Texas Fish & Game

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March 19, 2024

Are Elk Populations Rising In Several Parts of Texas?

“Hey Chester, you’ve got to check out what I got on my game camera.” An old Little League teammate approached me in a grocery store with a big smile on his face and an amazing photo. […]
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 6, 2022

Searing For Hill Country Elk

In last week’s article, we discussed the history of elk in East Texas and put the word out for photos and accounts of elk in that region. This week we’re looking at elk in the Hill […]
October 21, 2021

Wild Story Of Elk In East, Central And West Texas

Free-ranging elk roam the Trans-Pecos of Texas, with some anecdotal evidence showing increasing numbers in some areas. Elk, despite being perhaps North America’s most coveted big game animal are not a game animal in Texas. In […]
April 28, 2021

When Wild Elk Lived In East Texas & Hill Countrry

Elk, despite being perhaps North America’s most coveted big game animal are not  a game animal in Texas. In fact, the are treated as exotics with no seasons, bag limits or restrictions on harvest at all. […]
December 15, 2013

Bovine TB sampling extends to mule deer, elk

Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) are seeking input on a cooperative effort to monitor for Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) in Texas, which would include sampling hunter-harvested mule deer and elk. […]