April 20, 2016

Texas Landowners Earn Lone Star Land Steward Awards for Conservation Efforts

AUSTIN – Every year, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, in partnership with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Foundation, honors landowners from across the state with the Lone Star Land Steward Award for their contributions to natural resource conservation and management. This year, TPWD will honor seven winners from six ecologically diverse regions of the state as some of the best examples of sound habitat management.

April 18, 2016

Hunter Education Instructors Honored at Annual Conference

HOUSTON – Individuals who teach safe, responsible hunting and firearm safety were honored at the Texas Hunter Education Instructor Conference in Houston April 9-10.

April 5, 2016

Texas Gets Longest Dove Hunting Season in 80 Years

AUSTIN – Texas dove hunters can look forward to the longest season in 80 years, thanks to season dates adopted by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission recently.

Feb. 18, 2016

20 More Days of Dove Hunting Tops Slate of Proposed Regulation Changes

AUSTIN – Texas dove hunters would get an additional 20 days this fall under proposed changes to the 2016-17 Statewide Hunting Proclamation for Migratory Game Birds up for public comment.

Dec. 2, 2015

Game Warden Field Notes, Dec. 2, 2015

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.

Oct. 27, 2015

Game Warden Field Notes, Oct. 27, 2015

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.

Oct. 21, 2015

Texas Game Wardens, Leon County Sheriff’s Office Put Stop to Mass Poaching Rampage

AUSTIN – A three-month-long outlaw road hunting rampage in Leon County this summer that state game wardens are categorizing as one of the most egregious poaching cases on record in Texas has come to an end.

Oct. 6, 2015

Game Warden Field Notes, Oct. 6, 2015

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.

Sept. 24, 2015

Special Youth-Only Hunting Seasons Create Opportunities, Memories

AUSTIN— Starting with Saturday’s opening of squirrel season, young hunters can get a jump start on the 2015-16 Texas fall hunting seasons, with more special youth-only weekend hunting seasons on the horizon. Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists say range conditions and wildlife populations are ripe for success in the field.

Sept. 18, 2015

South Zone Dove Season Opens with a Bang

AUSTIN – Conditions are prime for record harvest of white-winged doves as hunting in the South Zone got under way today.