Texas Parks and Wildlife Department staff Jeff Forman (left) and Ryan Reitz (center) drag the scimitar shot by Harold Lee (not pictured) onto a trailer alongside Kelton Mote (right) during an exotic ...

FORT WORTH, Texas - For years, hundreds of Texas ranchers have made big money on exotic antelopes, with hunters paying up to $10,000 to bag just one dama gazelle, a rare animal with short horns ...

Three people were arrested in South Texas for using airboats and thermal optics to hunt exotic animals, but not for the reasons many assumed. While nighttime hunting with night vision is legal for non ...

AUSTIN — Hunters who dream of pursuing exotic game from far away lands, or just want a shot at a trophy white-tailed deer, or maybe a wild hog, may enter to win such hunts starting today. The chances ...

11:15 a.m. May 21, 2025: Revised to reflect Big Time Texas Hunt permits for the 2025 season are on sale. People flock to Texas for its world-renowned hunting, but many of the guided experiences for ...

While the world’s jaws dropped at the news of Cecil the lion’s death last week, hundreds of less famous exotic wild animals died a little closer to home: in Texas. Texas is home to about 5,000 ...

Ranchers began bringing in exotic animals to hunt in the 1800s as an alternative income source to livestock, which is notoriously unprofitable. These exotic animals, some worth up to $40,000-$50,000, ...