Shooting Leaves Two Duck Hunters Dead at Famed Waterfowl Lake
At Tennessee s Reelfoot Lake: What has taken place today is hard to process. No duck is worth the life of a man.
Shutterstock image January 26, 2021 By Lynn Burkhead
A Monday morning double-homicide at famed Reelfoot Lake in northwestern Tennessee has left two men dead and the Mid-South duck hunting world in stunned disbelief.
Details began to slowly emerge late on the evening of Jan. 25, 2021, concerning the shootings that reportedly took place before 11 a.m. on Monday in the Walnut Log area of the lake.
The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation is investigating the crime with assistance from the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency, the Obion County Sheriffs Office, and other local authorities. The TBI issued a series of late-night tweets confirming some details in the double murder as well as asking for assistance in locating a person
Keys to a Buzzer-Beater Limit of Late-January Ducks
How do you bag a final-week limit of ducks? Keep these three tips in mind.
We re inside the two-minute warning of the duck season. Time is short and the tactics that might have worked earlier aren t going to do much good now. So, what do you do? (Photo by Lynn Burkhead) January 25, 2021 By Lynn Burkhead
As the 2020-21 duck season nears the finish line over the next few days, waterfowlers in many parts of the southern U.S. are hoping to bag a last-gasp limit of quackers as the current season s buzzer prepares to sound.
Your Best Chance at a Trophy Bass May Be Right Now
It may be January, but big-bass season has already begun in the southern U.S.
January actually rates as one of the best times of the year to target big bass. (Photo by Lynn Burkhead) January 20, 2021 By Lynn Burkhead
You may have noticed that another New Year is upon us. And after the way 2020 treated us, thank goodness!
While it remains to be seen how kind 2021 will be as the COVID-19 pandemic rolls on, many of the nation s outdoorsmen are knee-deep in the off-season projects that keep us busy in the dead of winter.
Recent 13-pounder on Sam Rayburn could be start of awesome 2021.
In a year when the bass-fishing world will turn its eyes upon Texas with two championship level events, Travis Moore got the big largemouth party started on Jan. 9 when he caught the first ShareLunker bass of 2021. The 13.44-pound fish was caught at Sam Rayburn Reservoir during a Bass Champs tournament and continues the resurgence of the big East Texas reservoir in recent years. (Photo courtesy of TPWD/ShareLunker) January 14, 2021 By Lynn Burkhead
All eyes in the bass-fishing world will be turning to Texas in 2021 as the Lone Star State hosts two of the biggest fishing tournaments in professional angling.
Whitetail Record Books Show Late Season Can Still Be Great
Bundle up and punch the clock; end-of-year monster bucks not uncommon.
Image from Boone and Crockett Club’s Records of North American Whitetail Deer book. (Courtesy of Julie Tripp/Boone and Crockett) December 23, 2020 By Lynn Burkhead
I m not going to lie. I love seeing big antlers, hearing the stories, and looking at the final numbers that end up in the various deer hunting record books out there.
Maybe that s why over the years I ve gone through the training process to become an official measurer with Boone and Crockett, Pope and Young, and the Texas Big Game Awards program.