Tracking Texas Eastern Turkeys By Chester Moore The speed at which a bulky wild turkey can take to the air and disappear into a forest canopy is impressive. Turkeys most often run when retreating but are quite adept at flying, […]
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While the 2022 drought and heat have reduced wild turkey numbers across Texas, hunters who hit the field this spring should see plenty of birds in areas that typically house huntable populations of wild turkeys. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
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HUNTING IS ONE OF THE MOST challenging outdoor sports. Like other outdoor activities such as hiking or mountaineering, you must learn various skills before going on your first hunting trip. This includes basic survival techniques and marksmanship. With these skills,
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Emails coming into Texas Fish & Game to identify wildlife or answer various questions related to distribution of certain species are commonplace. We welcome them and appreciate the opportunity to dialogue with our audience. We recently got an email asking
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Dry conditions across the state could pose some challenges as waterfowl hunters gear up for the start of the new season. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) biologists indicate habitat conditions are not ideal for ducks and duck hunters in
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Furthering more than three decades of support in the region, the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation and its partners allocated more than $1.45 million dollars over the next two years to benefit elk and elk country in Kentucky, North Carolina, Tennessee,
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Bobwhite and scaled quail populations continue to battle against drought conditions across Texas as quail season opens statewide Oct. 29. This means hunting opportunities and success will vary throughout the state. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) biologists completed their
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“The outdoors is such an exciting place. I just love it.” Kat Hunter spoke those words as she gazed out into the beautiful, rugged FTW Ranch on the southwestern tier of the Edwards Plateau. This Texan is one of 12
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Hunters supporting Virginia’s first-ever managed elk hunt scheduled to take place October 8-14 generated more than $606,000 to bolster wildlife and management projects with the state’s elk management zone. “This funding is an indicator of the significant contributions of hunters
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When migrating mule deer encounter energy development, they stall just long enough to let their spring forage go stale, according to a collaborative study published today led by the U.S. Geological Survey and University of Wyoming. Mule deer in Wyoming.
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The Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) welcomed the Navajo Nation Department of Fish and Wildlife as a new Affiliate. “Our Chapters and Affiliates represent a driving force for wild sheep conservation efforts on the ground,” said Gray N. Thornton, President and
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Even though the U.S. Department of Agriculture has now reversed its ill-timed Sept. 2 ban on importing game birds taken in Canada, waterfowl hunters throughout North America could still be impacted by the spread of highly pathogenic avian influenza in
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For many reasons, the fastest-growing segment in the hunter/conservationist community today is women, and as mentioned in my May 2022 article in FishGame.com: The Outdoor Nation, I’m the Chair of the Wild Sheep Foundation’s (WSF) Women Hunt® (WH) Committee and
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The National Wild Turkey Federation is strenuously opposed to HR 8167, a bill introduced in the House of Representatives that removes the self-imposed excise tax on firearms, ammunition and archery equipment that funds the Federal Aid in Wildlife Restoration Act,
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The National Wild Turkey Federation (NWTF) is helping fund a new, three-year wild turkey research project conducted by researchers from multiple universities and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. The project will take place in the Edwards Plateau Ecoregion, a
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A lot has changed since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, but one thing that hasn’t: the need for data to inform waterfowl management and hunting regulations according to officials with Delta Waterfowl. “Season lengths and bag limits are adjusted
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The Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) welcomed an announcement by Secretary Deb Haaland about the Department of the Interior’s (DOI) continued commitment to Secretarial Order 3362. The Order, signed in 2018 during MDF’s Western Hunting & Conservation Expo, has played a
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When my good friend and fellow angler, hunter and wildlife conservationist, Chester Moore, invited me to be a regular contributor to the Texas Fish & Game newsletter, I asked myself, why not? As I thought about what I wanted to
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The Wild Sheep Foundation (WSF) Women Hunt™ Program will once again offer an exceptional opportunity for twelve new female hunters to experience their first hunt in a safe, comfortable, and immersive educational environment at the FTW Ranch in the Hill
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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 held captive behind high
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