HELOTES, Texas -

A Feral Hog Workshop will be held on Thurs., Sept. 25, 2008 at the 4-H Building, 12132 Leslie Road, in Helotes. Attendees who complete the workshop will receive five hours of continuing education units (CEUs) which include three hours general, one hour laws and regulations and one hour of integrated pest management.

Texas -

The TAHC, the state’s livestock and poultry health regulatory agency, is concerned about wild (feral) hogs because of the disease threats they pose to domestic cattle and swine herds. Tests on feral, or wild, hogs indicate that about 20 percent of these animals carry pseudorabies, a flu-like pig disease NOT related to rabies, and about 10 percent have swine Brucellosis, the swine form of Brucellosis or “Bangs” disease.

Texas -

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

AUSTIN, Texas -

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department will be conducting special drawings for hunts and applications for these quality, affordable hunting experiences are available online now.

TEXAS -

While the Texas AgriLife Extension Service and its partners are working to control wild pig numbers, the Texas Animal Health Commission is considering a regulation that would tighten restrictions on the animals, but would also allow landowners an ability to release them.

Denton, TX -

Southern Deer Stands will be exhibiting its new line of aluminum insulated deer blinds at the 2008 Texas Ducks Unlimited State Convention in Frisco, Texas on June 20^th through 22^nd.  Southern Deer Stands fabrication process features seamless exterior corner joints and rigid construction to keep scent in and insects out.  The walls, roof, floor/front porch and full size door are all constructed with aluminum insulated panels with a 2” or 3” foam core thickness.  Windows and doors are available in many custom sizes.  Standard blind sizes range from 4x6, 4x8, 5x5, 5x8, 6x8 and other custom sizes are available.

AUSTIN, Texas -

Described as being as prolific as cockroaches, destructive as rats, and as surly as badgers, wild (feral) hogs are the bane of ranchers and farmers, but they're a boon for hunters. 

TYLER, Texas -

Hunters Advised to ID Targets: That Hog Could Be A Bear

AUSTIN, Texas - A massive wildfire that torched 95 percent of the 15,200-acre Chaparral Wildlife Management Area spared much of the wildlife on the state’s premier public hunting site, according to initial findings during aerial surveys by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department biologists. Read More

SAN ANTONIO, Texas - For 17 years, the Texas Big Game Awards (TBGA), a partnership of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) and the Texas Wildlife Association (TWA), has been the leader in recognizing the contributions that landowners, land managers and responsible hunters make to managing and conserving wildlife and wildlife habitat on Texas’ private lands.  Read More