Texas Fish & Game

For many reasons, the fastest-growing segment in the hunter/conservationist community today is women, and as mentioned in my May 2022 article in FishGame.com: The Outdoor Nation, I’m the Chair of the Wild Sheep Foundation’s (WSF) Women […]

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Trout Unlimited, Grand Teton National Park, Bridger Teton National Forest, and Wyoming Game and Fish Department announced today completion of the final phase of the collaborative Spread Creek Fish Passage Project. To tell the story of […]

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Amber Borel, a sophomore at Stephen F. Austin University is the winner of the 2022 Tony Houseman Conservation Legacy Award. Borel is studying forestry with a wildlife management concentration. “It’s such an honor and privilege to […]

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The Coastal Conservation Association (CCA) recently made a generous funding commitment of $75,000 per year for three years to support Harte Research Institute of Gulf of Mexico Studies (HRI) at Texas A&M University-Corpus Christi’s (TAMU-CC) Baffin Bay Water Quality […]

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The National Deer Association released a video documentary of a groundbreaking Field to Fork hunter-recruitment event held last year aimed at diversifying deer hunting, providing equitable access to underrepresented communities, and shoring up conservation funding. The […]

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Grass and water. These are the essential elements in beef production — the same resources vital to healthy waterfowl populations. Productive agriculture and conservation go hand in hand. That’s why Certified Angus Beef announced a collaboration with Ducks […]

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King mackerel are awesome predators, awesome fighters, and awesome on the grill. You want to catch more of them? Of course you do! Put these five king-catching tips into play, to boost your catch rate. Stick […]

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After consideration of letters presenting the concerns of U.S. hunters from Delta Waterfowl, Ducks Unlimited and other conservation partners, the United States Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service announced today new provisions allowing import of hunter-harvested […]

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A significant section of an important northwestern Colorado elk and mule deer migration corridor will remain undisturbed thanks to a collaborative conservation effort by landowners and the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. “We appreciate the willingness of […]

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FlatsWorthy has released an impactful and practical video on water etiquette. This is the first in a series of boat tackling the issue of on the water etiquette. This video provides tips for how we can […]

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Crossings over highways intended to preserve biological diversity also appear to reduce wildlife-vehicle collisions in Washington state, saving roughly $235,000 to $443,000 every year per structure. A Washington State University economic analysis found there were 1 […]

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When it comes to catching yellowfin tuna, many anglers use heavy leaders of two hundred pound test or more. Others use barely-visible 30-pound test. Obviously, different sizes are appropriate for different rigs and different styles of […]

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With a record number of threatened loggerhead sea turtle strandings occurring on the Texas coast this year, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and local partners are urging citizens to report any turtles seen on the beaches or shorelines […]

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Bonefish, tarpon, and permit need an array of healthy coastal habitats to survive. When habitats are destroyed or degraded, the flats fishery suffers. The habitats essential to our flats species aren’t just where we fish for […]

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Texas Game Wardens were out in force during the Labor Day Weekend, logging 2,110 patrol hours to ensure water safety while Texans spent time with friends and family. “With sharp increases the previous two years in […]

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A coalition of 59 fishing, hunting and outdoor recreation businesses urged Congress to pass the bipartisan Good Samaritan Remediation of Abandoned Hardrock Mines Act (S. 3571), legislation sponsored by U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich (D-NM) and James Risch (R-ID). The […]

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In last week’s article, we discussed the history of elk in East Texas and put the word out for photos and accounts of elk in that region. This week we’re looking at elk in the Hill […]

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Did you know blacktip, spinner, bull and tiger shark numbers are on the rise in the Gulf of Mexico? Conservation measures enacted more than 20 years ago are having an impact as sharks are becoming increasingly […]

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Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been discovered in a deer breeding facility in Gillespie County. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) are collaboratively working to determine the source and […]

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Worldwide, an estimated 421,000 cases of poisonous snake bites and 20,000 deaths from these bites occur yearly, according to the International Society on Toxicology. Intriguingly, opossums shrug off snake bite venom with no ill effects. Claire […]

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