Shed hunting has become the prime offseason pursuit for deer hunters across the country -- especially in Texas -- providing a hands-on hobby to allow for extra days in the field while also helping to serve as a scouting and management tool, even on the smallest of tracts.
If you’re...
The thrill of dove hunting isn’t about shooting.
Seems silly, right?
Expense, time and energy are shelled out to chase after a quarter-pound bird, but the true aim isn’t to harvest as many as possible as quickly as possible.
It seems like a paradox in this day and age when hours are...
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Chronic wasting disease is not prevalent in Texas but recent positive test results from deer breeding facilities in separate regions of the state are certainly troubling news for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the Texas Animal Health Commission.
The agencies reported this week that CWD was discovered in breeding...
Shotgun shooting is a great outdoors pursuit all year, with multiple opportunities to slay some clays.
There are always trap and skeet and five stand and sporting clays options at local gun ranges and gun clubs, and if you want to journey out into the Back 40 and hand-throw some...
If you haven’t already had an opportunity to spend a chilly morning in search of waterfowl, there’s still time, but you must act quickly during this Texas hunting season.
By now ducks and geese have migrated in and out of various areas, encountering a variety of decoy setups and hearing...
The old joke goes something like this: “If a feral hog sow produces a dozen piglets, 13 survive.”
However, no one’s laughing, certainly not farmers and landowners whose crops and fields prime for rooting continually are devastated by a growing menace.
It’s no secret that feral hogs have had a detrimental...
The annual shakedown cruise at the family deer lease was running smoother than ever.
Family commitments and other September items on the agenda in 2000 had made the yearly run to our time-honored hunting spot south of San Angelo to inventory and to check stands and feeders a one-day marathon...
The pleasant smell of wildflowers lingered in a muggy Bee County breeze.
So too did the pleasant echo of turkey talk not long after daybreak in this South Texas turkey hunting hot spot.
The pair of gobblers had given away their position with a raucous retort only minutes earlier and slowly...
It’s a safe assumption that the majority of hunters are fully aware of the regulations associated with this September staple, but there remain common violations that game wardens continue to see each dove hunting season, which often can be easily avoided.
Citation figures compiled by the Texas Parks and Wildlife...