Texas Wildlife Association offers a variety of programs for Texans.
In addition to our educational programs, the Texas Wildlife Association offers a wide array of other resources. Learn more below and share these resources with anyone you think may be interested in our program offerings.
Texas Youth Hunting Program
In response to a declining number of youth hunters in the state, the Texas Wildlife Association and Texas Parks and Wildlife Department organized the Texas Youth Hunting Program (TYHP) in 1996. To date, TYHP has provided over 55,000 Texans with safe, educational, outdoor experiences while instilling an appreciation for the valuable role private landowners and hunters play in wildlife conservation.
  • Providing a safe, legal, and ethical mentored hunting experience to the youth of Texas
  • Ages 9-17
  • Hunter Education Required
  • Parent or Guardian Attends
  • $150 for Youth and Accompanying Adult
  • Landowner Insurance Provided
  • Volunteers needed!
Texas Big Game Awards
The purpose of the TBGA is to promote awareness about wildlife management and the role that hunting plays in habitat conservation, and to foster cooperation among stakeholders who ensure that our state's wildlife habitat is conserved forever.
Award Categories:
  • Scored Entries
  • First Harvest
  • Youth Division
  • Landowner Recognition


  • Eight (8) $1,500 scholarships and one (1) $3,000 available to any graduating high school senior, entering college freshman, sophomore, or junior
  • Applicants must be Agriculture or Natural Resource related majors
TWA Membership
Your membership dues support our TWA mission of serving Texas wildlife and its habitat, while protecting property rights, hunting heritage, and the conservation efforts of those who value and steward wildlife resources. We accomplish this mission through our three program areas of Issues and Advocacy, Conservation Legacy and Hunting Heritage.
All Membership Levels will receive: 
  • One-year electronic subscription to Texas Wildlife magazine
  • TWA e-newsletters 
  • TWA membership card
  • Exclusive TWA Member decal
  • Discounts on TWA Events & Workshops
  • Networking and Volunteer Opportunities
Adult Mentored Hunting Program
With our Adult Mentored Hunts, we focus our mission on novice hunters with an interest in forging a connection between conservation hunting and sustainable eating.  As land stewards, we know the many challenges of participating in traditional outdoor activities and aim to break down those barriers for our fellow Texans.
Provided: 
  • All meals with an emphasis on wild game
  • Firearms if needed
  • Firearm instruction
  • Hunting guide/mentor
  • Lodging - 3 days/2 nights

Additional details:
  • Cost is $150 for the hunter and $50 for any non-hunting guest
  • All applicants must be a TWA Associate member ($75/year) or above to apply and participate.
  • All hunters will be required to have a valid Texas Hunting License and have completed Hunter Education; this can be done online.
Adult Education
Conservation Legacy programs provide adults with the tools necessary to foster an appreciation for natural processes and ecological interactions. By continuing our excellence in programming, we will better equip Texans to understand the implications of natural resource stewardship within the context of changing social, economic, and environmental conditions vital to the health and future of Texas.
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Field Days and Workshops
  • Women of the Land
  • Small Acreage Big Opportunity
WOTL
Texas Wildlife Association Foundation
TWA Foundation is a 501(c)3 charitable foundation that was organized in 1991 to serve as a funding source for conservation education and research programs directly related to the foundation’s mission. TWA Foundation does not participate in lobbying activities and does not engage in political activities, allowing it to solely focus on its educational mission.
Our Mission:

Texas Wildlife Association Foundation, Inc. increases natural resource literacy by promoting conservation and educational programs that connect Texans to the land.
Issues and Advocacy
Texas Wildlife Association is a 501(c)4 and is the leading voice for conservation policy in Texas. We are committed to protecting property rights, pursuing landowner protections and wildlife management tools, promoting and preserving our hunting heritage, and actively influencing outcomes in state and federal legislative and regulatory processes.

In the 86th Session of the Texas Legislature, TWA proudly
  • played an integral role in securing permanent funding for the State Park system,
  • advanced meaningful eminent domain reform that is ripe for passage in the next session,
  • and worked to successfully pass multiple bills to further protect our deer population from disease threats.

TWA will continue to work hard for its members, fighting for legislation that protects Texas' natural resources.
Texas Brigades
Texas Brigades is a 501(c)3 partner organization that provides a combination of educational programs, including its popular 5-day summer Brigade camps, its advanced Wildlife Intensive Leadership Development (W.I.L.D.) program and its single-day programs, Experiences.

  • Wildlife Intensive Leadership Development program
  • One year advanced program introducing natural resource policy, field research and professionalism

  • Wildlife Intensive Leadership Development
  • One year advanced program introducing natural resource policy, field research and professionalism

  • Apply as an Adult Leader at one of our 5-day camps
  • Register here to let us know where and how you are able to help throughout the year