Lake Conroe has long been celebrated as one of Texas’s premier big bass lakes, and for good reason. It’s a magnet for Houston-area anglers chasing trophy largemouth bass and other species, making this 21,000-acre reservoir iconic. As an outdoor writer
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The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation helped the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency (TWRA) add two tracts totaling 1,322 acres to the North Cumberland Wildlife Management Area (WMA). The Laurel Fork project lies in the heart of the Southern Appalachian elk range
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Preliminary tests have confirmed Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in multiple black vultures recovered at Landa Park in New Braunfels. Disease experts indicate HPAI is circulating among wild birds in Texas as waterbirds and waterfowl visit their wintering grounds. Widespread
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is opening TX-18 in Matagorda Bay to commercial and recreational oyster harvest beginning 12:01 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 18. Based on samples recently collected by TPWD, TX-18 meets criteria for reopening. These criteria include
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Heavy fall rain will mean anglers in east Texas should enjoy prime white bass fishing this spring, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) biologists predict, while results could be spottier in central and south Texas. Each spring, white bass run
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The 50th Annual Houston Fishing Show is ongoing at the George R. Brown Convention Center, located at 1001 Avenida De Las Americas in downtown Houston. This five-day event is a must-visit for fishing enthusiasts of all levels. Texas Fish &
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission (TPWC) adopted proposed amendments to the Statewide Oyster Fishery Proclamation that accomplishes a suite of actions, providing positive change for the oyster fishery, including the establishment of a Certificate of Location (CoL) program for restoration activities,
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Flushing Out a Poacher On Nov. 2, Henderson County Game Wardens filed charges against a man for hunting without landowner consent. The wardens had been investigating the suspect since last deer season, when they found an unusual hunting blind made out of
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The Toyota ShareLunker program roared into February with two Legacy Class lunkers on back-to-back days. Lady Bird Lake returned to the Legacy class limelight for the first time in a decade on Wednesday afternoon followed by J.B. Thomas on Thursday
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The Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) has dedicated thousands of man-hours, funding, and conservation work to Columbia blacktail deer and Sitka blacktail deer, and today it announced significant strides in expanding its conservation work for the subspecies. In 2022, MDF
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The Texas Gulf Coast is home to some of the largest shark species. These apex predators roam the deep and shallow waters, maintaining balance in marine food chains. Below are the five biggest sharks found in Texas waters, including their
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Texas Game Wardens have concluded an investigation that led to the arrest and conviction of two individuals involved in illegally moving of captive white-tailed deer. A South Texas deer breeder and his business partner were caught attempting to smuggle seven
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Here’s a look at some of the 2024 conservation work of the Bonefish & Tarpon Trust. Bonefish Spawning Site Research and Protection Following the groundbreaking discovery of a bonefish pre-spawning aggregation (PSA) in the Upper Keys in April of 2023,
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Texas Game Wardens arrested a local hunting outfitter and two others for illegally guiding nilgai hunts on private property. The suspects used airboats and thermal optics to take clients on hunts for the exotic animals, operating a sophisticated scheme and profiting from illegal
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The 2024 Toyota ShareLunker season reached new heights thanks to 371 anglers who entered a record 689 lunker largemouth bass into the program throughout the year from 89 Texas public waterbodies. The total included 467 in the Bass Pro Shops
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Here’s the seminar schedule for the 2025 Houston Fishing Show. WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2025 4:30 P.M. Bradley Doyle – Vice President Texas Catfish Association / Fishing Lake Conroe for Trophy Catfish, Crappie and Hybrids 5:30 P.M. The Bite Me Podcast
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For the past 23 years in February, countless volunteers band together to search the Texas coastline for abandoned crab traps. The abandoned traps foul shrimpers’ nets, snag anglers’ lines, ghost fish (when lost or abandoned fishing gear, such as nets,
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The outdoors is a place of adventure, solitude, and sometimes… danger. While most trips into the wild are peaceful, there are times when hunters, anglers, and outdoor enthusiasts stumble upon something—or someone—that shouldn’t be there. Sometimes outdoors lovers encounter strange
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Two Texas Game Wardens were recognized during January’s Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission meeting for their contributions and efforts in supporting the agency’s mission. “Kirk Clendening and Jamal Allen represent the teamwork, integrity and professionalism that define Texas Game Wardens,” said Col.
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Richland-Chambers Reservoir is back in the Toyota ShareLunker Legacy Class spotlight for the first time since 2008. Dylan Sorrells of Dallas reeled in 13.64-pound ShareLunker 671 Sunday afternoon, giving the waterbody its fifth overall Legacy Class fish. It’s the second
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