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Wednesday, February 27, 2013  The prolonged drought plaguing southernmost Texas is taking its toll on wildlife.

Monday, December 31, 2012  Huge rattlesnakes, majestic bucks, colorful birds and trophy trout…yes, it has been a spectacular year in the South Texas wildlands.  Richard Moore looks back at 2012 in the outdoors.

Monday, December 03, 2012  It's just beginning that special time of year when rattling antlers can attract a buck, but for one South Texas outdoorsman… the buck arrives a little too close for comfort… Richard Moore has the story in today's Nature Report.

Wednesday, November 14, 2012  Nothing like a little cool mid November weather to get the whitetail deer moving.  Richard Moore takes us out into the ranch country where the bucks are feeling frisky.

Monday, November 05, 2012  The opening weekend of whitetail deer season is the most anticipated date on a hunter's calendar and as Richard Moore shows us it was a memorable outing for him in the South Texas outdoors.

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

Monday, November 28, 2011  A Starr County Sheriff’s Office deputy investigator found himself on the other side of the law after being accused of poaching.

Wednesday, March 09, 2011  It's a cold morning in the South Texas ranch country, with temperatures in the low 40's, but this doe and her offspring, a young buck, don't hesitate to wade out in the chilly water.

Monday, February 28, 2011  Less than a month ago the brush country of Deep South Texas was covered in ice, and the first yucca blooms of the year were frozen.

Wednesday, February 16, 2011  As the sun begins to warm the South Texas wildlands, a distant deer is silhouetted in the rising yellow-orange orb.

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.

Wednesday, January 05, 2011  Texas boasts the largest whitetail deer herd in the nation numbering somewhere between three and four million animals, but deer were not always so abundant in the state, and they were particularly scarce in deep South Texas.

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.

Wednesday, December 22, 2010  As the sun begins to peek over distant mesquites, coyotes greet the dawn with their haunting chorus. Wintry clouds are mirrored in the surface of a remote ranch country pond, as a young buck stares intently across placid water.

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.