Texas Fish & Game

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January 14, 2024

Louisiana Begins Bear Meetings

The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries (LDWF) will conduct two public hearings in January to receive public input for the Louisiana black bear hunting season notice of intent (NOI) passed by the Louisiana Wildlife and Fisheries […]
December 4, 2023

State Says Texans Should Be Bear Aware

With winter quickly approaching, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) encourages residents in the western, southwestern and northeastern portions of Texas to practice appropriate bear safety measures and report sightings. Black bears are native to […]
December 21, 2022

Education Needs To Follow TX Bear Return

Black bear populations are growing in Texas. Black bears are generally shy, reclusive creatures but there comes a point when populations grow when that can change. There is no hunting pressure in Texas and Mexico so […]
August 19, 2021

Bears Entering Hyperphagia Phase

Black bears in the Mountain West are entering hyperphagia and will spend up to 20 hours a day trying to eat more than 20,000 calories to fatten up for winter. As bears start to prepare for […]
November 4, 2020

Big Black Bears On Path To Texas (Video)

The big increase in bear sightings across my native state of Texas inspired Higher Calling Wildlife to focus heavily on black bears throughout 2020. In the podcast we did with Stephen F. Austin University officials, we […]
July 2, 2020

Bear Crosses Lake Falcon

Zapata, TX—Lake Falcon on the Texas/Mexico border is known for its huge largemouth bass and monstrous alligator garfish. So, when 15-year-old Joseph Belcher and his uncle Sherman Pierce hit the water,  fish were the focus. That […]
May 26, 2020

Black Bears In East Texas

Join host Chester Moore as he discusses black bears in East Texas with Dr. Daniel Scognamillo and Sarah Fuller of the Arthur Temple College of Forestry & Agriculture at Stephe F. Austin University. Learn the history […]
May 17, 2018

Grizzly Bears, Feral Hogs and More with Casey Anderson and Chester Moore (Audio)

Grizzly Expert Casey Anderson, world renown grizzly bear expert, has done it all when it comes to wildlife exploration and filmmaking. The host of Expedition Wild and Expedition Grizzly along with many other programs, he is […]