2008-2009 HUNTING SEASONS
In addition to a hunting license, a migratory game bird stamp endorsement ($7) is required to hunt any migratory game
bird, including mourning dove (a FREE Federal Sandhill Crane Permit also is required to hunt sandhill crane). An upland
game bird stamp endorsement ($7) is required to hunt turkey, quail, pheasant, lesser prairie chicken, or chachalacas.

See County Listings for specific county regulations.
ALLIGATOR 22 counties & special properties (by permit only) Sept. 10-30
Remainder of the state (see pg. 66) Apr. 1-June 30
PRONGHORN ANTELOPE 35 counties (by permit only) Oct. 4-12
DOVE (PLEASE REPORT LEG BANDS TO 1-800-327-BAND)
North Zone Sept. 1-Oct. 30
Central Zone Sept. 1-Oct. 30,
Dec. 26-Jan. 4
South Zone Sept. 20-Nov. 9,
Dec. 26-Jan. 13
Special White-winged Dove Area Sept. 6, 7, 13 & 14,
Sept. 20-Nov. 9,
Dec. 26-Jan. 9
EARLY TEAL-ONLY Statewide Sept. 13-28
WHITE-TAILED DEER Archery-Only Season Sept. 27-Oct. 31
General Season:
*Special Youth Season Oct. 25-26, Jan. 17-18
North Texas (200 counties) Nov. 1-Jan. 4
Panhandle (6 counties) Nov. 22-Dec. 7
South Texas (30 counties) Nov. 1-Jan. 18
Late Antlerless and Spike
Edwards Plateau (39 counties) Jan. 5-18
South Texas (30 counties) Jan. 19-Feb. 1
Muzzleloader (23 counties) Jan. 10-18
MULE DEER Archery-Only Season Sept. 27-Oct. 31
General Season:
Panhandle (36 counties) Nov. 22-Dec. 7
SW Panhandle (7 counties) Nov. 22-30
Trans-Pecos (19 counties) Nov. 29-Dec. 14
JAVELINA (Approximately 43 counties) Oct. 1-Feb. 22
(Approximately 50 counties) Sept. 1-Aug. 31
SQUIRREL **Special Youth Season Sept. 27-28
East Texas (51 counties) Oct. 1-Feb. 1, May 1-31
Other Open counties (see County Listings) Sept. 1-Aug. 31
LESSER PRAIRIE CHICKEN By property (see pg. 67) Oct. 18-19 (by permit only)
PHEASANT Chambers, Jefferson & Liberty counties Nov. 1-Feb. 22
Panhandle (37 counties) Dec. 6-Jan. 4
QUAIL Statewide (all counties) Oct. 25-Feb. 22
RIO GRANDE TURKEY Archery-Only Season Sept. 27-Oct. 31
Fall Season:
*Special Youth Season Oct. 25-26, Jan. 17-18
North Zone (122 counties) Nov. 1-Jan. 4
South Zone (26 counties) Nov. 1-Jan. 18
Brooks, Kenedy, Kleberg, & Willacy counties Nov. 1-Feb. 22
Spring Season:
North Zone (101 counties) Apr. 4-May 17
*Special Youth Season Mar. 28-29, May 23-24
South Zone (54 counties) Mar. 21-May 3
*Special Youth Season Mar. 14-15, May 9-10
1-Turkey Bag Limit (11 counties) Apr. 1-30
+EASTERN TURKEY Spring-Only Season
East Texas (43 counties) Apr. 1-30
CHACHALACA Cameron, Hidalgo, Starr & Willacy counties Nov. 1-Feb. 22
RABBITS AND HARES No closed season.
* In all counties that have an open season for those species.

** In all counties that have an Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31 Open Squirrel Season.

+ Rio Grande and Eastern Turkey may be hunted in these counties.

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2008-2009 Fishing and Hunting Regulations

Valid September 1, 2008 through August 31, 2009

Contents

Whereto Get Information and Licenses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
18
General Hunting and Fishing Requirements/Restrictions
Criminal Penalties and Civil Value Recovery | General Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
General Information About Licenses, Stamp Endorsements and Tags . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Hunting and Fishing Combination License Packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Lifetime Licenses | Fishing Licenses and Packages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Fishing Stamp Endorsements and Tags | License Requirements for Border Waters . . . . . . 24
Hunting Licenses and Permits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Hunting Stamp Endorsements | Boater Education | Hunter Education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Transfer of Wildlife Resources | Importation of Wildlife Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Summary of 2008-2009 Recreational Fishing Regulations
General Fishing Rules for Fresh and Salt Waters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Reservoir BoundariesStatewide Bag and Length Limits | Exceptions to Statewide Freshwater
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Freshwater/Saltwater Boundary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Legal Freshwater and Saltwater Devices and Restrictions for Fish . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Freshwater Fishing Harvest Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Harvest Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
How to Attach Fish Tag | How to Measure Fish and Crabs | Tips for Releasing Fish . . . . . 41
Identification of Yellow,White,Striped,and Hybrid Striped Bass . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Identification of Smallmouth, Guadalupe & Spotted, and Largemouth Bass . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Saltwater Fishing – General Information | Bag and Length Limits for Saltwater Fish . . . . . 44
Saltwater Freeze Events | Shrimp Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Crab and Ghost Shrimp Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Oyster Regulations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
Other Aquatic Life (Fresh and Salt Waters) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Fish Consumption Bans and Advisories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Boating Regulations and Safe Boating Tips | Operation Game Thief . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Summary of 2008-2009 Hunting Regulations
Definitions | Hunting General Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Pronghorn Antelope; Desert Bighorn Sheep; Deer; Harvest Log for Deer;
Managed Lands Deer (MLD) Permits; LAMPS (Landowner Assisted Management
Permit System); Special Antler Restrictions;White-tailed Deer Youth-Only;
Javelina; Squirrel Youth-Only,Alligator
Migratory Game Birds; Pheasant; Prairie Chicken; Quail;Turkey;TurkeyYouth-Only
Means and Methods . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54
Restricted Areas in Counties | Processing Carcass in Camp . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Cold Storage or Processing Facility . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 62
Taxidermist | Sale of Deer Antlers and Other Parts | Tagging Deer or Turkey . . . . . . . . . 63
Game Animals: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63-67
Game Birds: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67-68
Migratory Game Birds (Early Season) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68
Nongame and Other Species [including frogs and turtles] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
County Listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73-95
Wildlife Resource Document | Alligator Hide Tag Report Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
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WHERE TO GET INFORMATION AND LICENSES
Where to Get Information and Licenses

