January 19, 2016

Jefferson County Man arrested for killing Whooping Cranes

An 18-year-old Beaumont, Texas man has been arrested for federal violations in the Eastern District of Texas announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales. Trey Joseph Frederick was arrested pursuant to a criminal complaint issued by the […]

January 14, 2016

Suicidal deer …

The people of Button Township, a rural area just outside Paxton, Ill., are sick and tired of hitting deer with their cars. As a novel way to get drivers’ attention, the town is installing new “suicidal […]

January 12, 2016

High water on the Sabine moving wildlife around

National Weather Service Meteorologist Brandi Hughes said Lake Fork was releasing 1,900 cubic feet per second from its dam at the end of last week. “Tawakoni is still running over the spillway,” she said, reporting 2,500 […]

January 12, 2016

Teeth are in the wrong place!

A mountain lion with a rare physical abnormality has wildlife officials in Southeast Idaho stumped. The yearling cougar, which was harvested near Weston last week by an unidentified hunter, had a separate set of teeth growing […]

January 7, 2016

Crappie populations on the rebound at Arrowhead, Bryson, Buffalo Creek, Cooper and other area lakes

The Texas Parks & Wildlife Department fisheries office in Wichita Falls recently completed crappie surveys on lakes Arrowhead, Bryson, Buffalo Creek, Cooper, Iowa Park, Millers Creek and Palo Pinto. The drought negatively affected crappie populations at […]

January 5, 2016

Deer numbers down; quality way up

\\ As this year’s comes to a close in east Texas it’s looking like it was good year for quality, but not so much in numbers. A considerable amount of deer hunting country has been under […]

January 2, 2016

ShareLunker mortality possibly caused by broken lower jaw

Did you realize that you can cause significant harm to a bass just by how it gets landed and held before release? Over-extension of the lower jaw can result in damage to the jaw bone and […]

January 1, 2016

Texas deer breeders think they are being discriminated against

Chronic wasting disease (CWD), as it’s known, isn’t caused by a virus, bacteria, or parasite but by an abnormal protein called a prion that can destroy a deer’s brain and spinal cord. Deer contract it by […]

January 1, 2016

Barge terminal to be built in the Lydia Ann Channel

Friends of Lydia Ann Channel, Port Aransas, accuses the Army Corps of Engineers as having fast-tracked approval of a South Texas barge terminal with no regard for its impact on eight endangered species. Port Aransas boasts […]

December 29, 2015

Hike or count birds on Jan. 1

Although it’s not fishing or hunting, it is a chance for the whole family to get into the Texas outdoors on Jan. 1. Participate in a First Day Hike at a Texas State Park: “The First […]

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