Texas Fish & Game

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January 15, 2020

The Truth About Texas Hunting

Texas is a place with as many ecosystems as some countries and more wild game than most. Whether it is hunting or fishing, Texas is tops. It almost goes without saying the whitetail hunting in Texas […]
March 13, 2019

Podcast: Aoudad & Axis: Hunting The Toughest Of Exotics With Bow & Crossbow with Host Dustin Warncke

On this episode, host Dustin Vaughn Warncke rides solo on a show about two of Texas’ toughest exotic game species, the Aoudad (Barbary Sheep) originating from North Africa and the Axis Deer originating from India. Dustin […]
July 3, 2018

The Hunter’s Code

 It seems to me that through the years, we may have forgotten the unwritten rules or “code” that all hunters should live by.  I’m not exactly sure how this happened or when it happened, but as […]
April 5, 2018

CWD Checkpoints Expand for TX Hunters

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission has approved expansion of the state’s chronic wasting disease (CWD) Panhandle Containment Zone following the discovery of the disease earlier this year in a roadkill white-tailed deer. The Containment Zone […]
August 31, 2017

Tx game animal smarter than a whitetail?

There is an animal roaming freely in the wilds of Texas than is harder to hunt than a mature whitetail deer. In fact, this animal may very well be the hardest game animal to hunt in […]
August 31, 2017

In the Calculus of Dove Hunting, Dead Trees = Dead Birds

Glen was dangling his legs from his tailgate, plucking a dove pulled from his swollen game bag as I approached. Six empty Diet Dr. Pepper cans littered the bed of his truck, casualties of the sweltering […]
June 8, 2017

Standing Tall

As hunters and outdoorsmen and women we must stand tall above all others when it comes to conservation and the fight to make sure the outdoor activities we love will be here for our children and […]
March 30, 2017

Early Season Turkeys

Well, opening day is almost here and I can’t wait to find myself leaned up next to a huge towering oak tree, while I am waiting to hear that 1st gobble rip through the spring air. […]
March 30, 2017

Texas Hotshots – Big Boar

Big boar harvested March 15, 2017 at 7:30 p.m. on the Arispe Ranch near San Diego, Texas.
January 5, 2017

Extended Hunting Seasons Provide Opportunities to Fill Deer, Turkey Tags

Youth-Only, Muzzleloader and Special Late Seasons Open Today Through Jan. 15 The general white-tailed deer and Rio Grande turkey season closed in most parts of the state on New Year’s Day, but that doesn’t mean hunters […]