HUNTING GUIDE: Appreciation dinners and events
BROWN COUNTY Silver Spur Trade Show 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Nov. 16 and 10 a.m to 4 p.m. Nov. 17 City Coliseum, 500 E. Baker St., Brownwood Dealer tables with guns, ammo, knives, hunting accessories, etc....
View ArticleErrors noted in Texas Outdoor Annual Hunting & Fishing Regulations booklet
Several errors in the 2013-14 Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Outdoor Annual could leave some hunters scratching their heads. The mistakes were uncovered after the booklet, considered the “go-to”...
View ArticleHunting, fishing Licenses on sale now
Current year Texas hunting and fishing licenses (except year-to-date fishing licenses) expire Aug. 31, and new licenses for 2012-2013 will go on sale Wednesday, Aug. 15.
View ArticleTexas dove season kicks off Sept. 1; prospects bright for the season | Video
Texas dove hunters should see plenty of opportunity this fall as conditions are shaping up for an above average season, according to the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD). Dove season kicks...
View ArticleOUTDOORS HUNTING: Texas sets waterfowl seasons for 2013-14
For the first time in a half century, Texas water fowlers can take two canvasbacks daily under migratory game bird seasons approved for the 2013-14 by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission.
View ArticleMan charged for transporting illegal deer to Sanderson
A 57-year-old Shreveport, LA, man has been sentenced to pay more than $14,000 in restitution and serve 48 hours of community service as conditions of a two year probated sentence for federal wildlife...
View ArticleOUTDOORS: Streamlined Texas hunter education process takes effect
Beginning Thursday, September 19, hunters who need to complete the state’s required hunter education will have expanded contemporary options designed to be more convenient, flexible and accessible.
View ArticleLuke Clayton: Wish you were there
I wish you could have been with me this past week, but due to the nature of hunting and spending time in the outdoors, the sights and sounds we encounter must often be personal. I think you would have...
View ArticleSteve Lightfoot: West Texas Mule Deer rules
Wildlife officials are reminding mule deer hunters and landowners in far West Texas about the protocols developed as part of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Chronic Wasting Disease...
View ArticleRay Sasser: Duck season may be slow
Duck season begins Saturday in most of Texas, and it remains to be seen whether the season will bring tricks or treats to duck hunters plagued by long-term drought and mild weather.
View ArticleDallas Safari Club's auction of black rhino hunt draws praise, criticism
The Dallas Safari Club has created an international debate over its plans to auction a hunt for a black rhinoceros, a species listed as endangered by the Convention on International Trade in Endangered...
View ArticleMan charged for transporting illegal Missouri deer to Sanderson
A 57-year-old Shreveport, LA, man has been sentenced to pay more than $14,000 in restitution and serve 48 hours of community service as conditions of a two year probated sentence for federal wildlife...
View ArticleHUNTING: 2013 deer season was one to remember
Texas has completed its annual deer season, except for those areas under special deer programs, and post season reports are generally telling the same story, that the 2013-2014 hunt will be talked and...
View ArticleOdd call: Blowing nose brings big buck running
The deer hunter figured sneezing had blown his chance at a deer, but blowing his nose brought a big buck running.
View ArticleHUNTING: TPWD offers Bowhunter Education online courses
Online courses offered by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Deparment
View ArticleHUNTING: Spring Turkey season on March 29
For turkey hunters, the spring season can be the best of times and the worst. Hunters have no control of the factors making the hunt good or bad. It all depends on amorous feelings of gobblers and hens...
View ArticleHUNTING: TPWD commission approves expanded mule deer, extended squirrel...
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission at its Thursday, March 27 public hearing approved expanded mule deer hunting in several counties and extended squirrel season across parts of East Texas.
View ArticleHUNTING: No new CWD cases found in West Texas
Nearly 300 tissue samples were collected from hunter harvested deer and elk from the Trans Pecos ecoregion during the 2013-14 season to test for Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD).
View ArticleJOHN GILL: Modern air rifles blast yesterday's BB guns
Many of us entered into the age of hunting at a young age and with a Daisy Red Ryder BB gun in hand. The design and characteristics of yesterday’s classic BB gun have not changed over the years.
View ArticleDesert bighorn ram hunt permit to be auctioned at WildLife 2014
A permit to hunt a desert bighorn ram on a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Wildlife Management Area (WMA) in the beautiful mountains of West Texas will be auctioned to the highest auction...
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