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The good old days A fishing and hunting paradise

During the 1920s eager fishermen and hunters discovered that the Valley was a sports paradise.“Go south, young man! Go south!”That was the call for all who had the money and time on their hands to come and discover the remarkable game paradise that existed in the Rio Grande Valley and Mexico.The northerners set out to this area in record numbers. Many parts of the state had been fished out — and their hunting grounds also faced depletion. The answer was to come to South Texas.The Valley offered plenty of white wing, deer, quail, ducks, geese, turkey, and so on. Just ...

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