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.

TPWD Details Plans for Hunter Harvest CWD Sample Collections

AUSTIN — Texas hunters wishing to assist with the statewide chronic wasting disease (CWD) monitoring effort this fall can do so by voluntarily taking their harvested deer (or the head of the harvested deer) to a location where Texas Parks and Wildlife Department wildlife biologists will be collecting tissue samples for testing.

Texas Parks & Wildlife TV: 30 Years of Taking Texans Outside

AUSTIN – After 991 stories, 641 shows, 205 awards and countless reasons to explore the best of the Texas outdoors, the Texas Parks & Wildlife television show on PBS celebrates 30 years of entertaining, informing and inspiring viewers across the state. To celebrate the anniversary, viewers can enter a contest to get their story idea produced (see details below).

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.

Oct. 5, 2015

Deadline for Entering Big Time Texas Hunts is October 15

AUSTIN —Attention hunters: that dream hunt of a lifetime could be coming your way this year if you’ve entered Big Time Texas Hunts. If you haven’t applied, there’s still time before the October 15 deadline.

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. 23, 2015

Hunters Asked to Submit Samples for CWD Testing

AUSTIN — With the recent discovery of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in two captive deer breeding facilities in south-central Texas, the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will be stepping up efforts to strategically sample hunter harvested deer at a greater level during the 2015-16 hunting season.

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.

Sept. 16, 2015

Game Warden Field Notes, Sept. 16, 2015

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