TPWD Hunt Drawing System Going Green

AUSTIN, Texas – One of the state of Texas' annual hunting traditions – the mailing of paper applications in the hopes of being drawn for coveted special hunt permits – will change in a big way this summer.

That's because the familiar Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's (TPWD) Applications for Drawings on Public Hunting Land booklets, a late summertime mailbox staple for many years, will officially be no more.

This year, TPWD is going green when it comes to the state's public hunt drawing system for special draw permits to hunt white-tailed deer, desert mule deer, desert bighorn sheep, javelinas, feral hogs, Rio Grande turkeys, and...