Wild hogs have inflicted a great deal of damage on East Texas landowners, now they have a chance to get back as part of a Houston County 4-H Shooting Sports project.

A chance to hunt exotic game is something 18-year-old Alyssa Howerton will never pass up.

The SFA Pineywoods Native Plant Center will host a two-part garden seminar “How to Identify and Attract a Flock of Backyard Birds” on November 13 from 6:30-7:30 pm and on November 14 from 7:00-9:00 am. Participants will enjoy a Friday evening lecture with Cliff Shackelford, ornithologist with Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, about bird identification and common local birds. On Saturday morning, Cliff will lead a leisurely birding stroll to the Shackelford home near the Pineywoods Native Plant Center to visit their backyard that is “for the birds.”

AUSTIN, Texas – An early and abundant acorn crop, combined with new growth of native vegetation may force Texas deer hunters to stray from supplemental food sources during the 2009-2010 general deer season, which opens Nov. 7.

Deer season, for some, has already started and for the rest is just around the corner.

OVERTON – Know your enemy better than your friends, the saying goes.

NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Bullet-makers are working around the clock, seven days a week, and still can’t keep up with the nation’s demand for ammunition.

Antlers. For some folks-they are the stuff that dreams are made of. To many hunters, harvesting a large antlered buck represents the ultimate accomplishment. However, many people hunt their entire lives without getting the opportunity to realize this goal. Why is this so? To answer this question, let's look at what it takes for a deer to grow a set of large antlers.

Mission Tejas State Park will be hosting its second annual Tractor Show and Swap Meet on Saturday, Oct. 3.