Texas Fish & Game

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October 28, 2021

This Is How Coyotes Become Dangerous

Have you noticed coyotes getting bolder in their approach to people in urban areas and even in thew wild? This is an issue we first tackled on these pages in the May 2005 edition in an […]
July 29, 2021

Be Mindful Of Coyotes, Hogs During Floods

The incredible amount of water put onto the landscape by hurricanes whether it comes from storm surge or rain, has a huge impact on wildlife. There are two animals in particular that are extremely abundant along […]
September 6, 2019

How Do Coyotes Really Impact Whitetails?

A new study published in The Journal of Wildlife Management gives an interesting look at how coyotes impact whitetail numbers. The expansion or recovery of predators can affect local prey populations. Since the 1940s, coyotes (Canis […]
July 10, 2018

Rare Look At Coyote Pups (Video)

Coyote Pups Wild canids are special to me. On the North American front I am particularly fond of red wolves, coyotes and their hybrids the “coywolf”. The red wolf is declared extinct in the wild other […]
August 4, 2017

Wolf sightings in Texas?

Does the red wolf still roam the wilds of Texas? It’s an intriguing question and one that TFG Editor-In-Chief has dug into and recently shared at length with Todd Jurasek Park radio. Canis rufus, the red […]
April 22, 2017

Coyote Attacks Increasing (Video)

Coyote attacks both on domestic animals and humans are on the rise. This video shows a surveillance camera coyote attack on a small dog in a parking lot. Experts say that attacks on domestic animals always […]
March 1, 2016

Coywolf? Coyote…or what? (Video)

February 28, 2014

U.S. Geo. scientists produce hybrid wolf/coyote pups

Scientists have successfully produced hybrid pups between a male western gray wolf and a female western coyote in captivity. By artificially inseminating a female western coyote with western gray wolf sperm, U.S. Geological Survey scientists and […]
March 6, 2013

Death in the Darkness

I’ve always thought nightvision was pretty cool, but until now the only ones I’ve been able to play with were the Generation 1 $99 cheapos that worked about as well as snapping a glowstick. This year […]
February 21, 2013

Helicopter Hog Eradication in North Texas [video]

Helicopter Hog Hunting has been on my bucket list even before Texas made it legal.  I was recently able to participate in another hunt with Cedar Ridge Aviation outside of Knox City, TX. “Two-thirds of the feral […]