Such is the curious state of modern Texas ranching, that a giraffe among the oak and the mesquite is an everyday sort of thing. “That’s Buttercup,” said the guide, Buck Watson, 54. In a place of rare ...

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department staff Jeff Forman (left) and Ryan Reitz (center) drag the scimitar shot by Harold Lee (not pictured) onto a trailer alongside Kelton Mote (right) during an exotic ...