My grandfather, the late George Moore, rarely fished by the time I came along. Most of my memories of him are shucking oysters on the front porch or watching Mid-South Wrestling. He and I were both big fans of the Junkyard
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A new open access study by leading scientists rebuts unfounded criticisms and reaffirms the need for effective outdoor cat control. According to researchers, coordinated critics have mounted a “misinformation campaign designed to purposefully fabricate doubt regarding the harmful impacts of
Do Feral Cats Kill 2.4 Billion Birds Each year? Read More »
At the beginning of 2018, the Toyota ShareLunker program debuted a new year-long season for anglers to enter their 8 pound and larger bass for prizes, recognition, and to help the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department promote and enhance bass
Sharelunker Program Has Interesting Year Read More »
Duck season is winding down and the ducks have been hunted since September. They start getting shot at in Canada, and through every other state along the central flyway. If you are still using the same calling routine and decoy
5 Late Season Duck Strategies Read More »
Just when you start to think the all-time benchmarks for white-tailed deer can’t get any taller, a remarkable buck with a really bizarre set of antlers comes along that blows away all the other whoppers before it. Deer hunting’s latest
38 Point Buck Could Be World Record Read More »
The 2019 Houston Boat, Sports & Travel Show brought the best of fishing and recreational boats to the NRG Center and as usual Texas Fish & Game was there to check it out. Here are some photos we took of
Houston Boat Show Floor Coverage (Pt. 2) Read More »
The 2019 Houston Boat Show brought the best of fishing and recreational boats to the NRG Center and as usual Texas Fish & Game was there to check it out. Here are some photos we took of some of the
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White-tailed Deer vs. Exotics Exotic deer were brought into the Texas Hill County in the 1930s. Exotic numbers began to increase rapidly in the 1950’s, with the birth of the hunting industry. Exotic surveys by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
Will Exotics Wipe Out Whitetails? Read More »
It doesn’t take an astro physicist to figure out we have a huge population of feral hogs here in Texas. No matter whether you live in the hill country or the piney woods there are plenty of them. Hogs are
Hogs, Hogs And More Hogs Read More »
I want to see a long-tailed weasel. I might have seen one in 1998 when crossing over Adams Bayou near my home in Orange County. It was at night and this little creature slowly walked across the road. At first
A Weasel and White Elk Sighting-In East Texas! Read More »
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
Wild TX Deer Found With CWD Read More »
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,
Texas Wetlands Saved By Congressional Act Read More »
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
Alligator Eats Donuts (Video) Read More »
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
Rattling Bones And Whitetail Read More »
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
Catching Winter Coastal Catfish Read More »
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
A Look At 2019 For The Outdoor Nation Read More »
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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