Deer

Here in Texas you are probably used to seeing and even interacting with white-tailed deer. They stride into gardens and could end up on the side of a road after an unfortunate vehicle collision. We have a long and complicated relationship with deer. They are part of our myths and evolution. In the new book “The Age of Deer” author Erika Howsare hunts for the tales about deer.

The Texas Supreme Court found that the state could lawfully depopulate the ranch.

The Kerr Wildlife Management Area has hosted deer research for decades.

Most recently, captive deer were discovered with the disease in Kimble County

An unknown number of the exotic species are now running around Southeast Texas.

Large segments of the white tailed deer population may be harboring SARS-CoV-2.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department recently announced that chronic wasting disease was detected in two licensed deer breeding facilities. This degenerative disease was first detected in Texas in 2012 and free ranging mule deer along the Texas New Mexico border. The spread has wildlife experts concerned.

A state district judge sides with Texas wildlife officials in their efforts to limit the spread of Chronic Wasting Disease within the State’s deer…

State officials have detected Chronic Wasting Disease in Texas’ WILD white deer population. It’s a scenario that Texas Parks and Wildlife has feared since…

Last summer Texas Parks and Wildlife officials began working on state regulations for testing the state’s deer population for chronic wasting disease, an…