No state has more white-tailed deer than Texas. That makes it one of the best places in the world to observe a wild ritual known as the deer rut—the annual mating season. Each fall, bucks throw ...

HUNT COUNTY — Under the shadows of tall post oak trees, two white-tailed deer snap their heads in high alert as John True tosses corn at them. “They're the most incredible animal that God created,” ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Texas wildlife officials killed 249 captive deer on a private ranch this week, ending the longest-running challenge in recent ...

In this July 2022 file photo, bucks with velvet antlers in the pens at RW Trophy Ranch in North Texas. Rancher Robert Williams is fighting the state’s kill order for his deer, after several tested ...

MONTGOMERY COUNTY, Texas — A Texas deer breeder and his partner were caught trying to smuggle improperly identified white-tail deer, also known as "ghost deer," across the state, according to a ...

A South Texas deer breeder and his business partner were recently convicted of a slew of charges tied to their involvement in illegally moving captive white-tailed deer across county lines, the Texas ...

Late in the Texas deer season, the calendar can quietly shift under your boots. You may think you have one more weekend to sit a favorite sendero, only to realize the legal window closed days earlier ...

HUNT COUNTY, Texas — This story was first published by The Texas Tribune and can be viewed here. Under the shadows of tall post oak trees, two white-tailed deer snap their heads in high alert as John ...

From left: Hostage and Mariachi, two bucks at John True's breeding facility in Hunt County on Sept. 9, 2024. True said he named Hostage when he was in a bad mood over the state's quarantine rule on ...