Texas Fish & Game

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February 20, 2014

ROGER’S 6 PT

Roger killed this deer in San Saba county as a cull buck. Brow tines not make an inch. It’s 24-1/2 wide , his best
February 20, 2014

Sharpshooters to take out Illinois deer

Sharpshooters will return to a Will County forest preserve to take out a few more deer in an effort to curb a fatal disease among the herd. Forest preserve officials discovered chronic wasting disease in the […]
February 20, 2014

Saltwater guide catches 12 pound bass on Toledo Bend

Every year, Jared Adams makes his first fishing trip for Toledo Bend bass in February, then transitions to saltwater fishing after early spring. Before he became a licensed charter guide for trophy speckled trout and redfish […]
February 20, 2014

Rattlesnakes without rattlers increasing

Rattlesnakes without rattlers? That is what researchers have found in South Dakota where the prairie rattlesnake is the only venomous snake to be found. Over the past couple of years, Terry Phillipp (of Reptile Gardens in […]
February 20, 2014

Dem. bill would require all new guns to be “personalized”

Sen. Edward Markey has unveiled a gun control bill he says will help reduce firearm violence by requiring all new guns be “personalized” with special features, such as fingerprint-reading technology, so they can only be fired […]
February 20, 2014

State seeking info from Tawakoni catfish anglers

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is asking Lake Tawakoni catfish anglers to participate in a brief survey to determine opinions, characteristics and experiences of catfish anglers with emphasis on the blue catfish fishery. Signs and […]
February 20, 2014

Battleship Texas celebrates 100th anniversary

LA PORTE — The Battleship Texas Foundation, working in partnership with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, will celebrate the 100th anniversary of the commissioning of the Battleship TEXAS with two events next month. There will […]
February 20, 2014

Poll: Do you support the proposed 5 trout limit?

February 19, 2014

TX Squirrel, mule deer changes examined

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is proposing expansion of mule deer hunting in several counties and extending squirrel season into February across parts of East Texas. TPWD staff presented proposed amendments to the 2014-15 Statewide […]
February 19, 2014

TPWD proposes freshwater reg changes

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is proposing freshwater fishing regulation changes that will affect anglers in diverse areas of the state. They are as follows: Guadalupe River below Canyon Reservoir (Comal County): rainbow and brown trout regulations on […]