Deer hunting and hunting in general are big business in Texas, but landowners are reminded that to lease out their tracts for those purposes they must have a hunting lease license, which must be renewed yearly.
The owner of a hunting lease or the landowner’s agent may not receive pay...
Now that deer season is nearly over, it’s time to pursue another yearly tradition -- hunting through the freezer.
For most Texas hunters, pursuing deer and other game is a two-pronged excursion. It’s about building memories and enjoying the company of others in the field while also providing for the...
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...
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...
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department game wardens seized more than two tons of marijuana worth nearly $4 million last week.
“This is one of if not the largest drug seizure by Texas game wardens in the history of our agency,” said TPWD Law Enforcement Director Craig Hunter, in a news...
Two Texas national wildlife refuges will open for migratory bird hunting under rules enacted by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, which already is open to big game hunting and sport fishing, will add migratory bird hunting, while Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge will expand hunting...
Five Texas-based projects totaling about $18 million are slated to receive funding to help compensate for lost human use of natural resources resulting from the Deepwater Horizon oil spill. The three artificial reef and two state park projects are part of the latest round of restoration led by state...
A report released Wednesday by the National Shooting Sports Foundation highlights the economic impact of the firearms and ammunition industry in the United States, showing an increase from $19.1 billion in 2008 to $37.7 billion in 2013.
The report also details the number of full-time equivalent jobs, which rose from...