Women in the Wild - 2009 1st Annual Outdoors Event

Mission Statement:  To provide women who participate with a safe and fun environment in which to familiarize themselves with some of the many outdoor recreational opportunities in the Coastal Bend.

 The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's Operation Game Thief (OGT) invites you to the Clay Stoppers Shootout, sponsored in part by Joe McBride, on Friday, April 24, at the Texas Disposal Systems Exotic Game Ranch in Buda.

The Sporting Clays Mobile Range provides shooting opportunities for youth, women, gun clubs and ranges. The unit may be scheduled for public or some private events, but must be scheduled a year in advance.

The Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission on Jan. 21 authorized the department to seek public comment on a suite of proposed wildlife and hunting related regulations that would expand special buck antler restrictions and liberalize antlerless harvest opportunities in dozens of counties, part of a broader move to transition away from political boundaries and toward biologically-based communities for managing deer populations.

A public scoping meeting to gather additional feedback will be held in Grayson County on Thursday, Jan. 8, 2009 at Grayson County College’s Center for Work Place Learning Auditorium near Sherman. The auditorium will open at 6 p.m. and the public meeting will begin at 7 p.m.

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

The Sporting Clays Mobile Range provides shooting opportunities for youth, women, gun clubs and ranges. The unit may be scheduled for public or some private events, but must be scheduled a year in advance. The range supports special events such as the 4-H Whiz Bang, competition and Becoming An Outdoors Woman workshops. Call (361) 275-2178 or (512) 389-8140 for more information about the sporting clays mobile range.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) offers a variety of hunting opportunities through two public hunting systems. The $48 Annual Public Hunting Permit provides nearly year-round hunting on approximately 1.2 million acres of land.