What Are Your Kids Doing This Summer? Let’s Get Them Hunt-Ready! By Kim Hodges, Program Coordinator, TYHP Summer is finally here—and if your household is anything like most, the kids are bouncing between snack time and screen time, with a few outdoor adventures sprinkled in between. But here’s …
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Raising Capable Kids in an Uncertain World: Hunting Fishing & Foraging as Real-Life Education
There’s a quiet confidence that comes from knowing you can feed yourself. It’s not loud or flashy. It doesn’t need a soapbox. It’s just… steady. Grounded. And it’s exactly what we’re giving kids in the Texas Youth Hunting Program. In a world where inflation is breaking grocery budgets and …
Inside the Mind of a Rutting Buck
Bucks determine which does are approaching estrus through a process known as lip curling, or flehming. The strange crinkly-nosed face they make is known as the Flehmen response. When a buck detects the scent of a doe’s urine, he will curl his upper lip back and pass the pheromone-laden aroma through …