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Texas coastal waters are filled with these hard-fighting, excellent-tasting fish that get little respect despite their outstanding attributes. Sheepshead congregate in large numbers at our jetty systems, and right now is an excellent time to catch them as they begin […]

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Gulf Great White Sharks, is committed to inspiring and educating children about the ocean and its incredible creatures. That’s why it’s partnering with Wild Wishes® to bring shark educational gift packages to children who are facing challenges such as depression, […]

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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department invites the public to learn about the importance of fire in nature at the East Texas Fire and Nature Festival. The event takes place 10 a.m. – 3 p.m. April 5 at the Tyler Nature […]

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Anglers across Texas set fishing records through Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Angler Recognition Program (ARP) in 2024. Joan Swartz of Austin enjoyed one of the most notable catches, setting multiple fly-rod records on Oct. 15. Swartz, president of […]

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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is taking public comment until March 26 on changes to digital licensing and tagging requirements. The proposed amendments would expand digital license and tag options to all recreational hunting, fishing, combo license and tag […]

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A recent investigation by Texas Game Wardens resulted in approximately 1,200 pending charges and 22 suspects from across the state involved in the deer breeding industry and black-market (illegal) wildlife trade. The suspects and charges are associated with three deer breeding facilities, ten […]

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Angler Clayton Braddock of Argyle reeled in Lake Tawakoni’s grand entry into the Toyota ShareLunker program Sunday, catching the waterbody’s first Legacy Class fish. The lake became the 79th Texas public fishery to produce one of these massive largemouth bass, […]

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Grizzly attack! A hunter is attacked by a grizzly while elk hunting and realizes it’s the same grizzly that nearly attacked him miles away days earlier. You don’t want to miss this amazing story of survival and toughness as a […]

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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is accepting public comment until March 27 for the following proposed changes to the 2025-26 Statewide Hunting and Migratory Game Bird proclamations: Migratory Game Bird Regulations Increase the daily bag limit of pintails from […]

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Home Security Solutions: Traditional Safes vs. Gun Concealment Furniture If you own firearms, keeping them secure is a top priority. But that brings up an age-old debate: is it better to keep your guns stored as safely as possible in […]

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Wade fishing along the Texas Gulf Coast is one of the most rewarding ways to target speckled trout and redfish. By stepping into the water and becoming part of the environment, anglers can access shallow flats and productive shorelines that […]

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  Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is partnering with Fishing’s Future and the George H.W. Bush Vamos A Pescar Education Fund to provide fishing education opportunities for families in Houston and the Rio Grande Valley.Fishing’s Future is a national angling educational […]

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The Fish & Game Playbook: 3 Steps to Pull in More Red & Speck Catches • Spring Turkey: 10 Things You NEED to SUCCEED • Go Big or Go Finesse for Bass • Conservation VS. Coastal Development • A Cheat Sheet for Bowfishing • Profile: TF&G's Man of Mystery • Plus ... Columns, Saltwater Focus Reports and Much More...

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IT SHOULD NOT COME AS A SHOCK to any Texas sportsman—or any Texan, period—that water is going to be a critical issue very soon... and already is in a large part of the state. While Texans in north and eastern regions slosh around in an abundance of both surface and groundwater (for now), a large swath of the state languishes under a dome of rising temperatures and unrelenting drought...

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Drone Sightings I JUST WANTED to say thanks for running that story about drones being used to harass hunters. It’s something I’ve heard about but never seen covered anywhere else. I hunt a lot, and while I haven’t had it […]

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THE RECENT DECISION by the Boone and Crockett Club to recognize javelinas in a new big game records category represents a victory for this often overlooked and even maligned Texas native...

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ANYONE WHO HAS BEEN in my company when conversation turned to fishing recently likely has heard my opinion of cormorants, and it isn’t favorable. I’ve written and spoken unkindly of them for decades now and have no intention of slowing my campaign of education on what they do to Texas fisheries.

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