Of all the red-tailed hawks that have ever soared on a Texas breeze, only one gets to live in Charlie Alvis’s house, at least during the winter hunting season. “My bird has its own bedroom ...

During the fall hunting season, Al Jordan is out nearly every day -- looking for squirrels, rabbits, ducks, wild turkey, mink and other small game. But he doesn't carry a gun or a bow. Jordan, of ...

About 45-50 hunters brought their red-tailed and Harris’s hawks to hunt squirrels and rabbits. “A lot of people call it a sport or a hobby,” James Ortino, ...

Open fields are better for hunting rabbits, while squirrels live in wooded areas. Both of the habitats are getting harder to find, ... Most birds, except Harris hawks, hunt alone.

It’s 6:30 a.m., and the party has started. Whooshing wings and winsome whistles break the silence of the Old West Side, sending groggy residents of the Longview neighborhood to look for the ...

Q. I saw a red-tailed hawk fly into a tree and knock a squirrel into the street right in front of me. A second red-tail swooped down and picked up the squirrel by the time it hit the ground. This ...

U.S. Magistrate Judge Lincoln Almond sentenced Robert J. Ferreira, 65, of East Main Road, after Ferreira pleaded guilty to four counts of unlawfully hunting, killing or attempting to kill hawks ...

Ferreira allegedly told investigators he believed the hawks were a threat to squirrels that visited squirrel feeders on his property. He allegedly estimated shooting at 50 to 80 hawks.

The Migratory Bird Treaty Act prohibits hunting, taking, capturing, or killing or attempting to kill of any migratory non-game birds, such as Red-Tailed and Cooper’s Hawks, without a permit.

U.S. Magistrate Judge Lincoln Almond sentenced Robert J. Ferreira, 65, of East Main Road, after Ferreira pleaded guilty to four counts of unlawfully hunting, killing or attempting to kill hawks ...