AUSTIN – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected in a free-ranging, 5 ½ year-old white-tailed doe between Del Rio and Amistad Reservoir, making it the first confirmed case of the disease in Val Verde County. The Texas Parks and […]
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In December 1989, President George H.W. Bush signed into law the North American Wetland Conservation Act (NAWCA), which was a new continental conservation funding mechanism. Designed to assist the North American Waterfowl Management Plan when waterfowl populations were declining across North America,
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The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Aurelia Skipwith as Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with a bipartisan vote of 52-39. Skipwith has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks at the Department of
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Outdoor photographer Gerald Burleigh is known widely in his home state of Texas for his whitetail deer photography as well as his images of the life cycles of waterfowl. While setting a game camera to lure in feral hogs on a
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Illegal Oyster Harvest Texas game wardens in Calhoun and Aransas counties last week led a multi-agency law enforcement surge operation targeting illegal commercial oyster harvest and possession along the coastal bend, netting more than 140 criminal cases. Many of the
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The general whitetail only season will be over before you can say “Christmas”. But hunters should note there are late season options available in Texas and so this week I thought I would give a few of these to consider. Jan. 7-20
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“Fit, fit, ffffeeeeeeeeeeeeee!” I hissed, then slammed my Rattling Forks together with a loud crash and immediately started meshing and grinding them together like two big-bodied, mature whitetail bucks engaged in mortal combat. I pushed hard into the ground with
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A couple of years ago, I wrote a story about catching catfish in winter on the Gulf Coast. The problem was that year we did not have much of a winter. It was more like an extended fall or early
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Members of the Outdoor Nation here at fishgame.com and at Texas Fish & Game (TFG) magazine have a lot to look forward to in 2019. On the journalistic side of things we are working on several investigative pieces on issues
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The owners and staff of Texas Fish & Game would like to wish you a merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. We are blessed to be able to connect with you daily at fishgame.com, through our
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As I type this article my cell phone begins to ding. I have messages from my deer hunting friends telling me that the time is now. Bucks are chasing does and the rut is in full swing. One message said
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Crystal Beach, TX—When nine-year-old Reese Dearing noticed something floating in the water at the Sandy Shores edition at Crystal Beach, TX. he thought it was a small clump of sargassum (seaweed). He simply followed childhood curiosity and picked it up. What he
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Casey Anderson has done it all when it comes to wildlife exploration and filmmaking. The host of Expedition Wild and Expedition Grizzly along with many other programs, he is a passionate naturalist with a heart for introducing the public to
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Christmas is just around the corner and it’s time to start shopping. If you haven’t already found the perfect gift for the duck hunter in your life, here are a few suggestions for the duck hunter. 1). Shotgun shells: If you
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I love hunting gear and the technological advancements that have helped me further in my hunting and shooting pursuits in the great outdoors. The trend of development in the technology we have today has helped many of us who use
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The debate over baiting has been a long and difficult one which has pitted friends and relatives at each others throats for years. I first got introduced into the debate over the use of feeders and feeding corn while I
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It stands out in my mind as if it were yesterday-a truly wild memory. A beautiful ringtail (ringtail cat) crawled out of a hole in the base of a live oak that had been cut nearly to the ground and
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After a long, hot summer, many Texans are looking forward to going outside and enjoying the long-awaited cool weather this holiday season. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department has begun stocking thousands of cold weather-loving rainbow trout at ponds, lakes
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The first phase of construction on Texas’ newest artificial reef concluded this week when a barge load of giant granite blocks and other concrete materials joined a sunken barge at the HI20 site off Sabine. The new reef currently provides
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Mexican Gray Wolf I’ll never forget staring into the eyes of a big male Mexican gray wolf. Its piercing eyes reflected a wild lineage that roamed the Southwest until the white man moved in with guns, traps and poison. This
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