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The High Flying Cowboy: texas Helicopter wranglers

Historically, rounding up cattle used to take a team of twenty men several days on horseback, but now high-flying cowboys finish the job in a matter of hours.

4 Min

Profiles

Wyman Meinzer: Capturing the Soul of the Wild

Meinzer, a man Field and Stream magazine has called an outdoor legend. That is just one of a long list of accolades he has accrued over a lifetime of documenting the wilds of the west. But perhaps the one he is most proud of is being the official State Photographer of Texas, a place he has lived his entire life and one that defines him.

3 Min

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How-To's

Dos and Don’ts of Traveling in Rattlesnake Country

Local outdoors expert & lifelong Texan, Cory Emerson, helped us navigate the desolate limestone hills and canyons of Texas Hill County to put our new gear to the test. The most important piece being the dos and don’ts of traveling in rattlesnake country.

3 Min

Profiles

To The Top of Texas with Photographer Philip Anderson Edsel

Amidst the vast, monochromatic plains of West Texas, there rises up from of the arid earth a mountain range, seemingly out of nowhere. The Guadalupe Mountains span the border of New Mexico and Texas, and are home to one of the largest underground caverns in America, as well as the tallest peak in Texas. Photographer

Profiles

Camping at Enchanted Rock with Asher Moss

Camping in Texas is like camping in the fiery furnace of hell. Scorpions, spiders, red ants and mysterious creatures of the sky that appear as the sun drifts off to the edge of the horizon. The stars out here will literally take your breath away. They may also shut you up or make you think

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Field Notes

Wagons West: Exploring Palo Duro Canyon with Tyler Sharp

Tyler Sharp is a documentary photographer, writer, and filmmaker based out of Dallas, Texas. Traveling extensively on assignment, he has filmed and photographed a myriad of cultures and landscapes, and slept under the stars in some of the most remote regions of the world. Today, Tyler explores Palo Duro Canyon, the “Grand Canyon of

8 Min