USA -

The Quality Deer Management Association (QDMA) is now offering its new hunter education program called "Cyber Deer." Not a video game but an interactive educational program, Cyber Deer allows a computer user to "shoot" an anatomically accurate whitetail from any user-selected height, distance or angle, using bow or firearm settings, and then analyze the shot's internal path through the deer

Austin -

Agriculture Commissioner Todd Staples is pleased to announce the newly established GO TEXAN Wildlife Initiative, which targets businesses and organizations that focus on wildlife recreation, is now accepting memberships.

Texas -

Texas Wildlife Association (TWA) Vice President of Public Policy Kirby Brown and TWA Secretary Glen Webb will be presenting the fundamentals and background on Wind Energy and TWA's position on the important issue on July 15 at the Gillespie County Farm Bureau building in Fredericksburg (237 Equestrian Way).

Texas -

The Texas Legislature is in special session to extend the operation of five state agencies and to provide options for financing the state's highways.

Texas -

Tina Y. Buford of Harlingen was elected President of the Texas Wildlife Association by a unanimous vote of the TWA Board of Directors on Friday, June 26, at WildLife 2009, the organization's 24th Annual Convention.

Austin -

State officials who in March feared a repeat of 2008’s near-record boating fatality numbers now say a quiet July 4 holiday weekend could put Texas on track for the lowest number of boating deaths in years.

USA -

U.S. Senator Saxby Chambliss (R- GA) has temporarily blocked a key appointee for President Obama that would have extensive authority over federal regulations.

KAUFMAN COUNTY -

Brandon Blackstone sits back snugly in a bright yellow kayak, flicks his right wrist and casts his fishing pole line.   On this 40 acre quarry lake west of Terrell he has the serenity, the peace he needs after what happened four years ago.

USA -

Customs’ proposal will make criminals of 35.6 million Americans.
The definition of a switchblade or automatic knife has been clear and explicit in federal law since 1958. There have been several court cases in California, Texas, Illinois and Michigan on the issue of assisted-opening knives. Every judge in every case has ruled they are not switchblades because they do not possess an activating button on the handle.

USA -

Colt's Manufacturing Company LLC has determined that the Slide Lock Safety ("Safety") and/or the Recoil Spring Guide Pad ("Guide Pad") in certain Colt model pistols were not manufactured to Colt specifications and must be replaced.