He Wrote The Book on Texas Deer Management | Al Brothers

In Episode 2 of The Texas Campfire Podcast, Mark Hubbard sits down in Berclair, Texas with Mr. Al Brothers, a true legend in Texas wildlife and deer management.When people say someone “wrote the book” on a subject, most of the time it’s just a figure of speech. But in this case, Al Brothers quite literally wrote the book on deer management. As one of the original voices who helped shape modern wildlife management in South Texas, Mr. Brothers brings decades of firsthand experience, stories, and hard-earned wisdom to the table.This episode takes you back to the early days of Texas deer management, from aerial surveys in fixed-wing planes and helicopters, to the first high fences, old game warden stories, poaching problems, screw worm eradication, predator control, cattle, range management, land fragmentation, and the future of hunting in Texas.But more than anything, this conversation is about preserving knowledge before it’s lost to time.Mr. Brothers shares stories from Texas A&M, the old Game, Fish and Oyster Commission, the Zachry Ranches, South Texas brush country, early wildlife research, deer population studies, and the changes he has seen across Texas ranching over a lifetime spent on the land.If you care about Texas, hunting, wildlife, ranching, conservation, or the stories of the people who helped build the foundation for modern land stewardship, this is an episode you don’t want to miss.Pull up a chair and join us around the fire.Life is always better when there’s dirt under your feet.