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April 25, 2022

Legal Battle: East Texas Breeder, TPWD Clash On The Fate Of 500 White-Tailed Deer

With legal costs mounting and emotions high, East Texas deer breeder Robert Williams is continuing a battle to prevent the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) from depopulating the prize white-tailed deer herd of 500 animals […]
April 20, 2022

Moore To Appear On HSCF’s “Hunting Matters”

In case you missed the interview Joe Betar of the Houston Safari Club Foundation (HSCF) did with TF&G Editor-In-Chief on “Hunting Matters” you can now listen the podcast of the episode. They go super in-depth on all […]
April 7, 2022

Conditions Improving For Duck Nesting Grounds

Delta Waterfowl forecasts that ducks arriving in the prairie pothole region of the Dakotas and Canada will find far better conditions to produce ducks — hopefully a lot of ducks — than they have for past […]
March 31, 2022

Keeping Science First With New Interior Secretary

Last Monday, the U.S. Senate confirmed Rep. Deb Haaland as the President’s Secretary of the Interior. With this confirmation, Secretary Haaland becomes the first Native American to hold a White House Cabinet secretary position. The Senate […]
March 29, 2022

TPWD Changes Hunting Regs

he Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission approved hunting regulations for the 2022-23 season at its public meeting held March 24 in Austin. Commissioners adopted the following modifications and clarifications to the 2022-23 Statewide Hunting Proclamation: Establish […]
March 23, 2022

Comeback Of The Markhor

Markhor Comeback The markhor is one of the most striking wild goats on the planet. And in the mid 1990s their numbers were down to near 2,000 in their native Pakistan. Recent conservation efforts have seen […]
March 17, 2022

Healthy Lands Summit Coming To Midland

The Borderlands Research Institute is inviting those who are interested in how best to minimize the impacts of energy development on natural resources in far West Texas to attend a Summit on Healthy Lands and Energy […]
March 16, 2022

Wolf Relisting Frustrates Hunting Group

The Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation strongly disagrees with a ruling by a federal judge in California to restore federal protections to gray wolf populations in the Lower 48. “Scientists, biologists and professional wildlife managers agree that […]
March 16, 2022

Turkey Hunters Should Remember Special Reporting Requirements

AUSTIN – This spring turkey season, hunters in Bastrop, Caldwell, Colorado, Fayette, Jackson, Lavaca, Lee, Matagorda, Milam and Wharton counties are required to report their harvests. Mandatory harvest reporting will increase the Texas Parks and Wildlife […]
March 15, 2022

TX Turkey Hunting Outlook Strong

Areas in Texas that have historically had huntable populations of wild turkeys will have solid numbers again this spring hunting season. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) biologists say hunters will have the most luck in […]