Chronic wasting disease continues to be a hot-button topic in numerous white-tailed deer hunting hot spots, including Texas, which again has notched another milestone biologists, land managers, breeders and hunters won't want to see.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has documented more chronic wasting disease positives at deer breeding facilities...
The Texas dove hunting season opener is always a welcome sight on the calendar for hundreds of thousands of Lone Star State residents. It signals the start of fall hunting seasons across the state and caters to a laid-back hunting approach, no matter where you call home.
Looking back at...
Chronic wasting disease is not prevalent in Texas, having only been discovered in the remote far western reaches of El Paso and Hudspeth counties, but as with other safety issues, deer hunters again are urged this fall and winter to take precautions to help curb the possibility of outbreaks...
Texas quail hunting conditions have been tough during the past decade, with widespread drought and other factors wreaking havoc on bird populations.
However, the 2016-17 hunting season has shaped up to be one for the record books in the typical hot beds for bobwhites. More importantly, the past two years...
UPDATE: Texas State Parks to close to public amid COVID-19 pandemic.Â
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...
Texas' war on feral hogs is a never-ending battle. However, recent legislation signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott is loosening the regulations currently on the books, allowing hunters to take the invasive species without a hunting license beginning Sept. 1.
On May 31, Abbott signed into law Senate Bill...
Texas is unrivaled in lands and waterways filled with game birds and game animals, offering a wealth of outdoors opportunities.
However, with the good also comes the bad – and even the ugly.
We’re infested with invasives of all shapes, sizes, demeanors and hues, some of them much closer than you...
Fatal hunting-related accidents in Texas remained at an all-time low in 2020, but the common theme in almost every accident, including non-fatal incidents, remains the improper handling of firearms.
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department keeps detailed reports of all hunting-related fatal and non-fatal incidents dating back to 1966, providing...
The Texas Parks & Wildlife Commission is set to approve multiple deer hunting regulation changes for 2016-17 at its regular March meeting.
The proposed regulation changes include:
Elimination of the antlerless and spike-buck control permit
Replacing the special late antlerless and spike-buck season and defining an unbranched antlered deer
Implementing an archery-only and general white-tailed deer...