Outdoors Show Tip of the Week

We will be providing an outdoor related tip of the week at outdoorsshow.com.  Tips range from fish and wildlife management to hunting and fishing tips we have found to be very successful.  This weeks tip is for successful catfishing.  Last week's for ridding your property of destructive beavers.  We hope you enjoy them and they start some good conversations on the message board.  Please share your tips with us on the weekly topics, as we are always looking to improve what we do!

Spring Trip Ends

Had a great trip East and returned last week.  Got lots of work done, met with a new client near York, South Carolina.  Saw a baby deer less than a day old in the woods at one of our properties in Central Florida.  I am so sorry to say I did not have the camera and I didn't want to get close enough for a cell phone picture.  The little guy (or girl) was wobbling around until it found a few blades of grass taller than the rest and plopped down to hide.  I got back to Texas and did some aquatic vegetation treatments at Holly Lake Ranch in East Texas with our fish and wildlife technician - Grady.  The mild winter has put us behind before we even started this year on weed treating. 

I was so busy I only got to turkey hunt Georgia one day. I did hear plenty of gobbling at Ochwalkee Creek Plantation, but I wasn't speaking their language, as I didn't see one that morning.

One of our tasks on this last trip was to collect and stock Seminole Killifish into lake Conlin in St Cloud, Florida.  The lake is in need of a forage base for bass, so we are trying something new.  The water chemistry and habitat is what these fish like, so hopefully they will take and repopulate.

We did have one of our Georgia clients report a 1 lbs 1 oz redear sunfish caught from his lake we manage.  That will earn Doe Run Plantation a Southern Sportsman Aquatics & Land Lunker Award issued to landowners that catch or harvest exceptional deer and fish from their property.

Wildlife Trends

I have been asked to write articles and provide a Management Calendar with good friend Dave Edwards for the fish and wildlife management publication Wildlife Trends.  This 11-year-old publication is targeted to land owners and managers wanting to learn from an expert panel how to manage fish and wildlife and the habitats associated with them.  Please check them out on the web at:  http://www.wildlifetrends.com/ to view some sample articles and a list of staff writers.  Even if you don't do your own lake and land management you can stay informed on what and how your management company or staff should be doing it.

Hunt Life Tip of the Week 3/26/12

We have been asked by Hunt Life to provide The Outdoors Tip of the Week relating to hunting, fishing, dog training and fish and wildlife management to help you be a better outdoorsman and/or lake and land manager.  Hunt Life Pro Staffers will post this weekly segment at: huntlife.com on Sunday or Monday.  The tip will also be posted on the Hunt Life Face Book page.  There is opportunity for you to add to it, or ask the experts questions the tip may provoke.  These are designed to be short, informative, get you thinking and allow you to ask more in depth questions relating to the topic.  Some tips will have accompanying photos, which this one does of a little Brown Dog as he grows up.  This first week's tip was provided by Scotty Brown and it deals with picking a retriever puppy from the litter.  

Spring 2012 News Letter

The Spring 2012 edition of the Southern Sportsman Aqutics & Land Management News Letter is now posted on our web site.  To view it and previous editions visit: http://southernsportsmanaquaticsandland.com/quarterly_news_letters

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What's Been Going On?

February was very slow doing mostly tax stuff, equipment maintenance and ordering supplies for the upcoming year.  But some big events did happen in February. 

I was named a Texas DU District Chairman in North Dallas and nearby area.  I will continue to be a Committee Member with the Allen Chapter, although it is not in my district.  Allen DU had a great Sportsman Night Out fund raising event in February and I was lucky enough to win the Grand prize drawing!  Not sure the comittee will allow me to buy any more raffle tickets, as the Browns (Josh too)have done very well at DU and NWTF events with raffle tickets.

I was also named to the Hunt Life Radio and Web Pro Staff.  I will be blogging on a regular basis at huntlife.com about work and outdoor adventures I take in the woods or on the water.  We will also be producing the sindicated Hunt Life Minute with good friend Dave Edwards, which is a minute segement/tip related to hunting, fishing, dog training and fish and wildlife management. Check the local radio stations in your area for aring times or check them out on the web at huntlife.com.

And lastly, I was invited to start writing articles for the Wildlife Trends.  The bi-monthly publication contains articles related to fish and wildlife management targeting land owners and bilogists/managers.  It was an honor to be asked to write for them in 2012.  I will be doing articles and producing half of the Managamenet Calendar in the back of each issue.  You can check out past issues and some articles at: wildlifetrends.com

The last couple weeks I was in the field and did manage to get a few wildlife photos - Enjoy!

Some deer in Central Fl;orida taking a mid day nap!

One buck is already growing new antlers while
the other doesn't want to give his up from last year

Mr and Mrs Stork waiting on the stork to deliver babies!

Baby Anhingas.  Not much keeping them from falling into the lake.

Spring turkey season is almost here!

Steve Lopez holds a couple of bass we sampled
on the Middle St Johns River florida