Under the shadows of tall post oak trees, two white-tailed deer snap their heads in high alert as John True tosses corn at ...

Spring rain helped create "excellent habitat growth," leading to a good number of mature bucks going into the fall hunting season.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said that their biologists are expecting a strong white-tailed deer population for ...

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As early as the 1920s, some native mammals of South America, Asia and Africa have been introduced to Texas; now many of them ...

Since 2012, 87% of all Texas CWD cases have been recorded at breeding facilities. Adams, the wildlife biologist, said the disease is mainly spread when breeders sell infected captive deer or when ...

Kip Adams, a wildlife biologist with the National Deer Association, said the disease gradually erodes the animal’s neurological functions. The most important Texas news, sent weekday mornings.

Texas Parks and Wildlife has detected CWD in 31 of Texas’ 254 counties and 34 captive breeding facilities. Infected deer experience weight loss, uncoordinated movement, drooling and drooping ...