Texas Fish & Game

Contrary to popular belief, pelicans eat more than just fish. Although the bird’s distinctive throat poach is most often seen stuffed with fish, pelicans enjoy other seafood such as turtles, crustaceans, and, occasionally, even other birds. Although it is rare, pelicans near semi-urban areas have been known to scoop up the occasional pigeon.

Catching a pigeon is easy, but actually swallowing one is hard. As you can see in the below video, pelicans are not well-equipped to eat struggling pigeons. This is why some of the long-billed predators have developed an interesting tactic—they will ferry their meal to the water and attempt to drown the pigeon by dunking it underwater.

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On Tuesday, officials with the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission (WRC) confirmed that there was an act of vandalism at the Armstrong Fish Hatchery that resulted in the deaths of 150,000 rainbow trout. Authorities suspect that the perpetrators entered the McDowell County facility over Easter weekend and diverted fresh water away from the hatchery, leaving thousands of young trout to suffocate. Wildlife officials promised that an investigation is underway and highlighted the seriousness of the situation.

If you are thinking about releasing your pet goldfish into public waters, think again. Not only is it illegal in many states and can cause damage to the local ecosystem, wildlife officials say that even a handful of goldfish are enough to establish an invasive population. Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW) recently announced that it is seeking leads on who released goldfish into Teller Lake #5. The lake now boasts more than 4,000 of the popular aquarium fish. jeopardizing native species such as bluegill and catfish. State officials said the lake was free of goldfish just two years ago, until somebody decided to release just a few into the lake.

Have you ever dreamed of owning a M249 SAW? Well, now is your chance… sort of. FNH USA has announced that they will be bringing the M249S to civilian market in the United States. The semi-auto version is simple a rifle, so now collectors can own this gun in a somewhat neutered form.

You may recognize Andrew Ucles from a video in which he took down a deer with his bare hands, but the Australian daredevil has since moved on to different prey—and a different continent. Ucles traveled to the wetlands of Louisiana in the search of the elusive alligator snapping turtle, and sought to catch one with bare hands. He was accompanied by Laura Zerra, a survival expert and cast member of Discovery Channel’s Naked and Afraid. She provided some leverage for lifting the turtle out of the water, by means of a large stick.

Kayak fishing is rapidly growing in popularity around the world. Because many of these anglers carry cameras with them, we get to see some of the incredible things that happen out on the ocean. In this video the host of The Kayak Fishing Show pulled his catch into his boat only to have it snatched out by a shark. If the shark had bitten the fish in just a slightly different place, this video would need a “graphic content warning.”

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ATHENS—David Campbell Perciful of Conroe caught Toyota ShareLunker 563 Tuesday night while fishing in a tournament on Lake Conroe.

Bobcats have a reputation for being skilled fishers, but sharks are generally not on their dinner plate. The picture below, sent in to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC), shows one of the felines pulling what appears to be a three-foot Atlantic sharpnose shark out of the water.

A four-year-old Texas boy stumbled upon a 100-million-year-old dinosaur bone while fish fossil hunting with his dad at a mall construction site, reports say.

In January, Indonesian plantation workers near the village of Sibu were horrified to find what appeared to be a gaunt, hairless creature with razor-sharp claws and teeth. Believing the creature to be a monster or alien, the workers documented it on camera before driving it back into the forest. According to the workers, the animal even attempted to charge them at one point.

Matt Rigsby of Texas City, Texas, correctly picked four of the top 10 anglers in last week’s Walmart FLW Tour event on Lewis Smith Lake presented by Evinrude. For his picks, Rigsby won $5,000 by playing FLW Fantasy Fishing, held in conjunction with the FLW Tour fishing tournament.

Remington Arms announced a new pocket pistol for concealed-carry, the RM380. It’s an alloy-framed design that uses a locked breech for low recoil despite it’s very light weight. The RM380 weighs just 12.2 ounces unloaded.

It’s not a big secret that bears don’t usually like dogs. In the wild, bears and canines are natural rivals, and if you’ve ever run into a bear while walking your dog, then you would know that there is no love lost between these two distantly related animals.

So when this brown bear gets its way with a water hose, its first great idea was to torture the nearest dog with it. According to the Daily Mail, the nearly 660-pound bruin is actually a trained Siberian bear named “Tima.” The German shepherd she was spraying down in the video is one of her best friends—and probably all too familiar with her antics. The video was filmed near Jaen, Spain.

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

If you live in a state where back-country marijuana is becoming big business, it may mean that rabbit hunting got a whole lot easier. Last month, DEA special agent Matt Fairbanks gave testimony to a Utah state Senate panel arguing against a bill that would legalize medical marijuana in the state. One of the reasons Fairbanks gave was that wildlife, specifically rabbits, will take advantage of marijuana operations as an easy source of food and lose their fear of humans. In his testimony, the agent recounted a situation where a rabbit showed signs of intoxication.

ATHENS—The Toyota Texas Bass Classic (TTBC) will feature 35 of the world’s best anglers Memorial Day weekend, May 23 – 25, 2015 on Lake Fork.

ATHENS—Gill net surveys recently completed on Possum Kingdom Reservoir by the Wichita Falls Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) fisheries office shows that some fish populations have bounced back from fish kills caused by golden alga between 2000 and 2010.

What comes up must come down. And when the object in question is an arrow, you better get out of the way real quick unless you fancy a trip to the emergency room. The video below is reminder that you should never, ever shoot an arrow straight up into the air—even if you’re really excited about getting your first goose of the season.