Conroe -

The opening day of this year’s Toyota Texas Bass Classic (TTBC) will be available in over 75 million homes when the tournament airs this Saturday at 1 p.m. Eastern (Noon Central) on Versus, a member of the NBC Sports Group.

Athens -

The season’s first stocking of rainbow trout into the ponds and streams at the Texas Freshwater Fisheries Center (TFFC) will take place Friday, December 2.

Austin -

Throw your rod and reel in the car and take the short drive to your local fishing hole, it’s time once again for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s annual winter rainbow trout stocking.

Austin -

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) has scheduled five scoping meetings this winter, starting Nov. 30, about two possible regulation changes for 2012. The scoping items include consideration of a new state scientific area to protect seagrass in the Laguna Madre near the John F. Kennedy Memorial Causeway in Nueces County, and a clarification of emergency rules to protect fish during coastal freezes.

Texas -

The following items are compiled from recent Texas Parks and Wildlife Department law enforcement reports.

San Antonio, Texas -

 This week's episode of TROPHY HUNTERS TV®, "West Texas Aoudad and Boone and Crockett Buck" features Matt Hughes taking a trip to west Texas for his chance at an aoudad. In the same episode, an adorable grandmother gets an opportunity to take a record setting Boone and Crockett buck.

WEATHERFORD, Tex -

The Lone Start State may never be the same since the Mule Deer Foundation (MDF) brought on Charlie Stockstill as Regional Director for Texas. Reminiscent of Captain Woodrow F. Call from the mini-series "Lonesome Dove," Stockstill is an experienced and driven "man of vision."

Texas -

Recently, the Texas Railroad Commission (RRC) adopted what can only be described as model state agency policy for employees and visitors who wish to carry firearms. The new policy which was drafted and proposed by Commissioner Barry Smitherman was approved by the RRC on November 8 and took effect immediately.

Fairfax, VA -

The National Rifle Association (NRA) will fight the proposal by the Obama administration and Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to drastically restrict recreational shooting opportunities on public lands.

San Antonio, TX -

Honored American Veterans Afield hosted 150 disabled veterans and wounded active duty personnel and their families (over 250 attendees) at HAVA's 4th Annual National Family Day at the National Shooting Complex in San Antonio, Texas on Saturday November 12, 2011.