Will Leschper

Fall is finally here, bringing with it the anticipation of partaking in outdoor opportunities this month and into a new year, and things are looking up after recent rains in much of the state. Archery deer season began last weekend, with numerous hunters already tagging the biggest buck they’ll see...

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is offering the chance to win a lifetime super combo hunting and fishing license — an $1,800 value — for only $5. Entries for the lifetime license drawing can be purchased anywhere licenses are sold, as well as on the TPWD website. Two drawings will...

The deadline to apply for this year's hunts is Oct. 15 to give winners time to prepare for their trips in coming months. Entries are available online for $9 or for $10 at retail locations where licenses are sold or by phone at 800-895-4248. There is no limit to the...

Texas game wardens have added another tool to their arsenal: a K-9 unit. The first five canine handlers and dogs recently graduated from an eight-week training program located at the Utah Peace Officer Standards and Training canine facility in Salt Lake City. The second wave of canine handlers and dogs...

From Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports Hot tamale A Val Verde County game warden received a call from the Del Rio Police Department about a small SUV that had a white-tailed deer in the back seat. The warden asked the woman about the deer and she said she...

For Stratford and Gruver, it’s pheasants. Around Kerrville and Llano, white-tailed deer. And down in Rockport, redfish and waterfowl. The economic impact that wildlife has on the state of Texas is massive and far-reaching, and the most recent survey from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows just how much critters mean...

This year's pronghorn antelope season in the Texas Panhandle, which begins Saturday and runs through Oct. 6, will include an experimental framework that allows landowners to control harvest of buck pronghorn on their properties. The experimental season will be in herd units 8, 17, and 25, which include portions of...

From Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports Your Lie Just Croaked Two Tarrant County game wardens were checking a field on opening day when they found two men sitting around a stock tank with shotguns and a moving dove decoy set out. The father-son duo was contacted by the...

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is proposing to expand fishing and hunting opportunities throughout the National Wildlife Refuge System, including opening up hunting programs on six refuges and expanding existing hunting and fishing programs on another 20 refuges including two in Texas. As part of the expansion, migratory bird...

Doves North, Central Zones: Sept. 1-Oct. 23 and Dec. 20-Jan. 5 South Zone: Sept. 20-Oct. 27 and Dec. 20-Jan. 20 Teal Sept. 14-29 Pronghorn Antelope Sept. 28-Oct. 6 White-Tailed Deer Archery: Sept. 28-Nov. 1 Youth Season: Oct. 26-27; Jan. 6-19 North Texas (212 Counties): Nov. 2-Jan. 5 South Texas (30 Counties): Nov. 2-Jan. 19 Mule Deer Archery: Sept. 28-Nov. 1 Panhandle (39 Counties):...