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When someone has a true passion for any endeavor, it’s next to impossible to restrain the desire to become actively involved in whatever it is that fuels the passion. Take my friend David Hanson for instance.

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Guide Dave Escamilla with Striper Express eased the throttle back on his guide boat last week at the mouth of a ten-acre pocket off the main lake on Lake Texoma.

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WITH LUKE CLAYTON White bass are fun to catch and excellent table fare regardless whether they are caught during their annual spawning run up rivers or secluded creeks or right now when they have wrapped up their procreation efforts and are in giant schools on the open waters of main lake.

FOOTBALL BANQUETS Back in the Olden Days

Staff Writer Football Banquets of the ‘50s and ‘60s were “really big deals” for the football teams and surrounding participants and even for the townspeople, the folks who “closed down” the town for the big games and left “big game–back tomorrow” signs on their business doors.

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WITH LUKE CLAYTON If you’ve been reading my column the past couple weeks, you’ve read my account of a successful turkey hunt on the famed YO Ranch near Mountain Home down in the Texas Hill Country. As Mr. Paul Harvey used to say, this week, I’ll relate to you the “rest of the story”.

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As my friend Jeff Rice and I drove the serpentine road leading into the heart of the famous Y O Ranch Headquarters in the Texas Hill Country on a crisp spring day last week, my mind backtracked a quarter century to when I was invited to hunt this beautiful ranch.

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I’ve reached a stage in life when I enjoy looking back through my many years as an outdoors person, recalling all the great times I’ve enjoyed with friends, many that are no longer around in person but the people and places I knew in past years thankfully are still very much alive in my memory.

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What’s that they say about the best laid plans of mice and men? The plan I mentioned in last week’s column concerning some greatly anticipated creek fishing for spawning crappie and white bass provided zero bites.

Jackrabbit Results Clay Jones Memorial Relays at City Bank Stadium Saturday, March 18, 2023

The FHS girls and boys track and field teams competed on Saturday, March 18, 2023, in the Clay Jones Memorial Relays held at City Bank Stadium. The varsity girls won their second meet in a row; the varsity boys finished second. Freshman Aria Price earned MVP accolades scoring 26 points.

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WITH LUKE CLAYTON THE OUTDOORS This is a fun time of the year for those of us that enjoy hunting and fishing. Early spring is said to be the time when ninety percent of the fish are in ten percent of the water. I believe that to be a pretty true statement.