Sports

Game Warden Field Notes

News Staff
Tuesday, August 1, 2023
The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) law enforcement reports. Images of individual field notes are available upon request.

Chronic Wasting Disease is a real threat to Texas deer

News Staff
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
TPWD Launches New Public Awareness Campaign to Help Protect Texas Deer from Fatal Disease This year, hunters in Texas will notice an increase in messaging about Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) and its impacts to the state as the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) launches a new public...

Emergency rules adopted for movement of breeder deer

News Staff
Tuesday, July 25, 2023
In response to continued positive detections of Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) in deer breeding facilities, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has adopted an emergency rule implementing additional movement and testing restrictions for white-tailed deer in deer breeding facilities.
As fawns are born across Texas, an AgriLife Extension wildlife specialist encourages residents not to interfere with seemingly abandoned fawns. Photo courtesy of Miranda Hopper

As fawns are born across Texas, an AgriLife Extension wildlife specialist encourages residents not to interfere with seemingly abandoned fawns. Photo courtesy of Miranda Hopper

Oh, deer! Leave fawns where you find them

News Staff
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
It’s a tale as old as time: buck meets doe, buck pursues doe and nature takes its course. Some 200 gestational days later, many lucky Texans will encounter the outcome of this yearly ritual as the next generation of deer are born. A fawn beds down in vegetation.

Commercial Gulf Shrimp Season opens Saturday, July 15

News Staff
Tuesday, July 11, 2023
The Gulf of Mexico commercial shrimp season for state and federal waters will reopen 30 minutes after sunset on Saturday, July 15, 2023. Biologists evaluate the biological, social and economic impacts when determining the opening date to maximize the benefits to the industry and the public.
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