Wildlife and Wildfire - AgriLife Researcher Looking at Wildfire Impact on South Texas Wildlife

UVALDE - Dr. Jim Gallagher, Texas AgriLife Extension Service wildlife specialist, has seen the effects of many fires in his career.

"I've seen the aftermath of dozens of wildfires of all sizes during both my academic and professional career," said Gallagher, who is stationed at the Texas AgriLife Research and Extension Center in Uvalde. "And for about 20 years I've studied the effects wildfires have on wildlife." Learn More

Progress Slow in Fight Against Fever Ticks

A few miles north of the Rio Grande, where spring temperatures climb past 100 degrees, helicopters work in concert with cowboys to gather cattle, thorny bushes nick kneecaps, and dust and manure swirl up noses and down collars, and cowboys inspecting, dipping or treating cattle are gritty and soaked with sweat before noon. For a small contingency of government �hands� and livestock producers on the border, the very presence or absence of ticks on cow bellies or deer flanks indicate defeat or victory in the fight against the fever tick, a foreign-origin pest that threatens the health of U.S. cattle. Learn More

$5,000 REWARD - Stolen Property

Reward for information leading to the recovery of eight (8) large, high scoring (all over 200 B&C) whitetail deer shoulder mounts, two (2) whitetail replica horn mounts, dart guns, rifles and other items stolen from a well known hunting ranch in North Texas. Please contact David Pack at The Bosque County Sheriff's Office in Meridian, Texas at 254-435-2363 or Karl Kinsel at The Texas Deer Association in San Antonio, Texas at 210-767-8300.

Breeder Spotlight – ICC Trophy Whitetail Ranch

Located just east of Kaufman, Texas, on 100 acres of East Texas oak timber, lies ICC Trophy Whitetail Ranch, home retired fireman Ike Conway. Ike spent over 33 years fighting fires and helping citizens as a Dallas firefighter. Today Ike spends much of his time with family, friends, and chasing deer. Read article

Upcoming Auctions

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April 5 - 2nd Annual Hicks Whitetail Ranch Production Sale

New BAM pricing!

The response to our BAM product has been tremendous and we expect that 2008 will continue to show growing demand! This has enabled Wildlife Pharmaceuticals to purchase larger inventory quantities and we are passing the savings on to you! You now have a safe and fully reversible anesthesia at a lower cost. Please visit our website at www.WildPharm.com and see the advantages of BAM over current alternatives. Contact one of our representatives and learn how BAM provides a safe anesthesia plus a savings of time that translates into real money! Learn More

Fever Tick Quarantine in South Texas

The fever tick quarantine zone in South Texas has been temporarily expanded in five counties, due either to the threat of fever ticks or the known existence of fever ticks beyond the permanent “quarantine zone” that runs along the Rio Grande. If not contained, the fever ticks will continue to spread northward outside the permanent fever tick quarantine area and could become re-established in other areas of Texas and throughout much of the south, southeast and parts of California. In addition to cattle, horses, white-tailed deer, nilgai and elk can act as a host for the tick, perpetuating its population. Read Article

Economic Impact of the Texas Deer Breeding Industry

The Agricultural and Food Policy Center, of The Texas A&M University System, published their Executive Summary on the economic impact of the Texas deer breeding industry. The results highlight the fact that both the deer breeding and exotic wildlife industry. Read article