UPDATE: Texas State Parks to close to public amid COVID-19 pandemic.
Outdoor-related activities remain an encouraged part of life amid the COVID-19 pandemic, provided Texans maintain social distancing rules issued by state and local officials. However, if you are or planned to get outdoors in the Texas State Parks system...
Lake Tawakoni has long been a haven for freshwater anglers and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is asking that anglers participate in a survey to determine opinions, characteristics and experiences of catfish anglers, with an emphasis on the blue catfish fishery.
A printed copy of the survey also is...
The stocking of keeper-size channel catfish has started for the 15 Neighborhood Fishin’ lakes in Texas and should be completed soon.
Additional stockings will take place every two weeks through the summer and fall except during August, when high water temperatures may limit fish survival.
“Neighborhood Fishin’ aims to give Texas...
The Boat Owners Association of The United States, our national boater advocacy, safety and services group, has outlined the top boat selling scams reported to its Consumer Protection Bureau and offers ways to improve your chance of a smooth sale or purchase -- and when to walk away.
Here are...
Sightings of rare and elusive creatures aren't uncommon across the remote outreaches of a massive state the size of Texas.
However, it's pretty uncommon for them to occur in a heavily used park along the Colorado River in northwest Austin, especially when the critter is being touted as the reclusive...
A Louisiana man was ordered to pay more than $14,000 in restitution after pleading guilty to negligent transportation of wildlife in connection with importing live white-tailed deer into the Trans-Pecos region.
Stephen Anderson Sipes Jr., 57, pleaded guilty June 10. Sipes had an ownership interest in a high-fence ranch in...
Outdoor icon Ray Scott needs no introduction in bass fishing and deer hunting circles.
The founder of the Bass Anglers Sportsman Society (B.A.S.S.) and the Whitetail Institute of North America has hosted presidents, dignitaries and a host of other characters at Legacy Lakes, his own fishing and hunting oasis designed meticulously for...
A bobwhite enthusiast in Texas kicked off fundraising for the new Bobwhite Foundation with a $100,000 endowment -- and a promise to match as much as $1 million in donations from other sources during the next two years.
Joe Crafton, founder and chair of Park Cities Quail in Dallas, made...
The eastern turkey population in Texas has faced declines over the years, but thanks to the efforts of the National Wild Turkey Federation and the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, more birds are on the way.
Eastern turkeys from Alabama, Missouri, Kansas, South Carolina, Tennessee and West Virginia will be...