It doesn’t pay to litter! In October 2006 a Lampasas County, Texas, game warden located an illegal dumpsite while responding to a poaching call. Later that month, game wardens in a Texas Parks and Wildlife Department helicopter took photographs showing the magnitude of the dumpsite during a GPS mapping tour of deer camps. The game [...]
Rattlesnakes, like all snakes, are fascinating animals. This is probably because they are rarely seen by most people and they are perceived as scary. Yes, a rattlesnake is venomous and can kill you. However, the chances of you being bitten by one are low, very low. With that out of the way, today’s article discusses [...]
A wild black bear was captured alive in a south Del Rio, Texas, neighborhood Tuesday. The Del Rio police, city animal control officers and state wildlife officials converged on the 300 block of Plaza Avenue in the city’s San Felipe neighborhood about 10:30 a.m. Tuesday. The black bear, which had been sighted in the area [...]
The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is proposing moving the South Zone second split of dove season deeper into January, but otherwise is recommending minimal changes to the 2008-09 Early Migratory Game Bird Proclamation. TPWD staff announced the proposed dove and teal season calendar during the Regulations Committee meeting of the Texas Parks and Wildlife [...]
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s Upland Game Bird Advisory Board is recognizing the conservation efforts and contributions of two Texas-based chapters of Quail Unlimited. The Alamo Area Chapter of Quail Unlimited provided about $12,000 in funds that have been utilized in habitat enhancement activities and in the acquisition of equipment required to accomplish such. The [...]
Denise Haldeman doesn’t blame the bear that attacked her in the darkness outside her Lycoming County, PA, home May 12, injuring her and killing her dog. “It wasn’t her fault,” Haldeman, 44, said Wednesday. “It was the mistakes I made. She was just being a mother.” Officials say they believe the bear that injured Haldeman [...]
