Texas Fish & Game

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February 22, 2022

Biden Admin Negotiating With Antis

An animal-rights group and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service under the leadership of the Biden administration have announced settlement discussions over a lawsuit that could revoke hunting opportunities on nearly 100 National Wildlife Refuges nationwide […]
February 8, 2022

The Biggest Buck Harvest In 21 Years!

Deer hunters in the United States harvested an estimated 6.3 million white-tailed deer in the 2020-21 hunting season, the most since 2011, according to the National Deer Association’s latest Deer Report released this week. Harvests of […]
February 1, 2022

Tracking Eastern Turkeys

A cutting-edge study to examine the lives of Eastern wild turkeys has crossed the Sabine River from Louisiana into East Texas. Louisiana State University (LSU) researchers with the cooperation of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department […]
January 27, 2022

Omnicron Found In Whitetails

A Penn State University has discovered the omicron variant of the coronavirus in whitetail deer according to a report in Time magazine. According to a new study (which has not yet been peer-reviewed) published on bioRxiv, […]
January 20, 2022

So What Are CWD-Susceptible Species And Regs?

The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) reminds Texas landowners and hunters of statewide exotic chronic wasting disease (CWD) susceptible species requirements. Exotic susceptible species include North American elk or wapiti, black tailed deer, red deer, reindeer, […]
January 19, 2022

Texan Named Deer Manager Of The Year

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 […]
January 4, 2022

La. Man Arrested For Hunter Harrassment And Assault

Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) enforcement agents arrested a Buras man for allegedly harassing hunters on public property in Plaquemines Parish on Dec. 26. Agents arrested Brendan Nolan, 32, for harassment of a person […]
December 29, 2021

WSF, SITKA United To Research Aoudad Impacts

The Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) have announced partnering with SITKA and the support of the company’s Ecosystem Grants program to a critical research project on aoudad. Aoudad, endemic to the Atlas Mountains of Northern Africa, are […]
December 28, 2021

Delta Applauds New Hunting/Conservation Council

The Department of the Interior has announced the formation of the Hunting and Wildlife Conservation Council, a federal advisory committee that will consist of America’s leading experts on hunting, wildlife and conservation. Comparable versions of the […]
December 21, 2021

Why This College Girl Hunts

Everyone always remembers how they felt when they killed their first deer, whether they were ten years old or twenty. Nothing can replace that feeling of bringing down your first buck or doe, no matter how […]