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Chronic Wasting Disease Detected in Medina County Deer Breeding Facility

AUSTIN — Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) received confirmation of one case of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in a Medina County deer breeding facility….

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TPWD Releases 1 Billionth Fish into Texas Waters

Editor’s note: a press kit is available for media with materials including stocking video, photos and more at https://tpwd.texas.gov/newsmedia/media-kits/billionth-fish-release-media-kit/. LAKE JACKSON—Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s…

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Official Media Advisory: TPWD to Release 1 Billionth Fish into Texas Waters July 31

LAKE JACKSON—  Help the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) celebrate a Texas-sized milestone July 31 as biologists release the billionth hatchery-produced fingerling (one-to-two-inch fish)….

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About the August 2024 Cover

Distinguished artist Persis Clayton Weirs paintings have been displayed throughout eastern and mid-west states at some of the most prestigious shows held.  The self-taught painter…

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Freshwater Impact on Saltwater Fishing

Rain runoff into bays doesn’t necessarily put a damper on fishing, especially for anglers that understand its effects on coastal waters and fish in them….

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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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