors: Texas hunting accidents reach all-time low
- Options abound for Central Texas winter camping
- Stargazer: Giordano Bruno, martyr or fool?
- Outdoors: 'Fizzing' can keep reeled-in fish healthy
- Outdoors: Little Alton making own name
- Outdoors: Tradinghouse to stay open for now
- Stargazer: Hands a convenient way to measure angular distances
- Outdoors: Disabled fishing event coming soon
- Bald Eagle survey set for today at Whitney
- Outdoors: Time again for youth art contest
- Stargazer: The Great Winter Arc returns to night skies
- Outdoors: A look at Gulf oil spill
- Stargazer: Remembering 'Star Gazer' Jack Horkheimer
- Outdoors: Tips for cleansing dogs of skunk's putrid smell
- Outdoors: Irresponsible hunters don't represent majority
- Real Gun Show returns to Bell County Expo
- Outdoors: Catch a ride on Texas polar express
- Clifton Robinson: Alabama deer hunt evokes days of Creek Indian War
- Stargazer: Astronomy year closes out with total eclipse of moon
- Outdoors: Feral hog problem could help solve another
- Outdoors: Outdoor skills still worthwhile to learn in modern age
- Stargazer: Early 20th-century look at the sky
- Outdoors: Yearly lake stocking runs from December to March
- Gun show back at Bell County Expo Center
- Outdoors: Small-game hunts offer pleasures
- Stargazer: Eldorado Star Party one of many
- Outdoors: Hunters can help feed Texas' hungry
- Outdoors: Special benefit tourney on Squaw Creek
- Stargazer: The Milky Way through history
- Outdoors: A girl's introduction to outdoors
- Christian group helps angler Alton Jones enjoy his best day
- Outdoors: Youth get head start on hunting season
- Stargazer: Are star parties really parties?
- Outdoors: Central Texas fishing expert to make return to TV screen
- Outdoors: Mobile hunters better prepped to find deer
- Stargazer: Night sky is full of interesting names
- Outdoors: Finding cheap hunts in Texas
- Clifton Robinson: Gored by a water buffalo and living to tell the tale
- Stargazer: Sky may look empty; it's anything but
- Optimist Club holding benefit bass tournament
- Outdoors: Rattlesnake bites no laughing matter
- Stargazer: Venus not all Galileo hoped for at 1st glance
- Outdoors: Doves descend on Central Texas
- Stargazer: Galileo and the Goddess of Love
- State OKs $90K skeet club grant
- Outdoors: Tips for today's opening of dove season
- Outdoors: Texas offers prime hunting packages
- Clifton Robinson: Hunting pronghorns, getting lost in history
- Stargazer: Planet Neptune was discovered 1 Neptunian year ago
- Outdoors: Lake Aquilla a well-kept secret
- Outdoors: Hunting, fishing licenses available today
- Brian Bateman: 'Sea' fishing trip for vacationer not exactly R&R
- Outdoors: Waco club hosts skeet, trap shoot
- Stargazer: It's the late night double feature skywatch show
- Clifton Robinson: Down Argentine way with duck, dove on our minds
- Outdoors: Ample rain expected to help dove hunting
- John Werner: Adventure and misadventure hiking in Colorado
- Outdoors: Power plant's end trouble for redfish
- Stargazer: Galileo astonished, mystified by Saturn
- Outdoors: Residential encroachment means more cougar sightings in China Spring
- Pro angler, artist will show wildlife art in Athens today
- Hewitt angler takes Navarro Mills tourney
- Outdoors: Bass champ Alton Jones to address anglers, biologists
- Outdoors: Summer nights bring biting bugs
- Stargazer: Naming constellations an ancient art
- Outdoors: Father's Day brings back memories
- Axtell fisherman sets Navarro Mills standard
- Outdoors: Conservation program extends sign-up period
- Stargazer: Kids' astronomy questions can lead to star-gazing activities
- Blue catfish record at Navarro Mills lake
- Outdoors: Recently reopened Squaw Creek teeming with fish
- Fly-tying class for wounded vets
- Waco Paddle Club to launch from Slippery Minnow
- Hubbard angler wins Navarro Mills crappie tourney
- Outdoors: Lake Waco stocking program promises tastier water
- Stargazer: Hunting down the Big Dipper, no matter the season
- 7-time U.S. pro champion wins off-road triathlon in Waco
- Off-road triathlon starts at 8:30 this morning
- 30th Bohemian Bass Classic set for Sunday
- Outdoors: Be careful when wild animals want to approach you
- Stargazer: Seeing Halley's Comet rekindled flame for astronomy
- Outdoors: Whitney action shows fear of algae bloom overblown
- Outdoors: Angler catches 300 fish in 2 days
- Stargazer: Milky Way vanishes — but will soon return
- Clifton Robinson: A great turkey hunt in South Carolina
- Outdoors: Fashion model heads back to roots, wins on Bass Champs tour
- Mother Neff State Park to celebrate Earth Day
- Outdoors: San Angelo reservoir site of top ShareLunker prize
- Stargazer: Hubble Space Telescope marks 20th anniversary this month
- Outdoors: Local angler reels in 10-foot sailfish
- Outdoors: Warm weather keeping bass near nests in shallow water
- Stargazer: Elusive Mercury having its best appearance for year
- Outdoors: Texas lakes hiding prize $6,500 largemouth bass
- Waco Paddle Club to meet today
- Outdoors: Fishing tournament at Lake Whitney testament to angler
- Stargazer: Learn to add lunar math
- Outdoors: Fast, furious fishing during white spawn
- Outdoors: White bass approaching height of run
- Stargazer: Understanding of sun's imperfect, changing nature took years
- Outdoors: Spring rains leading to white bass hauls
- Waco fisherman misses Bassmaster Classic cut
- Outdoors: Central Texas rich with surprises
- Waco angler in 31st after 1st day of Classic
- Stargazer: Where the months got their names
- Waco Striders trail runs set for Saturday
- Bassmaster Classic opens today in Alabama
- Outdoors: Closed ramps shouldn't slow fishing
- Outdoors: Kayaks can improve fishing experience
- Stargazer: NASA probe flyby to tell more of Pluto's tale
- Outdoors: Youth snags 7-pound largemouth bass from kayak
- Outdoors: White bass gathering at mouth of Bosque
- Outdoors: Man catches fish every day of 2009
- 400 years ago, Galileo changed our view of the moon
- Outdoors: Fishing Event for Really Special People coming up
- Outdoors: Fishing trip about how it finished, not how it started
- Stargazer: Looking back on 20 years of watching skies
