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January 9, 2019

A Weasel and White Elk Sighting-In East Texas!

I want to see a long-tailed weasel. I might have seen one in 1998 when crossing over Adams Bayou near my home in Orange County. It was at night and this little creature slowly walked across […]
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January 2, 2019

Wild TX Deer Found With CWD

AUSTIN – Chronic wasting disease (CWD) has been detected in a free-ranging, 5 ½ year-old white-tailed doe between Del Rio and Amistad Reservoir, making it the first confirmed case of the disease in Val Verde County. […]
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January 2, 2019

Texas Wetlands Saved By Congressional Act

In December 1989, President George H.W. Bush signed into law the North American Wetland Conservation Act (NAWCA), which was a new continental conservation funding mechanism.  Designed to assist the North American Waterfowl Management Plan when waterfowl populations were […]
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January 2, 2019

Trump Appoints New Wildlife Director

The U.S. Senate voted to confirm Aurelia Skipwith as Director of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service with a bipartisan vote of 52-39. Skipwith has served as Deputy Assistant Secretary for Fish and Wildlife and Parks […]
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January 1, 2019

Alligator Eats Donuts (Video)

Outdoor photographer Gerald Burleigh is known widely in his home state of Texas for his whitetail deer photography as well as his images of the life cycles of waterfowl. While setting a game camera to lure in […]
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January 1, 2019

TX Wardens Target Illegal Oyster Harvest

Illegal Oyster Harvest Texas game wardens in Calhoun and Aransas counties last week led a multi-agency law enforcement surge operation targeting illegal commercial oyster harvest and possession along the coastal bend, netting more than 140 criminal […]
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December 28, 2018

Consider Late Season Muzzleloader Hunts

The general whitetail only season will be over before you can say “Christmas”. But hunters should note there are late season options available in Texas and so this week I thought I would give a few of these […]
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December 28, 2018

Rattling Bones And Whitetail

“Fit, fit, ffffeeeeeeeeeeeeee!” I hissed, then slammed my Rattling Forks together with a loud crash and immediately started meshing and grinding them together like two big-bodied, mature whitetail bucks engaged in mortal combat.  I pushed hard […]
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December 27, 2018
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Catching Winter Coastal Catfish

A couple of years ago, I wrote a story about catching catfish in winter on the Gulf Coast. The problem was that year we did not have much of a winter. It was more like an […]
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December 24, 2018

Merry Christmas from Texas Fish & Game!

The owners and staff of Texas Fish & Game would like to wish you a merry Christmas and a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. We are blessed to be able to connect with you daily […]
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