The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department again is offering Texas hunters and anglers 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 hunting and fishing licenses are sold, as...
Texas' state flower, the bluebonnet, has adorned a conservation license plate that was introduced 12 years ago to help raise funding for state parks. In that time, sales of the plate have generated more than $1.3 million.
To reach out to more state park and Texas aficionados, the Texas Parks...
Oregon-owned company Bold Ideas, which owns Colt Competition, has confirmed that the rifle manufacturer is opening a plant in Breckenridge, according to this report from the Abilene Reporter-News.
Colt, which is based in Connecticut, manufactures three kinds of semi-automatic rifles, including the AR-15. The move comes as the state passed...
The Dallas Safari Club said it will go ahead with the auction a black rhino hunting permit on behalf of Namibia, despite death threats against members of the organizations.
The club expects the permit to sell for at least $250,000 and perhaps fetch $1 million, according to a news release....
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...
Ahead of this weekend's youth-only dates for spring Rio Grande turkey hunting in South Texas, the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department is offering its annual forecast.
Long story short, biologists and turkey hunting experts from the state agency urge that "conditions are shaping up for a productive nesting season, which could also make...
The Coast Guard has released its most recent national recreational boating survey, which examines data to help prevent boating accidents and assess the economic impact of boating by region.
The study found that about 29 percent, or 34.2 million, of the estimated 116.7 million U.S. households had at least one...
Texas remains among the absolute top destinations for bass fishing in these United States, something that Bassmaster Magazine again has recognized, with 10 lakes in the Lone Star State making its annual Top 100 rankings for best bass fisheries in the nation in 2019.
Sam Rayburn Reservoir (No. 3 this...
A draft plan proposes $627 million in early restoration projects across Gulf states in connection with the Deepwater Horizon oil spill, including five Texas projects to compensate for lost recreational use of natural resources.
The Texas projects in the Natural Resource Damage Assessment Trustees plan total about $18.4 million, according...
A small, new survey from Southwick Associates shows the influencing factors that lead to purchases by hunters and anglers.
For hunters, "personal experience" was the highest factor at 73.3 percent, with 72.1 percent of anglers agreeing. Also high on the list for hunters at 55.7 percent was "brand loyalty" with...