CALENDAR

FRIDAY-SUNDAY

Texas Women Anglers Tournament: Women-only offshore contest; headquarters, Port Aransas Civic Center. Events at Port Aransas Civic Center; weigh-in, Fisherman’s Wharf, 900 Tarpon St., Port Aransas. Benefits the Women’s Shelter of South Texas. Click on gofishtx.com.

FRIDAY-SATURDAY

Babes on the Bay: Women’s fishing tournament sponsored by Aransas Bay Chapter of Coastal Conservation Association, Paws and Taws Convention Center, Fulton. Live music, vendors, educational outreach by conservation groups. Click on babesonthebay.com.

TUESDAY

Padre Island National Seashore: No entrance fee to commemorate National Park Service anniversary at all national parks. Call 361-949-8068 or click on nps.gov.

WEDNESDAY-THURSDAY

Texas Parks & Wildlife Commission: Regular meeting, 9 a.m.-5 p.m., TPWD headquarters, Austin. Click on tpwd.texas.gov.

THURSDAY

Coastal Conservation Association: 41st annual San Antonio Chapter Banquet at Expo Hall on the AT&T Center grounds is canceled. Click on ccatexas.org.

SEPT. 1

Texas Parks & Wildlife Department: Online application deadline 11:59 p.m. for drawn hunts for E-postcard archery white-tailed deer, private lands antlerless/spike and either sex and youth deer either sex. Go to tpwd.texas.gov, click hunting tab and scroll to “public hunting;” email hunt@tpwd.texas.gov or call 512-3894505.

SEPT. 2

Mitchell Lake Audubon Center: Birding for Beginners webinar, 6-7:30 p.m. Register at mitchelllake.audubon.org.

SEPT. 8

Mitchell Lake Audubon Center: Webinar on the songs and courtship displays of hummingbirds, 6:30-8 p.m. Register at mitchelllake.audubon.org.

SEPT. 11

Operation Game Thief: San Antonio Area Clay Stoppers Shootout sporting clays tournament, National Shooting Complex, 5931 Roft Road, 7 a.m.-3 p.m. 100 targets, breakfast tacos, lunch, raffle, live auction, prizes for top shooters. Proceeds fund rewards for tips leading to poaching convictions, help supply wardens with equipment and death benefits to wardens’ families. $250-$3,500. Click on ogttx.com.

SEPT. 12-13

Texas Outdoor Family: Hands-on basics of camping for those with little or no experience with tent, gear provided, Blanco State Park. $75 for family of up to six. Call 512-389-8903 or email tofsp@tpwd.texas.gov.

SEPT. 13

Texas Trophy Hunters Association: Deadline for nominations for Bucks for the Brave honoring veterans and retired first responders to win the hunting experience of a lifetime in November. Click on ttha.com.

SEPT. 14

Texas Parks & Wildlife Department: Registration deadline for Fall 2020 Great Texas Birding Classic, which runs Oct. 1-31. Click on tpwd.texas.gov and search for Great Texas Birding Classic. For information, email Shelly Plante, shelly.plante@tpwd.texas.gov.

SEPT. 15

Texas Parks & Wildlife Department: Online application deadline 11:59 p.m. for drawn hunts for E-postcard quail, youth archery deer and youth deer, gun deer antlerless/spike and either sex and other hunts. Go to tpwd.texas.gov, click hunting tab and scroll to “public hunting;” email hunt@tpwd.texas.gov or call 512-3894505.

SEPT. 17

Mitchell Lake Audubon Center: Birding on Your Block, a webinar on common urban birds, 6-7:30 p.m. Register at mitchelllake.audubon.org.

SEPT. 19-20

Texas Outdoor Family: Hands-on basics of camping for those with little or no experience with tent, gear provided, Inks Lake State Park. $75 for family of up to six. Call 512-389-8903 or email tofsp@tpwd.texas.gov.

Have an item for the calendar? Email John Goodspeed at john@johngoodspeed.com .