Contributor: What the great Texas bighorn sheep experiment tells us about rewilding the West
T wo big rams bolted from the steel trailer, took a few hesitant steps and glanced around nervously at their new home: ...
‘Rarest of rare’ animal spotted in Texas desert
The desert mule deer is a common sight in west Texas, but wildlife biologists in the area came across an extremely uncommon ...
‘I Couldn’t Believe It.’ Deer Hunter Finds Prehistoric Mammoth Tusk on West Texas Ranch
A deer hunter found a mammoth tusk on a West Texas ranch, and the discovery is being analyzed by researchers at a local ...
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Texas officials killed 249 deer at a North Texas ranch. Here's why
In Texas, the first case was a West Texas mule deer in 2012, and the first discovery in whitetails was in a Medina County breeding facility in 2015, the latter prompting the creation of modern-day ...
Surprising discovery by deer hunter suggests mammoths once roamed West Texas
Sul Ross University announced its researchers have confirmed an unusual find: a mammoth tusk on a ranch in the Trans Pecos ...
West Texas campsite ranked one of the prettiest in the country
You've probably heard the saying " West Texas, Best Texas ," and it seems a national ranking agrees with the phrase. Out of ...
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CWD infects captive deer in Kaufman County, Texas, for first time
The first case of CWD in Texas was identified in 2012 in free-ranging mule deer in the Hueco Mountains near the border with ...
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Deer declining across Colorado and West
Across the West, deer decreased by at least 10 percent. “Mule deer are an indicator species. If mule deer herds are in poor health, it probably means the land itself is in poor condition and ...
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‘Rarest of rare’ animal spotted in Texas desert
The desert mule deer is a common sight in the Trans-Pecos region of west Texas, but when wildlife biologists conducted surveys recently, they came across an extremely uncommon sight. In fact ...