The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) is inviting the public to participate in shaping the future of spotted seatrout (Cynoscion nebulosus) harvest regulations along the Texas coast. In response to the freeze event that struck in February 2021, affecting a substantial spotted seatrout population, emergency measures were implemented to aid the recovery of this beloved game fish. These temporary regulations were in effect until August 31, when the former statewide bag and size limits ...

Who doesn’t love a gear list? Now that we are in full-time prep season, Texas BHA thought it would be helpful to put out some of our gear lists for the types of hunting and fishing we enjoy the most. Ryan Reed is a BHA member in North Texas and looks forward to that first weekend in September, like many other Texans. Reed has been hunting dove all over North Texas since he was a kid, and his experience has given him a great gear list for any dove hunter. Hunting License – Dove season in ...

How the Professional Butchering and Meat Processing Techniques I Learned Can Make You a Better Wild Game Processor at Home When I tell people I used to be a professional butcher and fishmonger, I tend to get a lot of questions. I always get asked about processing, such as: “What knives do you use?” and “How do you package your meat?” We all want to process our own animals, whether it's just breaking down a deer, grinding burgers, packaging roasts, or making sausage. Processing a ...

How the growing population of Texas has ignited a fight for more public lands for Texans There’s something special about Texas that draws people here. People have always been magnetically pulled to Texas, with the first mass migration peaking in the 1830s to the present day. From 2020 to 2021, Texas gained over half a million new residents, the most significant population growth of any other state, and currently, an estimated 1,000 people are moving into Texas daily. But this increase in ...

The best resources for Texans wanting to get into western hunting: Subscriptions   My first memory with subscriptions for hunting was at Bill’s Barbershop in Archer City, Texas. Part of Bill’s barbershop experience was combing through all the hunting magazines he subscribed to and seeing pictures and articles about heading into the backcountry on horseback after big muleys, igniting the desire to head out west.   The third installment of this article series on helping Texans with western ...