The Texas Parks and Wildlife Department said wardens uncovered a larger network of alleged offenders during a previous investigation involving the illegal smuggling of captive white-tailed deer.

MONEY MAKER: Texans spend $4.3 billion annually hunting white-tailed deer, Texas A&M study shows "Texas has one of the top deer herds in the nation,” said Blaise Korzekwa, TPWD White-tailed Deer ...

Texas wildlife officials killed 249 captive deer on a private ranch last week, ending a long-running challenge in recent years to the state’s policy of euthanizing breeder-cultivated deer herds ...

The MetroParks also recently released details of its Jan. 9 helicopter survey of white-tailed deer in its parks. It apparently shows a smaller number of deer in its parks than earlier surveys.

A male white-tailed deer near Goose Island State Park in Texas. (Photo by: Jon G. Fuller/VW Pics/Universal Images Group via ...