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Rio Lobo

The major concern wildlife managers have with the coyote is the indiscriminate manner in which they kill deer. Story and photography by Bob Zaiglin As…

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Decoying Early and Late Dove

A fun, productive way to increase birds in game bag compared to shells shot during hot early and late seasons of dove hunts. Story and…

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Water, Water, Everywhere!

Lake level management and how to fish high water impounds explained. Story and photography by Brian Hughes Spring rains didn’t fool around in 2024! Rainfalls…

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PRESEASON SCOUTING & HUNT PREPARATIONS

Story by Tom Claycomb III I’d bet a dollar to a donut that over 95 percent of hunters don’t intimately know the year around habits…

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Official Media Advisory: Media Invited to Event Discussing the Upcoming Translocation of Desert Bighorn Sheep to Franklin Mountains State Park

EL PASO — The Texas Parks Wildlife Department (TPWD) invites the greater El Paso community to learn about restoration of desert bighorn sheep to the…

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Texas Game Wardens’ Operation Dry Water Campaign Effective in Reducing BWIs

AUSTIN – Despite the landfall of Hurricane Beryl, Texas Game Wardens worked hard to keep Texans safe as they celebrated the Fourth of July on…

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2024 Birding Classic Raises Significant Funds for Conservation Grants

AUSTIN — Notching a record number of participants, the 28th annual Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) Great Texas Birding Classic raised $52,000 in conservation…

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Commercial Gulf Shrimp Season Opens July 15

AUSTIN — The Gulf of Mexico commercial shrimp season for state and federal waters will reopen 30 minutes after sunset on Monday, July 15. Texas…

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Official Media Statement: Beryl Updates

In anticipation of projected impacts from storm Beryl, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is closing some coastal sites, opening camping spaces to shelter evacuees…

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Official Media Statement: South Padre Island Shark Encounters

On July 4, Texas Game Wardens, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS), the South Padre Island Police Department (SPI PD) and Cameron County Park…

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