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Dec. 30, 2013

Off-Duty Game Warden Shot While Hunting

SULPHUR SPRINGS – An off-duty Texas game warden was shot Sunday evening while bow hunting on Cooper Wildlife Management Area in Delta County.

Dec. 13, 2013

Bovine TB Monitoring Effort Expanded to Include Mule Deer and Elk

AUSTIN – Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) are seeking input on a cooperative effort to monitor for Bovine Tuberculosis (TB) in Texas, which would include sampling hunter-harvested mule deer and elk. The tissue samples used for this effort would be the same samples currently collected as part of the ongoing Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) monitoring effort.

Dec. 11, 2013

Game Warden Field Notes, Dec. 11, 2013

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.

Nov. 26, 2013

Game Warden Field Notes, Nov. 26, 2013

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.

Nov. 15, 2013

Texas Game Wardens Receive National Maritime Accreditation

AUSTIN – Texas Parks and Wildlife’s game warden force has become only the fourth state conservation law enforcement agency to be accredited by the National Association of State Boating Law Administrators (NASBLA) Boat Operations and Training (BOAT) Program.

Nov. 5, 2013

Big Time Texas Hunts Winners Announced

AUSTIN — Fifteen lucky sportsmen are making special plans for hunting season as winners of this year’s Big Time Texas Hunts. The hunters were selected by random computer drawing from applicants in the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department program.

Oct. 28, 2013

Game Warden Field Notes, Oct. 28, 2013

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.

Oct. 23, 2013

Special Youth Hunting Season This Weekend

AUSTIN — Young hunters will get the first shots during special youth-only hunting seasons for white-tailed deer, waterfowl and Rio Grande turkey Oct. 26-27.

Oct. 22, 2013

Mule Deer Hunters Reminded of CWD Testing Requirements

AUSTIN – Wildlife officials are reminding mule deer hunters and landowners in far West Texas about the protocols developed as part of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Chronic Wasting Disease management plan. The plan includes mandatory check stations for harvested mule deer taken inside the CWD Containment Zone, which covers portions of Hudspeth, Culberson, and El Paso counties. See map of CWD zones at http://tpwd.texas.gov/cwd.

Oct. 18, 2013

Game Warden Field Notes, Oct. 18, 2013

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.