Louisiana: Year's second record-busting buck taken

Louisiana: Year’s second record-busting buck taken

Louisiana doesn’t have a long-standing reputation for massive whitetail deer, but Bayou State hunters have killed two bucks this year that will likely eclipse the…

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POLLS: AMERICANS SAY MORE GUN CONTROL WON'T WORK; PUT EMPHASIS ON MENTAL HEALTH.

POLLS: AMERICANS SAY MORE GUN CONTROL WON’T WORK; PUT EMPHASIS ON MENTAL HEALTH.

Some 63 percent of Americans do not believe that tighter restrictions on purchasing and owning firearms will be effective, according to a new Reason-Rupe poll. Only…

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NOAA Fisheries Announces the 2014 Red Snapper Recreational Season in the Gulf of Mexico

NOAA Fisheries Announces the 2014 Red Snapper Recreational Season in the Gulf of Mexico

The 2014 Gulf of Mexico red snapper recreational season will be 40 days, opening at 12:01 a.m., June 1, 2014, and closing at 12:01 a.m.,…

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Bovine TB Monitoring Effort Expanded to Include Mule Deer and Elk

Bovine TB Monitoring Effort Expanded to Include Mule Deer and Elk

Texas Animal Health Commission and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department are seeking input on a cooperative effort to monitor for Bovine Tuberculosis in Texas, which…

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Winter Trout Fishing Coming to the Beautiful Llano River

Winter Trout Fishing Coming to the Beautiful Llano River

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Inland Fisheries will be stocking 2,400 rainbow trout into the Llano River near Castell, Texas, on December 18, 2013.  This…

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Government Canyon State Natural Area to offer Special Holiday Site Openings, Camping Opportunities

Government Canyon State Natural Area to offer Special Holiday Site Openings, Camping Opportunities

Texans looking to experience the beauty and adventure of the Texas Hill Country will have more opportunities to visit and explore Government Canyon State Natural…

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Game Warden Field Notes

Game Warden Field Notes

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports. DWI Lands Woman in Jail After observing a sports car…

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Davis Mountains State Park to Reopen Dec. 20

Davis Mountains State Park to Reopen Dec. 20

Davis Mountains State Park will reopen for all activities on Friday, Dec. 20, well ahead of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s original projected opening…

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TSA agent disarms pistol-packing sock monkey

TSA agent disarms pistol-packing sock monkey

A potential “tragedy” was averted last week when a Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agent at St. Louis’ Lambert Airport confiscated a 2-inch toy pistol from the holster…

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Public Fishing Access Areas Open Again on the Guadalupe River

Public Fishing Access Areas Open Again on the Guadalupe River

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department  has signed temporary leased access agreements with four Guadalupe River property owners to expand public access to the trout fishery…

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