I am curious to know when the last legal black bear was taken in Texas?

Google says TPWD made bear hunting illegal in 1983.

Very cool find.

also wondering if it shows season dates ... like dove, deer, etc.???

cool find

From what I understand most were gone by the 1950’s.

I've heard a growl on Bear Creek that made my hair stand up...but I think it was a boar hog.

They are very much back in business, in the Trans Pecos Region. I saw one just east of Big Bend park four years ago. Buddies are getting bears on game cams in Sanderson on a weekly basis, along with elk.

Yes, they are under reporting the numbers imo. They hit one a few miles from my place a few months back.

Hunters one on a neighboring ranch I hunted in real county in 07’.

Buddy has a place in Marathon and has had bears for several years now. Said they have kinda made pests of themselves

I did a lot of unsuccessful bear hunting growing up in southwest Virginia, would be nice to do some unsuccessful bear hunting here in east TX if the numbers can get back up for a season.


The long list of unprotected birds is interesting, wonder when most of those became protected? I guess a lot of them aren't migratory.

I thought that was interesting as well. Roadrunners were still on the menu.

IIRC prior to the screwworm eradication in the 60’s there were only around 300,000 deer in the state. Now there are around 5.5-6mill

I would look it up for you, but I have no idea what I did with the actual digest. I had ran across the pictures I took of it in an old thumb drive.

I love stuff like this...Thanks for posting.

Had one tear a feeder to shreds while I was guiding, 'bot 10-12 years ago, and actually saw one get hit by pickup, on Hwy 90, just East of Comstock about 5 years ago. Bear was crossing, just the other side of a highway cut through a ridge at the crest and would have been impossible to see at even less than the posted speed limit. They aren't frequent in Val Verde County, but they are here.

One tore the heck out of a feeder on a lease I was on just 1 year between Sheffield and Sanderson (Terrell County) several years ago. 'Ranch manager had cell cam pics of it. 'Never saw one the 4 years we were on the Continental Ranch just north of there, but we were in 10K ac. of...high fence.

Bears are giant coons.

Regs from 1923-24...On the back of grandads hunting license.

Very cool. I wish they still taught penmanship like that.

very cool ...

Great keepsake.

Interesting that Bosque County being closed that year for deer! Another concern for those that "molest" pigeons! LOL!

Really cool post. Thanks for sharing!