What is LAMPS?
LAMPS is an automated antlerless deer permit issuance program adopted by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) for the Pineywoods and Post Oak ecological regions. LAMPS permits allow antlerless deer to be taken in an otherwise buck-only season.
Who is eligible?
Any landowner (or eligible person with permission from the legal landowner) [...]
How many LAMPS permits can you get?
The number of LAMPS permits issued are calculated for your property based on acreage and habitat types, as well as white-tailed deer density information from the county. Texas Parks & Wildlife Department (TPWD) does not have the flexibility to alter issuance rates on individual properties. Permit issuance may [...]
Here are the deadlines for Texas Parks & Wildlife Departments LAMPS permits. If you plan on getting LAMPS permits to hunt white-tailed deer does in your area, you better not miss these dates!
LAMPS Deadlines for Applications:
1. September 1st to guarantee a response before the first day of hunting season
2. October 1st for counties with [...]
Black Bear in Texas? Yes! Texas actually has a fair number of black bear in the western part of the state, especially the area of Big Bend National Park and westward. Northern Mexico has numerous black bears that travel back and forth across the Rio Grande River into Texas. In addition, New Mexico has a [...]
Whitetail fawns are usually born in May or June, but sometimes into July at southern latitudes. White-tailed fawns weight 6 to 8 pounds at birth. Fawns spend their early days clinging to their mothers, bonding and learning about the big new world. Sometimes does and their offspring gather in small groups. And, it’s within these [...]
An event to mark the opening of the Victoria-Riverside Park Paddling Trail on the Guadalupe River will take place Wednesday, January 23. This is the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department’s fifth inland paddling trail and 12th trail overall, constructed in a partnership with the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority and the City of Victoria. The trail features [...]
Machinist Ricky Sorrells said friends made fun of him when he told them he saw a flat, metallic object hovering about 300-feet over a pasture behind his Dublin home. But that wasn’t enough to stop him from coming forward after he read similar accounts in the Stephenville Empire-Tribune.
“You hear about big bass or big buck [...]
