The Texas deer hunting forecast is always "good," though that statement comes with a caveat.
In terms of quality and quantity, there's no place like the Lone Star State for deer hunters. We’ve still got the largest population estimate in the country and there is no shortage of big bucks...
Texas’ Wildlife Management Areas are as distinct and varied as the different regions of the state where they are located. This network of public land is managed by the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department, which uses the hundreds of thousands of combined acres for a number of purposes.
Mostly, the...
South Texas is big deer country.
That’s a fact, regardless if you’re scouring the senderos on a high-fence tract or spying a feeder on a low-fence lease in the "brush country."
However, there also is a pair of Wildlife Management Areas operated by the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department that shouldn’t...
The iron sights glow faintly on a frosty afternoon sit.
Rays from the setting run dance along the barrel as the old whitetail doe feeds closer.
The shot lines up perfectly.
The West Texas breeze rises slightly as the deer steps broadside at 60 yards. An instant later the trigger eases the...
Exotics have been a staple on the Texas landscape for roughly a century, with game ranches stocking hundreds of thousands of antelope, deer and other horned critters of all shapes and sizes.
In most cases, the exotics are welcome for the thousands of dollars per head they can bring via...
Whether you’re hunting deer or hogs or strolling through the woods to admire the fall landscape, you’re in critter country. However, using common sense about the causes of danger and gaining knowledge of how to keep tiny things from developing into life-altering problems are the best line of defense.
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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...
For Stratford and Gruver, it’s pheasants.
Around Kerrville and Llano, white-tailed deer.
And down in Rockport, redfish and waterfowl.
The economic impact that wildlife has on the state of Texas is massive and far-reaching, and the most recent survey from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service shows just how much critters mean...
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is taking public comment on reauthorizing the practice of using tracking dogs to trail wounded deer, which has been prohibited in a dozen eastern counties for more than 20 years.
A series of public meetings is slated to provide details of the proposal and...