Pearsall Texas 1962

Hunter holding a harvested bobcat on a South Texas ranch near Pearsall, Texas.

Southwest Texas is a very special place for my family, specifically, on my in-laws’ side.  In 1962, my wife’s grandfather purchased a roughly 450-acre ranch in Pearsall, not for farming or ranching, but for a place the family could enjoy together, learning how to hunt, camp, and spend time just being kids and learning to … Read more

Outdoors: The Pursuit

Harvested elk in the snow at sunrise, symbolizing the hunting pursuit described by Jed Mazour.

Cooler mornings and earlier sunsets. An extra cup of morning coffee and maybe a finger or two of evening bourbon.   Time to inventory the firewood out front and spread the rye grass seed. To most people it’s probably  just a break from the heat, pumpkin lattes at the coffee shop and a change of … Read more