The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is seeking public input on the proposed rules changing bag and size limits for spotted seatrout on the middle and lower Texas coast. A series of public hearings we reported on have passed
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The National Deer Association is pleased to name Mike Hinkle of Flower Mound, Texas, as its 2021 NDA Deer Manager of the Year Award, an award presented to an amateur deer manager who demonstrates outstanding commitment to sound management of
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Should we poison feral hogs? For the last five years, various plans to poison feral hogs has been on tap for Texas but various challenges have changed the original plans. Click to listen. In the final installment on our series
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is closing TX-25 in San Antonio Bay to commercial and recreational oyster harvest beginning at 12:01 a.m. Friday, Jan. 14, 2022. This closing is based on samples recently collected by TPWD showing low
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The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation provided $180,000 in funding from its Torstenson Family Endowment to help continue critical elk migration corridor mapping across the West. The grant to the University of Wyoming assists west-wide corridor mapping work, conducted collaboratively by
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On December 23, 2021 ATF launched a new system for applicants to complete various forms that ATF is responsible for administrating. For most gun owners, this change will primarily impact how applications for firearms regulated under the National Firearms Act
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It didn’t take long for the first pair of Legacy Class largemouth bass of the 2022 Toyota ShareLunker season to find their way into angler’s boats. It was more than fitting that Tyler Anderson from Austin and Wendell Ramsey, Sr.
Two 14 Pound Bass Caught At O.H. Ivie Read More »
Texas Fish & Game and St. Croix have issued a new conservation challenge to high school bass fishing teams around the state. New challenges will go out every two weeks, with a total of seven before the end of the
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Beginning today (Jan. 17), Texas Fish & Game and St. Croix will begin sending social media conservation challenges to high school bass team sponsors throughout the state. New challenges will go out every two weeks, with a total of seven
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Is it possible to kill bear-sized boars? Are wil hogs getting bigger and more dangerous? In part two of the Higher Calling Wildlife podcast series, we discuss truly monster hogs and how to kill them. Click to listen to this
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At its most recent January meeting, the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries Commission amended a Notice of Intent (NOI) that creates coastal buffer zones to Gulf menhaden harvest regulations. The amendment removes the ¼ mile buffer on the outside of the
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What started off as a run-of-the-mill investigation into a series of boat title discrepancies, concluded this past summer with multiple felony charges against three individuals suspected of running an interstate theft ring and the recovery of over $275,000 worth of
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Harmful Algal Blooms (HABs) are a global concern that threaten human and aquatic ecosystem health and can cause severe economic damages. Algal toxins are produced by certain species of algae and microscopic water plants called phytoplankton and can cause acute
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The Utah Wildlife Board voted to restrict the use of trail cameras and other hunting-related technologies and also approved some changes to black bear and cougar hunting in the state, as well as a few other items during a public
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Hog attacks are increasing in Texas. With four attacks in under two years, the trend of major hog-human conflict is rising. In this episode of Higher Calling Wildlife on the Waypoint Podcast Network, host Chester Moore and hog expert Jeff
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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) closed TX-32 in Aransas Bay to commercial and recreational oyster harvest beginning as if 12:01 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022. This closing is based on samples recently collected by TPWD showing low abundance
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In an experiment spanning over 20 years, researchers at the University of Illinois have found that vulnerability to being caught by anglers is a heritable trait in largemouth bass. The study began in 1975 with the resident population of bass
Have Scientists Found Bass Gene That Dictates Vulnerability To Catch? Read More »
A new study provides strong evidence that exposure to light pollution alters predator-prey dynamics between mule deer and cougars across the intermountain West, a rapidly growing region where nighttime skyglow is an increasing environmental disturbance. The University of Michigan-led study,
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Wildfires have increasingly coincided with the beginning of fall migration for many bird species. This greater frequency of fall wildfires is thought to be primarily the result of frequent drought conditions and climate change, and the impacts of these fires on migrating birds are not yet well
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Last week, my story The Lost Turkeys drew a strong, positive response from readers. There were comments across numerous media platforms but the best part was getting photos of other color-phase birds. Natural anomalies always captivate people and getting outdoors
Readers Submit White, Gray, Cinnamon Wild Turkey Photos Read More »
