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With fall hunting seasons just around the corner, the folks at the Texas Trophy Hunters Association are gearing up for another round of TTHA Hunter Extravaganzas.
Billed as the granddaddy of Texas hunting shows, the multi-day extravaganzas are held each August in Houston, Fort Worth and San Antonio. The hunting trade shows are built around hundreds of vendor booths where industry manufacturers show off their latest wares. It’s a good opportunity for sportsmen to book a hunting trip with an outfitter, or find some bargains on gear while browsing the latest and greatest in hunting blinds, deer feeders, ATVs, apparel, firearms, knives and optics under the same roof. There also are seminars, meet and greets with industry professionals and other entertainment.
The Houston show is set for Aug. 2-4 at NRG Center; Fort Worth, Aug. 9-11, Ft. Worth Convention Center; and San Antonio, Aug. 16-18, Freeman Coliseum Expo Hall.
Tickets cost $15 for a weekend pass; $12 for adults, $5 for kids 5-12. Show times run 3-8 p.m. on Friday; 9 a.m-7 p.m. on Saturday; and 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Sunday. For more information, visit ttha.com.
PINEYWOODS NWTF BANQUET SET FOR AUG. 3
The Pineywoods Chapter of the National Wild Turkey Federation will host its 31st annual Hunting Heritage banquet on Aug. 3 at the Pitser Garrison Civic Center in Lufkin. Doors open at 6 p.m.
In addition to live and silent auctions, there will be bucket raffles, games, a 5-gun raffle and 10-gun raffle.
Sponsor tables cost $1,750, $1,100 and $700.
Banquet tickets are $325 for sponsor level; $85 for couples; $60 for singles; and $20 for Jakes.
For more info, call 936-366-1877 or e-mail pineywoodschptnwtf@gmail.com.
SAM HOUSTON ANGLERS QUALIFY FOR BASSMASTER NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP
Sam Houston State University bass anglers Jackson Carrell and Bryton Kurtz recently won the Carhartt Bassmaster College Series bass tournament on the St. Lawrence River with a three-day weight of 72-13.
The anglers earned a berth to the upcoming Carhartt Bassmaster College Series National Championship set for Aug. 1-3 on Lake Chickamauga in Tennessee. The championship will feature more than 100 of the top college teams from across the country.
SHARELUNKER SPAWN PHASE COMPLETED
Toyota ShareLunker recently wrapped the spawning phase of the 2019 season with three of the five donated Legacy Lunkers achieving successful spawns. The selective breeding effort resulted in 92,000 offspring for stocking in Texas lakes.
TPWD says more than 55,000 of the fingerlings were stocked back into donor lakes including Lake Fork, Marine Creek, Conroe and Leon. TPWD retained 30,000 pure Florida fingerlings from Zach Sypert’s 14.57 pounder from Marine Creek and Brad Scott’s Lake Leon 13 pounder for use in rebuilding its Florida bass hatchery broodstock with ShareLunker offspring.
The hatchery also retained several thousand fingerlings from the Lake Leon bass for stocking Bois d’Arc Lake, a 16,600-acre reservoir currently under construction in Fannin County near Bonham. The fish will be grown to six inches before stocking.
Three of the Legacy Lunkers were returned to the lakes that produce them — Fork, Conroe and Marine Creek. The other two fish, including the Lake Leon bass and a fish caught from a TPWD private research lake near Fairfield, were donated to the TFFC for aquarium display.
“We are extremely pleased with the number of ShareLunker offspring produced this year, and we couldn’t have done it without the anglers who generously loaned us their 13 pound and larger bass for our selective-breeding program,” said Kyle Brookshear, Toyota ShareLunker Program Coordinator.