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Wednesday, December 21, 2011  As the sun begins to peek over distant mesquites, coyotes greet the dawn with their haunting chorus.

Monday, January 17, 2011  It has been an exciting whitetail deer season in South Texas. The general hunting season for whitetail deer ended this weekend, and it was exceptional.

Monday, January 03, 2011  It's the first rattle of the morning, and we are in the South Texas brush country north of Edinburg eagerly waiting for what may appear. Lamar Smith from McAllen is an accomplished rattler, and as he tickles the antlers together he scans the brush for movement.

Monday, December 20, 2010  The clash of antlers breaks the chilly dawn as Terry Neal begins the morning rattle. You never know what to expect when you hit antlers together, but by simulating a battle you hope to attract a buck looking for a doe or spoiling for a fight.

Wednesday, December 15, 2010  At first glance, all we can see are antlers above the tall grass. A buck swivels his head and peers intently at a doe concealed in the thick grass. When she walks away he follows, and they vanish in the brush.

Monday, November 29, 2010  The first buck to emerge from the brush couldn't be much smaller. He has two little button antlers that just barely protrude from the top of his head.

Wednesday, September 08, 2010  As this buck emerges from the brush and cautiously moves out into the open, his massive antlers are in peak velvet. Every year whitetail deer shed their antlers in the spring and as increasing daylight triggers hormonal changes new ones begin to grow.

Monday, December 28, 2009  Foggy mornings bring a sense of magic to the South Texas wildlands, and it's always worth the wait to see what the clearing mist will reveal.

Monday, November 30, 2009  It's that time of the year in Deep South Texas when the weather is beginning to get a little chilly and the whitetail bucks are on the prowl.

Wednesday, September 23, 2009  In today's Nature Report, Richard Moore catches a buck during that brief period when he is shedding his velvet.