Doing Your Part

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Hunter response to harvest surveys a vital tool in wildlife management, participation is lagging

  • The Big Game Harvest Survey helps staff track hunter and harvest trends for white-tailed deer at the statewide level, by individual management unit and ecoregion. It also tracks __________________________________________________________________________________________ vests, the different types of weapons used and success rates. (TPWD Graphic)
    The Big Game Harvest Survey helps staff track hunter and harvest trends for white-tailed deer at the statewide level, by individual management unit and ecoregion. It also tracks __________________________________________________________________________________________ vests, the different types of weapons used and success rates. (TPWD Graphic)
  • TPWD mailed out 170,000 harvest surveys for big game and small game this year to random Texas license holders. Recipients should do the responsible thing by completing the survey and returning it in a timely fashion. It only takes a few minutes complete. (Photo Illustration by Matt Williams)
    TPWD mailed out 170,000 harvest surveys for big game and small game this year to random Texas license holders. Recipients should do the responsible thing by completing the survey and returning it in a timely fashion. It only takes a few minutes complete. (Photo Illustration by Matt Williams)
  • Small Game Harvest Surveys are vital tool used in the management of upland game birds like quail and wild turkeys. (TPWD Photo/Chase Fountain)
    Small Game Harvest Surveys are vital tool used in the management of upland game birds like quail and wild turkeys. (TPWD Photo/Chase Fountain)
Outdoors Writer It’s springtime in Texas and wildlife managers with the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department are looking to their customers for some very valuable feedback. Earlier this year, the department sent out big and small game harvest surveys to nearly 200,000 Texas hunting license holders. If you received one, it is important that the survey get filled out and returned — not mistaken…

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