The dusty breeze tickled the tops of spindly mesquites and thick bunch grass as I descended the steps of the tower stand.
At the bottom, the icy chill of the late November morning hit me square in the face as binoculars were raised for what seemed like the 100th time.
The massive nontypical buck was laying down.
Better yet, he was facing away.
Best of all, he...
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...
WHEELER COUNTY, Texas -- It was April Fools' Day.
That's my story, and I'm sticking to it. (No, literally ... we were hunting spring turkeys in the extreme northern portion of Texas right around the season opener).
The warbling gobbles seemed to resonate from every nook and cranny of the dim...
For the second time in as many months, a Texas deer has tested positive for chronic wasting disease.
A free-ranging mule deer buck shot in Hartley County is the newest case, according to Texas Parks & Wildlife Department officials, who received confirmation from the National Veterinary Services Laboratory in Iowa.
Hartley County is located in...
Texas waterfowl hunting is much like deer hunting in the Lone Star State: Even in what biologists and land managers term “down” seasons, we’ve still got what the average hunter would deem “good” opportunities.
That being said, the current duck hunting outlook certainly has shaped up to be mostly murky...
The Texas spring turkey hunting outlook is always based on Mother Nature's schedule and how well the ground-nesting species fared during the previous fall and winter. In terms of the hunting forecast for spring seasons running from March to May in 2024, things are looking on par with other...
The deer hunting forecast in Texas is always good.
Yes, there are lingering detrimental impacts across much of Southeast Texas in the months after Hurricane Harvey inundated the area with terrifying flooding.
However, even in what the whitetail prognosticators term as “down” or “average” years, we’ve still got the largest population...
It’s hard to get biologists and land managers to utter words such as “extraordinary,” “outstanding” or “spectacular” when discussing the Texas deer outlook.
However, those terms certainly are applicable this fall and winter, and in the minds of some deer experts, the forecast has never been better. Here’s what you...
Chronic wasting disease has become a hot-button topic across the country, with more deer coming down with the fatal disease across whitetail hot beds in the Midwest.
However, Texas has yet to see the same effect as other areas, including Wisconsin and Michigan, thanks in large part to the vigilance...