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Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) has been discovered in a free-ranging 8 ½-year-old mule deer in Lubbock County, marking the first positive detection of the disease in the county. In coordination with the Texas Animal Health Commission […]

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In This Issue: Sparking a New Flounder Revolution • New Regs for Texas Catfish • A Squirrel Hunting Comeback  •  Lake Conroe: Hot Bass, Scalding Catfishing  •  The Guns of Little Big Horn

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I’ll admit right up front that I’m not a kayak fishing sharpie. I do enjoy kayak fishing, but more commonly set out on one of my boats. Recently I was fishing near a kayak angling friend, […]

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The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is now taking public comment on the following proposed changes to the 2021-2022 Statewide Recreational Fishing Proclamation: Allow the recreational-only use of crab traps on docks and piers in […]

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With Spring Break around the corner, Texans will be looking to explore and get outside. Texas State Parks are already seeing day passes and campsites filling up for the spring and summer months, so visitors planning a state […]

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The Coastal Fisheries Division of Texas Parks and Wildlife (TPWD), with assistance from the Law Enforcement Division, continues to assess the fish kills along the Texas coast due to the recent winter weather. Freezing events along […]

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Recognizing the extraordinary impact of the recent winter storm, the CCA Texas 2021 S.T.A.R. Tournament will feature a significantly revised format. The speckled trout, flounder, sheepshead and gafftop divisions have been removed entirely from this year’s […]

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Texas Fish & Game Editor-In-Chief Chester Moore and Texas Fish & Game won big at the Texas Outdoor Writer’s Association (TOWA) awards in Port Arthur last weekend. Moore received 10 total awards and five first place […]

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In This Issue: Sparking a New Flounder Revolution • New Regs for Texas Catfish • A Squirrel Hunting Comeback  •  Lake Conroe: Hot Bass, Scalding Catfishing  •  The Guns of Little Big Horn

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–The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina ruled in a case brought by the Southern Environmental Law Center that the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service must develop a plan by March 1, 2021, […]

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An environmental body established under the NAFTA replacement, the newly negotiated United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, concluded that the deaths of hundreds of loggerhead sea turtles in Mexico due to fishing gear entanglement warrant a formal response from Mexico […]

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The use of warfarin, a type of poison commonly used to kill rats was brought up in 2017  for feral hog population control with the introduction and eventual demise of the “Kaput Feral Hog Lure”. A […]

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Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene (GA-14) has introduced the Second Amendment Preservation Act (SAPA) to defund all federal gun control enforcement and end funding for regulation and guidance issued by the ATF.   The Second Amendment Preservation […]

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USGS researchers are studying the growth and success of nursery-grown transplanted corals in the Florida Keys; research that might help this population of the threatened species rebound. Reefs there have experienced significant coral loss in recent […]

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Texas experienced a rapid drop in temperatures which put more than 4900 Sea Turtles on South Padre Island in jeopardy. Responding to cold stun events is a critical part of the rescue and rehabilitation efforts at […]

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The record-setting freeze that hit Texas over the last week has devasted two species of well-established non-indigenous antelope species in several areas. The nilgai antelope, a native of India and Pakistan has been free-ranging along the […]

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Jaguars captured on game cameras in New Mexico and Arizona have captured a fair amount of media attention over the last decade. This includes the latest report from Arizona we detailed here. A majestic species generally […]

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Black-footed ferret recovery efforts aimed at increased genetic diversity and disease resistance took a bold step forward Dec. 10, 2020, with the birth of “Elizabeth Ann,” created from the frozen cells of “Willa,” a black-footed ferret […]

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The Texas freeze kill event of 2021 is still unfolding. While it began early last week, warming conditions have revealed more fish, sea turtle and other wildlife deaths along the coast. So far the hardest hit […]

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