An Amazing Look At The Elk Comeback-In Virginia! (Video)
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How To Make Sure You’re Really Shooting A Doe
The National Deer Association is pleased to announce the premiere of a new educational video project, “How to Identify Antlerless Deer in the Field,” produced in partnership with The Bearded Buck. The 17-minute video uses footage of live, wild whitetails
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Teal Hunters Confront Dry Prairies, Marsh
The early teal season kicked off Saturday with little fanfare. Although habitat conditions across much of the state are currently very poor due to record heat and a lack of precipitation, bright spots include portions of the Texas Panhandle, where
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Unprecedented Heat, Drought Increases Fire Dangers
The Southern United States has faced a challenging summer with unrelenting daily temperatures of more than 100 degrees, abnormally low relative humidity, critically dry vegetative fuels ready to burn, wildfires exhibiting extreme fire behavior, and to top it off — a hurricane.
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Group Highlights Bison Issues
Things are heating up for bison-focused legislation according to officials with the National Bison Association (NBA). “We have two leading issues for the bison industry, both important to the integrity of our national mammal. First, continued funding for vital Malignant
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Nuisance Wildlife Program Set For Sept. 19
The Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service will hold a Nuisance Wildlife Management Program on Sept. 19 from 4-6 p.m. in Georgetown. Bee swarming behavior and wasp issues are an increasing nuisance in Williamson County. The Sept. 19 program speakers will include a
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Delta Celebrates Victory For Hunting Access
Gather your gear and get the decoys ready: Waterfowl hunting at Swan Lake National Wildlife Refuge is back on this season. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced a reversal of its June 6 decision to close waterfowl hunting for
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Officials Warn Dove Hunters Of Fire Dangers
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department urges Texans to help protect the lands and natural resources we all love during the upcoming dove hunting season by being mindful of activities that may cause a wildfire. Persistent triple-digit temperatures and minimal rainfall
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Everything You Need to Know about Swordfish Baits
It’s amazing the lengths anglers will go to when they’re prepping up offshore baits. Ballyhoo get rigged and salted. Ribbonfish get love, care, and a chandelier of treble hooks. Eels get scrubbed with steel wool until they’re shiny white. And
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New US Drought Monitor Report
From the U.S. Drought Monitor… In the South, the heatwave continued across the region during the past week with record-breaking temperatures observed across the eastern half of Texas, Louisiana, and Mississippi. On the map, areas of Extreme Drought (D3) and
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National Wildlife Federation Backs Hunter Ed
Congress and the Biden Administration should act quickly, in bipartisan fashion, to amend language in the Bipartisan Safer Communities Act to ensure that schools can continue to access Department of Education funding for archery and hunter safety education programs. Research
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CCA Texas Pledges $5 Million For Oyster Restoration
The CCA Texas Executive Board recently pledged $5 million for oyster reef restoration across the Texas coast. With unanimous approval by all board members present at their August meeting, the CCA Texas board proudly dedicated the funding for future projects
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New TX Saltwater Regs Go Into Effect
Starting Sept. 1, changes to saltwater fishing regulations went into effect for the 2023-24 license year. Changes include the required use of specialized devices on reef fish exhibiting signs of barotrauma, returning to previous bag and size limits for spotted
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Catching Specks in Difficult Conditions
Specks are finicky fish, and when conditions aren’t right catching them can seem nearly impossible. Of course, you may have just woken up at zero-dark-early, launched the boat, then cruised for 10 miles before you found out the water was
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Trinity River Alligator Gar Harvest Authorization Drawing to Open
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) opens its annual Alligator Gar Harvest Authorization drawing application process Sept 1. The random drawing authorizes anglers to harvest one alligator gar over 48 inches from a section of the Trinity River. From
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Hunters Asked To Respect The Resources
Although most hunters respect the land, property and wildlife they are hunting, a minority do not. Yet these few bad actors lead to frustration from private landowners and hunters looking to do things right. This year remember: It’s up to
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Tip Leads To Bust of Bird Trafficking Ring
This week, a federal grand jury returned indictments charging six Cuban nationals from Houston with illegal trafficking of migratory songbirds, violating the Migratory Bird Treaty Act and the Lacey Act. The joint investigation led by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
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Wind Farms In Gulf Take Step Forward
The first offshore wind auction in the Gulf of Mexico marks a new step forward for the adoption of this clean energy technology around the country. The winning $5.6 million bid has the potential to bring hundreds of jobs to the area
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Turkey Egg Research Gives Look At Turkey Survival
As part of its 2023 investment in wild turkey research, the NWTF is helping fund a unique project out of the University of Tennessee examining potential factors that may be causing wild turkey eggs to fail to hatch. “We were
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Deer Group Offering Free Membership
E-mail has become a key communication tool in achieving NDA’s mission, including education through the weekly e-newsletter and action alerts that are geographically targeted to the deer hunters who are affected by regional or state policy proposals. We issued 60 such
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