The Texas Parks and Wildlife Departmentis looking into proposed changes to trout fishing regulations for the Guadalupe River below Canyon Lake Dam and will have a public meeting this month to gauge public comment and reaction.
The meeting is scheduled for 7 p.m. Oct. 22 at the McKenna Events Center,...
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...
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...
Nearly 3,000 acres of wetland habitat along Texas' Gulf coast will be improved through a grant from Ducks Unlimited and state partnerships, including with the Coastal Conservation Association and Texas Parks & Wildlife Department.
Grants totaling $21 million were given to 21 projects in 16 states through the North American...
The Migratory Bird Conservation Commission has approved the protection, restoration and enhancement of 157,000 acres of migratory bird habitat, including a project at Texas' San Bernard National Wildlife Refuge in Brazoria County.
The commission approved the $3.3 million purchases and boundary additions that will add 42,000 acres to the National...