The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department  has signed temporary agreements with four Guadalupe River property owners to expand public access to the trout fishery downstream of Canyon Lake.
Public fishing access will be available at Mountain Breeze Campground, Rio Guadalupe Resort (formerly Rio Raft and Resort), and Whitewater Sports beginning...
The latest in quail research, aided in large part by a number of Texas organizations, is now available in a 386-page volume, "Quail VII: Proceedings of the Seventh National Quail Symposium."
Quail VII content is diverse, containing more than 80 papers and abstracts with 27 state and federal agencies, universities...
Texas will receive $203 million over a five-year period to restore Gulf of Mexico coastal natural resources impacted by the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation announced Monday.
The foundation will administer the Gulf Environmental Benefit Fund involving $2.544 billion from plea agreements resolving certain criminal...
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission on Thursday approved  additional options for hunter education certification, including a streamlined, one-day basic course reducing the mandatory hours of classroom instruction from 10 to a maximum of six hours and creating an option for anyone 17 years of age or older to...
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...
Texas deer hunters again are urged to properly dispose of carcasses from deer they shoot to help prevent the spread of infectious diseases, particularly chronic wasting disease, which remains a low-level yet viable threat in far West Texas.
Deer can become infected with the disease if they come into contact...
The Guadalupe bass, the state fish of Texas, doesn't grow as large as its cousins, but one Austin angler recently landed one that is set to be a record for the species.
The 3.71-pound fish caught from the Colorado River below Austin by angler Bryan Townsend appears to qualify as...
Donnie O'Neal, an avid bass angler from Pflugerville, has a big fish tale that's almost too hard to believe.
Good thing he had a picture to prove it.
O'Neal was fishing on lunker largemouth hot spot Lake Austin on April 28, hoping to find a 13-pound bass to enter into the...
By Michelle Villarreal Leschper and Will Leschper
Our boy Blue began his journey as a cast-off. He was part of a litter of Catahoula-Lab mixes that was found underneath a house in South Texas, ultimately ending up in dog jail, with a future that was full of doubt.
A family friend...
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...




















