Texas Fish & Game

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January 14, 2014

What is Texas speckled trout status?

Texas Parks & Wildlife Department officials are currently scoping for potential regulation changes for speckled trout and flounder on the Texas coast. What is the status of these fisheries? Here is some interesting data on the […]
January 14, 2014

Gulf Coast suffers majority of coastal wetlands loss

Wetland loss along the Gulf Coast accounts for a staggering 71 percent of the coastal wetland loss in the United States each year, according to a National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) report. “Louisiana’s coastal land […]
January 14, 2014

States may bind together to find gun control

Lawmakers in Missouri are once again trying to nullify federal gun laws within the Show-Me State, and this time around they hope Second Amendment advocates elsewhere will join in their fight. The Republican-controlled State Legislature came […]
January 14, 2014

The SHOT Show is how big?

So, how big is the SHOT Show? The TF&G staff has attended for decades and for years we have returned shocked at just how big the show has gotten. The following graph from the National Shooting […]
January 14, 2014

“Extinct” shark species found in fish market

After his 1902 trip to Yemen, scholar and naturalist Wilhelm Hein returned with a variety of plants and animals, which he donated to the Vienna Museum. One of these specimens, a shark, sat unnoticed for more […]
January 14, 2014

Deer that attacked woman to be moved

A deer named Vinny will be removed from a Tampa Bay-area wildlife sanctuary where it gored a woman in the eye. Officials said Vinny will be removed from Survival Outreach Sanctuary in Spring Hill on Monday […]
January 14, 2014

Fork produces third Sharelunker

Lake Fork produced its third Toyota ShareLunker of the season Sunday night. Randall E. Claybourne of Tulsa, Oklahoma, was fishing by himself in 15 feet of water in the east arm of the lake when the […]
January 14, 2014

Jasper County Buck 148 7/8 gross

January 14, 2014

2011 deer season

January 14, 2014

Silverado and Corvette Stingray are Truck and Car of the Year

It is extremely rare for one vehicle manufacturer to win both the Car of the Year and Truck of the Year honors at the North American International Auto Show in Detroit, but Chevy proved that it can […]