It was the biggest whitetail I had ever seen outside of a high fence on open range. It was truly world-class. Crossing the road with its head held high, the buck’s antlers towered over it as it slipped into the […]
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I could almost hear “Ki Ki Ki Ma Ma Ma” echoing in the forest. Excitement at the opportunity to be in the woods alone, early in the morning in a remote tract had now turned to…well…fright. Just ahead of me on a
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U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Carrizo Springs Station, along with the Border Patrol Search, Trauma and Rescue (BORSTAR) unit rescued a man in distress Monday. “With the average daily temperature in South Texas well over 100 degrees, crossing the
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Hollywood gets lots of things wrong. And one of the most glaring examples are references to wildlife and hunting in films. There are countless examples like CGI whitetail deer with elk antlers and any number of animals shown in the
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The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife law enforcement reports. A-B-C, It’s Easy as 1-2-3 A Hamilton County game warden and Johnson County game warden were patrolling Lake Pat Cleburne when they conducted a water safety
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A mysterious cluster of horse killings has hit Southeast Texas, specifically in the areas of Pearland and in Liberty County. Some horses are shot and left to lay while others are walked out of their fences, stabbed and have their
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Chad Jones has been selected as the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s new Law Enforcement Director. Col. Jones became a game warden in 2004 and has held duty stations in Brazos and Trinity Counties, has served as a Team Lead
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A Big Bend Ranch State Park Police Officer and a Presidio County game warden were patrolling River Road at night through Big Bend Ranch State Park when the officers noticed a car parked in the Closed Canyon Trail parking lot
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Texas is unlike any other state. Only Alaska is larger but no state has more biodiversity and incredible outdoor opportunities. Here are some facts and figures that should make you happy to live here or want to get here as
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3 friends on fishing trip killed in ‘massacre’. That headline from last weekend shook me to the core as I just broadcast a radio program about the dangers of encountering bad people on fishing and hunting expeditions. And I have
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Modern technology allows law enforcement new ways to target offenders and in a recent case, it had to do with tattoo identification. Two Liberty County game wardens completed an investigation that began in mid-February of this year when they were
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Hunters looking for a new opportunity or a change of scenery this fall are encouraged to check out the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) drawn hunt permits program. Applications are being accepted now for a shot at more than
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Regional names give rise to confusion among anglers in terms of identifying fish. A prime example is the term yellow cat which some anglers confuse with the yellow bulkhead or “mud cat”. To clear up this particular point of confusion
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Dark Skies Over Texas Chinati Mountains State Natural Area, located 25 miles north of Presidio, is now included into Big Bend Ranch State Parks’ 2017 International Dark Sky Park designation with the International Dark-Sky Association (IDA). The inclusion of Chinati
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Houston Safari Club Foundation (HSCF) applauds the U.S. House of Representatives Passage of the Recovering America’s Wildlife Act (H.R.3742) as an amendment to the Moving Forward Act that has moved through Congress. With passage out of the House of the
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Wardens Report Wild Circumstances AUSTIN — The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife law enforcement reports from the game wardens patrolling Texas wild lands. Bare Necessities While patrolling near Lake Sam Rayburn, a Sabine County game
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When people hear about hurricanes most immediately think of high winds. But it’s the water that’s responsible for nearly 90% of fatalities – and half of those are due to storm surge. Do you know if you’re at risk? Thanks to
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Because overfished Atlantic marlin receive no government research funding priority, large data gaps relating to their life history characteristics remain. Satellite tagging provides a means to fill some of the data gaps by recording a marlin’s location and movement in
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Any time you troll with long leaders or “gang” lures like spreader bars of daisy chains, a “wire-man” will have to haul in the fish the last few feet by hand. And wiring big fish is often when they’re lost.
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Just this past week, I had the opportunity to go check out a new place for deer season and off-season hog hunting. And it reminded me of the need to prepare for fall. As the sweat poured off of me,
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