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December 25, 2023

TEXAS WHITETAILS by Larry Weishuhn

Managed Lands Deer Permits LISTEN: (3 Min, 42 Sec) IN RECENT YEARS, more and more landowners and hunters have started taking advantage of our Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s “Managed Lands Deer Permit”, or MLDP. After the […]
October 25, 2023

Americans Spent Huge Money On Hunting, Fishing and Wildlife

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Association of Fish and Wildlife Agencies today released the results of the 2022 National Survey of Fishing, Hunting, and Wildlife-Associated Recreation. The survey, coordinated by the Service, shows that […]
August 24, 2023

D.I.Y Dove

Public & Private Options for Do-It-Yourself Dove Hunting Feature Story by MATT WILLIAMS LISTEN: (10 minutes, 52 seconds)   EXCITEMENT AMONG TEXAS DOVE HUNTERS always spikes as August fades to September, because they know good times […]
August 24, 2023

TEXAS WHITETAILS by Larry Weishuhn

At the Water Hole LISTEN: (3 Min, 30 Sec)   TEXAS IS A THIRSTY STATE! Rainfall at the right times and amounts will make anyone a fabulous wildlife manager!   This year, in spite of extremely hot […]
August 24, 2023

Texas Elk?

Once Native to the Piney Woods, Free Range Elk are Trickling Back into East Texas Forests Feature Story by CHESTER MOORE LISTEN: (3 minutes, 03 seconds)   “HEY CHESTER, you’ve got to check out what I […]
September 15, 2022

Deer Group Expanding Hunter Recruitment

The National Deer Association released a video documentary of a groundbreaking Field to Fork hunter-recruitment event held last year aimed at diversifying deer hunting, providing equitable access to underrepresented communities, and shoring up conservation funding. The […]
December 28, 2021

Delta Applauds New Hunting/Conservation Council

The Department of the Interior has announced the formation of the Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council, a federal advisory committee that will consist of America’s leading experts on hunting, wildlife and conservation. Comparable versions of the […]
December 21, 2021

Why This College Girl Hunts

Everyone always remembers how they felt when they killed their first deer, whether they were ten years old or twenty. Nothing can replace that feeling of bringing down your first buck or doe, no matter how […]
October 21, 2021

CAPE Act Has Interesting Implications For Hunters

The Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) expressed its support for Senator John Barrasso’s (R–WY) proposed bill that would ensure that even under a depopulation management action, no part of an animal will go to waste. The bill […]
October 15, 2020

Let’s Get Back To Outdoors Simplicity

My father used to tell stories about hunting marsh hens (rails) with pellet guns in the marsh behind their home near the Port of Orange one of his childhood great outdoors stomping grounds. Without any camouflage, […]