Post-harvest JC wildlife meeting up ahead

The Jackson County Wildlife Management Association will hold their post-harvest meeting on Saturday, Feb. 25 at 4 p.m. in the Jackson County Services Building Auditorium.
A post-harvest report will be given from Brent Pierce, Texas Parks and Wildlife Biologist, and another presentation will be given by a guest speaker.
The WMA year begisn on Sept. 1 and runs until Aug. 21. Annual membership dues are $20 per person. Mustang Creek BBQ will serve dinner, and it is included in the membership dues.
The JCWMA began in 1999 and has approximately 200 members. Their goals are to enroll acreage in the county that assists in neighbor relations through educaion concerning all wildlife with an emphasis on white-tailed deer management.
The JCWMA is divided into three groups: Texana, Lavaca River and Sandy Creek Management Associations.
Members are reminded to post their 2016 harvest data on the Texas Parks and Wildlife website: twims@tpwd.state.tx.us
This meeting will include several booth of local vendors, gun raffles and bucket raffles. In addition, members who bring in coyote ears and wild hog tails will participate in our drawing for prizes.
It is important to note some of the landowner members lease their land out for deer hunting. In their hunting lease, the WMA recommends that they require the lease hunters to become members of the WMA. The lease hunter then participates in the WMA’s mission to enhance the white-tailed deer population in our county.
For more information, check our their Facebook page or call Jim Theiss at 713-253-1135.