Texas Fish & Game

The National News of Texas

June 8, 2023

Turkey Banding Project Advancing

With many states across the country experiencing a decline in wild turkey populations, the NWTF and state agencies are deeply invested in better understanding what is happening to America’s favorite game bird. And this is especially […]
March 15, 2023

TPWD Examines Turkey Prospects By Ecological Region

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 […]
February 14, 2023

Turkeys And Storms: Study Tracks Birds In Hurricane Devastated Forest

Officials with the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries, Louisiana State University and the U.S. Forest Service are conducting a major study of turkeys in the Kisatchie National Forest in west-central Louisiana. The study is tracking […]
August 17, 2022

Research Sheds Light On Declining Turkeys

Like many states, South Dakota had a boom in its wild turkey numbers during the early 2000s. Around 2010, however, the harvest rates in the Mount Rushmore State have been steadily decreasing year after year, hinting […]
March 22, 2022

Eastern Turkey Pics Earn Hunters Prizes

Hunters are responding to the Turkey Revolution Eastern Turkey Aware photo contest. Hunters (and wildlife photographers) who submit Eastern turkey photos from Texas and Louisiana will be a challenge token and decal. James Handley submitted these […]
March 16, 2022

Turkey Hunters Should Remember Special Reporting Requirements

AUSTIN – This spring turkey season, hunters in Bastrop, Caldwell, Colorado, Fayette, Jackson, Lavaca, Lee, Matagorda, Milam and Wharton counties are required to report their harvests. Mandatory harvest reporting will increase the Texas Parks and Wildlife […]
March 15, 2022

TX Turkey Hunting Outlook Strong

Areas in Texas that have historically had huntable populations of wild turkeys will have solid numbers again this spring hunting season. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) biologists say hunters will have the most luck in […]
February 1, 2022

Tracking Eastern Turkeys

A cutting-edge study to examine the lives of Eastern wild turkeys has crossed the Sabine River from Louisiana into East Texas. Louisiana State University (LSU) researchers with the cooperation of the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department […]
May 19, 2021

Epic Turkey Hunt With a Suppressed Shotgun!

During my first two years of turkey hunting I have learned a ton, but one of the best parts of it all is the incredible people I’ve met along the way. Chasing thunder chickens is daylight […]
March 17, 2021

State Predicts Strong Turkey Season

Much of the Rio Grande wild turkey range in Texas experienced two great years of turkey production and recruitment in 2019 and 2020, and this means that hunters this spring turkey season can expect to see […]