December 20, 2011
Often times, the only thing more difficult than finding the game your are chasing is finding a place to go hunting. Fortunately for those in the Lone Star State, the Wildlife Division of TPWD offers Texas Public Hunting Lands for sportsmen all over the state. This is great news for hunters who do not have ...
September 30, 2011
The Black Gap Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is located in Brewster County, which is actually the largest county in Texas. The WMA is located 58 miles south of Marathon, on FM 2627, and offers public >hunting for deer and quail. The management area has approximately 25 miles of the Rio Grande as the south boundary, ...
September 29, 2011
If you are looking for a one-of-a-kind public hunting opportunity in Texas, look no further than Caprock Canyons State Park in the Texas Panhandle. Caprock Canyons is located in southeast Briscoe County, about 3.5 miles north of Quitaque, off State Highway 86 on FM 1065. The park has some wild habitat and is 13,960 acres ...
August 21, 2011
Big Bend Ranch State Park is 301,648 acres in size and is situated west of Big Bend National Park in Presidio and Brewster County. Big Bend Ranch is a Texas-sized state park covering over 400 square miles! This property holds numerous numerous wildlife game species, particularly mule deer and javelina. Each year Texas Parks and ...
August 20, 2011
The Angelina Neches/Dam B Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is located in Jasper and Tyler counties and provides public hunting through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) draw hunt system for alligator. The WMA is situated in the forks of the Angelina and Neches Rivers and is adjacent the B.A. Steinhagen Reservoir, which is 12,636 ...
August 11, 2011
The Granger Wildlife Management Area (WMA), located near Taylor in Williamson County, Texas, offers public hunting for mourning and white-winged doves, ducks, squirrels, rabbits, feral hogs and white-tailed deer. Though most deer hunts on Granger WMA have been administered through the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s draw hunt system in the past, the management area ...
June 16, 2011
The Alazan Bayou Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is part of Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) public hunting lands. The property is located in southern Nacogdoches County and is within the Pineywoods ecological region of East Texas. The habitat is typically of the region, with the dominate plant community on the area being bottomland hardwood. ...
January 4, 2011
The Mason Mountain Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is 5,301 acres in size and is found about 4 miles north of Mason, Texas, in Mason County. The management area was donated to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and the area is used for wildlife research, habitat management demonstrations, and for public hunting. The entire area was ...
December 30, 2010
The Chaparral Wildlife Management Area (WMA) is 15,200 acres of South Texas landscape that provides great habitat for white-tailed deer, javelina, wild turkey, dove and quail. The Chaparral WMA is managed by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and is used as a research and management facility. The area provides public hunting to APH Permit holders ...
December 10, 2010
The Walter Buck Wildlife Management Area (WMA) consists of 2,133 acres of Hill Country habitat located on the south fork of the Llano River in Kimble County. The Buck WMA is about 5 miles southwest of Junction, Texas, and is just off of Highway 377. The topography of the WMA is hilly and is dominated ...