Texas deer have less forage amid drought
6/28/2022 3:19:27 PM
CATEGORIES:
Plants & Wildlife
Tourism & Recreation
AFFECTED AREAS:
Andrews County, TX
Aransas County, TX
Archer County, TX
Armstrong County, TX
Atascosa County, TX
Austin County, TX
Bailey County, TX
Bandera County, TX
Bastrop County, TX
Baylor County, TX
Bee County, TX
Bell County, TX
Bexar County, TX
Blanco County, TX
Borden County, TX
Bosque County, TX
Bowie County, TX
Brazoria County, TX
Brazos County, TX
Brewster County, TX
Briscoe County, TX
Brooks County, TX
Brown County, TX
Burleson County, TX
Burnet County, TX
Caldwell County, TX
Calhoun County, TX
Callahan County, TX
Cameron County, TX
Camp County, TX
Carson County, TX
Cass County, TX
Castro County, TX
Chambers County, TX
Childress County, TX
Clay County, TX
Cochran County, TX
Coke County, TX
Coleman County, TX
Collin County, TX
Collingsworth County, TX
Colorado County, TX
Comal County, TX
Comanche County, TX
Concho County, TX
Cooke County, TX
Coryell County, TX
Cottle County, TX
Crane County, TX
Crockett County, TX
Crosby County, TX
Culberson County, TX
Dallam County, TX
Dallas County, TX
Dawson County, TX
Deaf Smith County, TX
Delta County, TX
Denton County, TX
DeWitt County, TX
Dickens County, TX
Dimmit County, TX
Donley County, TX
Duval County, TX
Eastland County, TX
Ector County, TX
Edwards County, TX
El Paso County, TX
Ellis County, TX
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Falls County, TX
Fannin County, TX
Fayette County, TX
Fisher County, TX
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Fort Bend County, TX
Franklin County, TX
Freestone County, TX
Frio County, TX
Gaines County, TX
Galveston County, TX
Garza County, TX
Gillespie County, TX
Glasscock County, TX
Goliad County, TX
Gonzales County, TX
Gray County, TX
Grayson County, TX
Grimes County, TX
Guadalupe County, TX
Hale County, TX
Hall County, TX
Hamilton County, TX
Hansford County, TX
Hardeman County, TX
Hardin County, TX
Harris County, TX
Hartley County, TX
Haskell County, TX
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Hemphill County, TX
Hidalgo County, TX
Hill County, TX
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Howard County, TX
Hudspeth County, TX
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Irion County, TX
Jack County, TX
Jackson County, TX
Jeff Davis County, TX
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Jim Hogg County, TX
Jim Wells County, TX
Johnson County, TX
Jones County, TX
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Kendall County, TX
Kenedy County, TX
Kent County, TX
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Kimble County, TX
King County, TX
Kinney County, TX
Kleberg County, TX
Knox County, TX
La Salle County, TX
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Lamb County, TX
Lampasas County, TX
Lavaca County, TX
Lee County, TX
Leon County, TX
Liberty County, TX
Limestone County, TX
Lipscomb County, TX
Live Oak County, TX
Llano County, TX
Loving County, TX
Lubbock County, TX
Lynn County, TX
Madison County, TX
Martin County, TX
Mason County, TX
Matagorda County, TX
Maverick County, TX
McCulloch County, TX
McLennan County, TX
McMullen County, TX
Medina County, TX
Menard County, TX
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Milam County, TX
Mills County, TX
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Montague County, TX
Montgomery County, TX
Moore County, TX
Morris County, TX
Motley County, TX
Navarro County, TX
Nolan County, TX
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Ochiltree County, TX
Oldham County, TX
Orange County, TX
Palo Pinto County, TX
Parker County, TX
Parmer County, TX
Pecos County, TX
Potter County, TX
Presidio County, TX
Rains County, TX
Randall County, TX
Reagan County, TX
Real County, TX
Red River County, TX
Reeves County, TX
Refugio County, TX
Roberts County, TX
Robertson County, TX
Rockwall County, TX
Runnels County, TX
San Jacinto County, TX
San Patricio County, TX
San Saba County, TX
Schleicher County, TX
Scurry County, TX
Shackelford County, TX
Sherman County, TX
Somervell County, TX
Starr County, TX
Stephens County, TX
Sterling County, TX
Stonewall County, TX
Sutton County, TX
Swisher County, TX
Tarrant County, TX
Taylor County, TX
Terrell County, TX
Terry County, TX
Throckmorton County, TX
Titus County, TX
Tom Green County, TX
Travis County, TX
Upton County, TX
Uvalde County, TX
Val Verde County, TX
Van Zandt County, TX
Victoria County, TX
Walker County, TX
Waller County, TX
Ward County, TX
Washington County, TX
Webb County, TX
Wharton County, TX
Wheeler County, TX
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Willacy County, TX
Williamson County, TX
Wilson County, TX
Winkler County, TX
Wise County, TX
Yoakum County, TX
Young County, TX
Zapata County, TX
Zavala County, TX
Start Date: 6/1/2022
- End Date: 12/31/2022
White-tailed deer in Texas face less hospitable conditions as heat and drought parch the landscape and turn it brown. Hunters ought to expect below average antler quality and body weights, although harvest opportunity is likely to be high as deer will likely visit feeders this fall, advised the whitetail program leader for the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
Outdoor Life (Denver, Colo.), June 21, 2022
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