Texas Fish & Game

The National News of Texas

March 14, 2017

Blue Deer?

For years I have heard about strange whitetail deer that have a blue tint to their coats. My father even reported seeing some of these deer on a hunting lease near San Saba, TX in the […]
October 18, 2016

Record Alligator Caught Live in Texas

Gary Saurage of Gator Country in Beaumont, TX has reached the pinnacle. “This is what I have been working toward my entire career,” he said. That goal is capturing a record-sized alligator alive and last week […]
October 13, 2016

White Cougars in Texas? You’ve Got to See This! (Video)

In January 2016 an interesting story broke via KLTV out of Tyler. Landowner Mitchell Cox of Hughes Springs captured on video what he and many others thinks is a “white panther”. “When I first saw the […]
June 10, 2016

An Honest Look at Coyotes

A television documentary featured the sad story of Canadian folk singer Taylor Mitchell who was killed by coyotes in a park in her native country. The 19-year-old’s tragic death in 2009 via the recent program has […]
May 23, 2016

Panther, Texas Geese and a Fox In A Tree

The great passion of my professional career is sharing with you the amazing wildlife of our state. The following photos show serious biodiversity on our quest for encounters. I had the amazing opportunity to photograph Florida […]
May 16, 2016

Bearing Up

Black Bear Sightings are on the Rise in Parts of Texas. The eyes always tell the story. Having encountered thousands of wild animals over the years, my attention is always drawn to their eyes because they reveal so much […]
May 12, 2016

Bald Eagle Drops Out of the Sky and Steals Angler’s Fish

All I really have to say about this bald eagle video is: ‘Merica. The bald eagle is know for its patriotic symbolism, but they are also cunning hunters and apparently pretty decent anglers as well. While fishing at a […]
May 10, 2016

Encounter with a White Buffalo

Last weekend while visiting YO Ranch Headquarters in Mountain Home, TX, I had the encounter of a lifetime. We had just completed granting a “Wild Wish” for a little boy named Amos who got to encounter […]
April 11, 2016

In Search of Texas Coywolves

Coywolves As storm clouds loomed over the coastal prairie and low, rumbling thunder echoed in the distance, I quickened my pace. Having placed a motion-sensing camera near a small, brackish marsh, there were still several hundred […]
March 28, 2016

Photos of Texas’ Coolest Snakes

Texas has some 113 species and subspecies of snakes ranging from the tiny earth snake to the massive indigo. Lets take a look at some of the diverse species of serpents found in the Lone Star […]