White Rhino Hunting, Horn Trading Curbed in South Africa
from Bloomberg
South Africa, home to the world’s biggest population of white rhinos, declared a moratorium on trading in products made from their horns and will limit hunting of the endangered animals. The moratorium is immediate and hunters will only be allowed to kill one white rhino a year per person compared to no previous limit. More

Hunting the New Mozambique
from Sportsafield
Mozambique's season in the sun as a primary safari destination was actually quite short. Interestingly, as a safari country Mozambique was not known for its elephant, because in those days much heavier ivory was still available elsewhere. Rather, Mozambique was considered OK for lion, good for leopard, and had vast numbers of buffalo-but she was probably most famous for her variety and abundance of plains game. More

Elk Enthusiasts Set to Gather in Fort Worth
from the Fort Worth Star-Telegram
The bull elk is among the bigger kids of the North American deer family. Consider that his cousin, the Texas whitetail, averages about 100 pounds. But an elk stands about 5 feet at the shoulder and can weigh 750 to 1,000 pounds -- like a cut pony with antlers. Just ask someone who knows horses and elk -- former Dallas Cowboys running back and rodeo organizer Walt Garrison. More

Author’s Book Details His Passion for Hunting
from the West Kerr Current
To call Gene Bode passionate about hunting may be truly an understatement. Walking into Bode Feed and Supply in Harper, it is amply evident -- the upstairs mezzanine is lined with trophies along the main wall, as well as on the railing and lower beams. To see his latest, and third book, “Me and My Old Winchester 270 -- A Lifetime of Hunting Stories with Pictures,” is to understand that passion. More

Hunting Regulation Changes Proposed
from the Cleburne Times Review
White-tailed Deer Regulation Changes Being Proposed in Many North Texas Counties. The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department is proposing new white-tailed deer regulations for the 2009-10 hunting season. The proposed changes will standardize the deer hunting regulations for many North Texas counties. More

Where, Oh Where, are Quail?
from the Abilene Reporter-News
What has happened to our quail populations? Where have they gone? Not everyone is suffering through a poor quail season. If you are lucky enough to have a hunting lease in the areas of Fisher and Stonewall counties. You likely are finding 10 to 18 coveys of quail per day, provided you have some decent help from hunting dogs, and pastures that have not been overgrazed by livestock. More

The Plight of the Snow Geese
from the Houston Chronicle
Texas has a snow goose problem -- it’s losing them, fast. The midwinter population of snow geese on the primary wintering grounds of the Texas coastal prairies and marshes has dropped from more than a million birds in the 1990s to less than half that number the past several years. North America has a snow goose problem, too. It has too many of them -- about one-million or so, at last estimate -- for the available habitat. More

Oklahoma Senate Passes Bear Hunting Bill
from The Associated Press
The Oklahoma Senate has voted to allow the creation of a bear hunting season in southeastern Oklahoma. It is estimated the bear population in the area has grown to 700 to 800 bears, increasing about 12 percent a year. More

Trophies Aplenty: Hunter's 100 or More Kills Now Keeping Him Company
from the Winston-Salem Journal
On a hunting trip to the wilds of British Columbia, O.T. Fowler Jr. and his guide had settled in for the night in a tiny cabin when they heard a commotion outside. Fowler went to the window and peered through the glass to see what was up. It was a black bear. The bear now stands by the television in the one of the rooms where Fowler keeps his trophies from more than 40 years of hunting in North America, Russia and Africa. More

Texas Senator Files Bill to Allow Storage of Legal Firearms in Vehicles at Work
from The Sealy News
State Sen. Glenn Hegar, R-Katy, recently filed legislation that he said would strengthen and protect Texans’ Second Amendment rights. The bill would prevent employers from adopting policies that deny employees the right to store legally owned firearms in their locked vehicles in the parking lot of their workplace. More