Last Day Buck
After chasing for the better part of two months, got him on the last day of the season. Shot in Wilkinson County, MS
Chester’s Top 5 Wildlife Encounters
After blogging on my favorite fish caught, I thought I would do one on overall wildlife encounters. This was a tough list to narrow down but it reminded me how blessed I truly am to have witnessed so many of
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Officials: When animals attack call 9-11
If a raccoon attacks someone in Monroeville, police want to know about it before TV news viewers do. Last week, a Monroeville woman who said she was attacked by a raccoon was featured on a television news broadcast. She told
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Castaway known to drink turtle blood
Well before his incredible tale of survival in a 13-month Pacific odyssey, fellow Mexican fishermen say Jose Salvador Alvarenga consumed the very things he claims saved him: raw fish and turtle blood. But a young man who accompanied him on
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Wendy Davis supports open carry in TX?
AUSTIN, Texas — The Wild West tradition of openly carrying your six-shooter on the street has long been banned in Texas under state law. But the next governor could change that. Rising Democratic star and gubernatorial candidate Wendy Davis has
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Interior Department: Iceland’s whaling undermines CITES
The Department of the Interior has certified to President Obama under the Pelly Amendment to the Fishermen’s Protective Act of 1967 that Iceland’s international trade in whale meat and products diminishes the effectiveness of the Convention on International Trade in
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Spring camping events set for Houston area
HOUSTON – Texas Outdoor Family, a Texas State Park family camping program, will host spring and summer family camping workshops at Brazos Bend, Huntsville and Galveston Island state parks to teach families the basics of camping and enjoying the great
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Crab trap removal dates set
Hoping to add to the pile of more than 33,449 derelict crab traps hauled from Texas bays since 2002, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officials are gearing up for the 14th annual Texas Abandoned Crab Trap Removal Program Feb. 21
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Tagged great white “Katharine” really gets around
This shark really gets around. A one-ton great white shark looks to be making its way back north, after yesterday making a beeline toward Canaveral National Seashore. By 3:45 p.m. today, the shark dubbed “Katharine” was tracked back off Flagler
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Fly Fish Texas to be held March 8
Learn to tie a fly, cast a fly and catch a fish all in one day during the annual Fly Fish Texas event at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center March 8. Throughout the day, experienced fly-tiers will be demonstrating and
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TPWD stocking wild turkeys in East Texas
More than two dozen Eastern wild turkeys from Tennessee and Missouri will call the Gus Engeling Wildlife Management Area home as of today, thanks to the efforts of the National Wild Turkey Federation and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
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Coolest game camera photo ever!
We have all seen amazing game camera photos but this is the most unique one that has come across my desk. Reader Sean Thompson sent this in from the Livingston, TX area. I don’t really have to say any more.
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Shark cull raises ire of public
As Australians flocked to the beaches at the height of a hot Southern Hemisphere summer, a commercial fisherman hired for the task hauled in a 10-foot tiger shark caught on a baited line. The fisherman shot the shark in the
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Kalashnikov to sell 200,000 rifles in US, Canada
The Kalashnikov Group has signed an exclusive contract with the Russian Weapon Company (RWC) to supply up to 200,000 guns to North America annually. It should boost sales in the world’s biggest civil weapons markets, while sales in Russia are
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Coyote complaints increase in Central Texas
Coyote complaints are on the rise in Central Texas. Residents have spotted them lurking in neighborhoods, near parks and now schools. Texas Parks and Wildlife explains the four legged creatures have become fearless. “Coyotes are well adaptive scavengers, predators,” said
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Buffalo soldiers to hold special events in Austin, San Antonio
In recognition of February’s designation as Black History Month, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Buffalo Soldiers will pay homage to the 19th century African-American military unit’s unique heritage through living history programs this month. The Buffalo Soldiers, who got
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Concealed carry numbers growing
Charles Ingram and Robert Webster were neighbors in Florida, but friends said the two older men had little love for each other and often quarreled. On a spring day in 2010, the two men, both gun enthusiasts who had state
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A rare look at a young cougar
A large chunk of hairy meat is pulled from a cougar’s stomach, as students from West-Mont Montessori school guess what the one-year old feline’s last meal was. Children forgot about the rank smell as they peered in closer, guessing “deer,”
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Hogs taking TX Panhandle
The hunt is on for hogs in the Panhandle. “We fly around and shoot hogs out of the helicopter,” Shane Williams, Chief Pilot for Cedar Ridge Aviation said. Williams and his partner Dustin Johnson work from a ranch south of
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Mule deer numbers decline in parts of Colorado
Mule deer numbers are declining in Southwest Colorado, with populations near Groundhog Reservoir and Mesa Verde National Park suffering the largest declines. Trends for the past 15 years show a consistent drop in estimated populations in the region. Fly-over surveys,
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