TF&G Staff

Don’t Forget — Early Voting Ends on Friday, October 30! As a fellow gun owner and sportsman, Governor Greg Abbott understands how important it is that voters approve NRA-backed Proposition 6 on the November 2015 ballot to protect the Lone Star State’s tremendous […]

Austin – Areas TX-1 (East Approved Area) and TX-4 in Galveston Bay will be closed to all oyster harvest on Nov. 1 and TX-32 (Copano Bay) will be closed on Nov. 3 due to low abundance of oysters in these

A Spring Branch man caught an 8 feet 8 inch-long bull shark from the shore during Sharkathon off the Padre Island National Seashore on Oct. 17 — the largest catch ever submitted for the competition. Duke Washmon, 36, said he hooked the 104-inch shark at

AUSTIN – Thanks to timely rainfall and cooler temperatures this year, Texas quail hunters can anticipate hearing more bobwhites during the upcoming season, which gets under way statewide Saturday, Oct. 31. Bobwhite quail could provide the best indicator of how

Gun control stalwarts Sens. Richard Blumenthal, Chris Murphy, Dianne Feinstein and others kicked off a legislative push to mandate an end to the “default to proceed” practice. Under federal guidelines, licensed firearms dealers can transfer a gun immediately after given

AUSTIN –Hunters should expect the 2015-16 Texas white-tailed deer season to be one of the best in years as timely rainfall and mild weather have certainly set the table, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The general season

A giant rattlesnake estimated to be between eight and ten feet in length was killed in Arkansas by a man who said it attacked his dog. A western diamondback rattlesnake was killed in West Hartford, Arkansas by a landowner near

Employees of Strong Memorial Hospital in Rochester, New York were dumbfounded after an injured deer stumbled into the emergency wing on Monday. According to Fox News, the deer made it 20 feet down a hallway before staff were able to corral

It looks like the premise behind Sharknado may not be so outlandish after all. Whitney Constantine of Mobile, Alabama was more than a little surprised after discovering a dead shark in the middle of her front yard earlier this week. According to

Texas resident Kevin Fowler was in his garden shed when he found a snake. It was the third rattlesnake Fowler had found in his shed in a month and he took to Facebook to point out how dangerous the snakes

Earlier this month, the International Game Fish Association (IGFA) certified a 28-pound, 8-ounce flathead catfish caught by five-year-old Luke Harvell as the new record for that species in the 50-pound line class. The young angler caught the fish in North

On Saturday a woman plowed her car into a crowd at the Oklahoma State University homecoming parade, killing 4 and injuring 30– but it lead in one paper as a shooting. While the copy of the article, published in the

Wouldn’t it be nice if you could buy a suppressor without having to pay a $200 tax on an already expensive item? That’s exactly what the American Silencer Association and Representative Matt Salmon (AZ) hope to do with the introduction of

Fourteen-year-old Micalah Millard of Skiatook, Oklahoma has been hunting every year since she was six, but last weekend she harvested her biggest buck yet—and it just may be a new state record. The Tulsa World reported that Millard shot a long-tined buck

A Louisiana deer hunter recently went from hero to zero when officials discovered that he didn’t have the proper licenses or tags to harvest an 18-point whitetail buck, with an unofficial green score of 208 7/8 inches—a deer big enough to

If you were a pesky beaver in Idaho in the late 1940s and 50s, you risked being “relocated” in a most adventurous manner. The fact that the Idaho Department of Fish and Game flew beavers in a plane and dropped

The most tedious and difficult part of boating usually happens at the boat ramp, but not with this impressive vehicle. The boaters in question created a hybrid vehicle which combines the boat, trailer, and towing vehicle into one amazing package.

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports. You Missed a Spot Two San Augustine County game wardens apprehended two men for road hunting with a spotlight near Sam Rayburn Lake. When the