Texas is waterfowl country, and again this fall and winter, all of the Lone Star State will harbor ducks and geese of all shapes, sizes and colors.
The counts again should be favorable, too.
Dave Morrison, small game program leader for Texas Parks & Wildlife, said waterfowl counts in recent seasons...
“Want to see pictures of my deer?”
That phrase invariably invokes a variety of responses from the average hunter, but for me it always sends icy chills up my spine.
I’ve seen hundreds, more likely thousands, of photos snapped from a range of devices provided by readers, friends and others in...
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...
The slow morning turned to afternoon as I flipped a dark spinner bait into the shimmering distance on Lake Meredith in the Texas Panhandle.
Like so many previous retrieves from the bank, I brought my lure back without even a nibble from a hungry largemouth or smallmouth bass and stepped...
From under my rain suit, I can tell the window has closed.
Mother Nature is in control, no doubt about it.
Eerie crackles spring forth from unseen hiding spots in the ghostly gray followed by a monstrous boom that carries near and far. Puffs of black stitched with creepy green hues...
When it comes to spring turkey hunting in Texas, there is plenty of trial and error.
While man has leveled the playing field in almost every pursuit, turkeys can make the most seasoned hunter look foolish with their uncanny ability to foil even the best-laid plans.
Though you should be skeptical...
Huge changes are coming to the Texas fishing and hunting landscape beginning Sept. 1, 2019, including a statewide five-fish limit for speckled trout, a new mandatory kill-switch law for motor boats 26 feet or less in length, and a change to feral hog hunting license requirements on private lands.
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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...
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...