No state has more white-tailed deer than Texas. That makes it one of the best places in the world to observe a wild ritual known as the deer rut—the annual mating season. Each fall, bucks throw ...

If dove hunting is the appetizer of fall hunting, the opening of deer season on Nov. 1 for most of the state’s million or so hunters is the main course. While the landscape has changed over the years ...

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department white-tailed deer program leader Blaise Korzekwa recently unveiled his 2025-26 deer hunting forecast. Things are looking good all around the state. No surprise ...