Category Archives: Texas Wildlife
The Buck Stops Here
Whitetail deer have scent glands between the two parts of the hoof on all four feet, metatarsal glands on the outside of each hind leg, and a larger tarsal gland on the inside of each hind leg at the hock. They also have glands at the base of each antler and in front of each [...]
Purple Martins
It’s time to put your purple martin house up. Scouts have been spotted in San Antonio. If you know what I’m referring to this should bring a smile to your face. If you don’t…you’re missing out on great wildlife experience. The Purple Martin is considered to be America’s most wanted bird. The interaction between man [...]
It’s Monarch Migration Time!
October 17th – 18th, 2009 Wildseed Farms Monarch Celebration at Wildseed Farms is held each year in October to coincide with the Monarch butterflies’ migration stopover in the Texas hill country. Held in conjunction with the University of Kansas project known as “Monarch Watch”, Wildseed Farms participates in “tagging” monarch butterflies to track their migration [...]
Nevermind About WMA.
Spoke with Rufus Stephens, State Biologist for our area, and he confirmed that one must qualify first for an agricultural valuation (Ag Exemption) before converting to wildlife management. The main reasoning is that it would negatively effect tax revenue for schools. So, that’s that. Continue helping out the critters (or begin if you haven’t) by [...]
Alamo Springs Ranch Wildlife Management Association???
I’ve been trying to figure out how to qualify our property for a wildlife management valuation (similar to Ag Exemption) without building fences and grazing cattle. (My beloved had the idea of an Ag Exemption for keeping Bee Hives for honey. But the state already ruled that a “bee is not a cow”) The point [...]