Recreational hunting and fishing licenses and stamp endorsements are available at approximately 1,700
locations throughout the state in addition to the offices listed below. These locations include sporting
goods stores, gun shops, department stores, discount stores, bait and tackle shops, grocery stores, and many
other types of stores. Some commercial hunting and fishing licenses are available ONLY at the Austin
Headquarters and offices listed below. For added convenience, licenses may be purchased by phone or
through the Internet with approved Visa, Discover, or MasterCard. A $5 administrative fee will be charged
for those sales. Call (800) TX LIC 4 U (1-800-895-4248) between 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
(closed Saturday, Sunday and most holidays), or log on to http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/licenses/online_sales.
Many licenses may be purchased for immediate use except where tagging is required, i.e., deer and turkey.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Headquarters: 4200 Smith School Road,Austin (78744)

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Regional & Field Law Enforcement Offices:

Abilene, 281 North Willis (79603)

(325) 673-3333
Amarillo, 203 West 8th, Suite #200, LB14006


(79101) (806) 379-8900
Beaumont, 5550-K Eastex Freeway (77708)


(409) 892-8666
Brownsville, 5460 Paredes Line Road, Suite 201


(78526) (956) 546-1952
Brownwood, 301 Main, Suite D (76801)


(325) 646-0440
College Station, 12845 F.M. 2154, Suite 160
(77845) (979) 696-4148
Corpus Christi, 5541 Bear Lane, Suite 232


(78405) (361) 289-5566
El Paso, 401 East Franklin, Suite 520 (79901)


(915) 834-7050
Fort Worth, 5400 Airport Freeway, Suite E


(76117) (817) 831-3128
Freeport, 210 W. First Street, Suite C (77541)


(979) 233-7968 – hours 9 AM to 1 PM (boat

registration not available at Freeport office)
Garland, 346 Oaks Trail, Suite 100 (75043)

(972) 226-9966
Houston (north), 350 North Sam Houston
Pkwy E., Suite 100 (77060) (281) 931-6471
Houston (south), 10101 Southwest Frwy, #206


(77074) (713) 779-8977
Kerrville, 309 Sidney Baker South (78028)


(830) 257-7611


LaMarque, 14037 Delany Road (77568)

(409) 933-1947
Laredo, 5119 Bob Bullock Loop (78044)


(956) 718-1087
Lubbock, 1702 Landmark Lane, Suite 1 (79415)


(806) 761-4930
Lufkin, 4100 S. Medford Drive, Suite 204B


(75901) (936) 632-1311
Midland, 4500 West Illinois, Suite 307 (79703)


(432) 520-4649
Mt. Pleasant, 212 South Johnson (75455)


(903) 572-7966
Rockport, 715 South Highway 35 (78382)


(361) 790-0312
Rusk, 580 West 6th Street (75785) (903) 683-2511
San Angelo, 3407 South Chadbourne (76903)


(325) 651-4844
San Antonio, 858 West Rhapsody (78216)


(210) 348-7375
Temple, 3615 So. General Bruce Drive (76504)


(254) 778-2851
Tyler, 3330 South Southwest Loop 323 (75701)


(903) 534-0388
Victoria, 2805 N. Navarro, Suite 600A (77901)


(361) 575-6306
Waco, 1601 East Crest Drive (76705)


(254) 867-7951
Wichita Falls, 100 Fremar Valley (76301)


(940) 723-7327


Toll-free information: (Mon. – Fri., 8 a.m. – 5 p.m.) (800) 792-1112 or (512) 389-4800
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department Internet Web Site: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us
Stop Poaching! For 24-hour reporting of violations, call


(800) 792-GAME, Austin (512) 389-4848, Houston (281) 842-8100 (see pg. 52)

TPWD receives federal assistance from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and other federal agencies. TPWD is therefore
subject to Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973,Title II of the Americans with
Disabilities Act of 1990, the Age Discrimination Act of 1975,Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, in addition to
state anti-discrimination laws. TPWD will comply with state and federal laws prohibiting discrimination based on race, color,
national origin, age, sex or disability. If you believe that you have been discriminated against in any TPWD program, activity
or event, you may contact the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Division of Federal Assistance, 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Mail Stop:
MBSP-4020,Arlington,VA 22203,Attention: Civil Rights Coordinator for Public Access.

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GENERAL HUNTING AND FISHING
REQUIREMENTS/RESTRICTIONS


Criminal Penalties and Civil Value Recovery

If you violate fish and wildlife laws, in addition to civil restitution you may:

•
be fined (Class C – $25–$500; Class B – $200–$2,000; Class A – $500–$4,000; State Jail Felony,
$1,500–$10,000);
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be jailed (Class B and higher offenses);
•
face automatic suspension or revocation of licenses for up to five years;
•
forfeit hunting gear, including firearms, used to commit a violation.


CIVIL RESTITUTION: In addition to the criminal penalty for hunting and fishing violations, the
department will seek the civil recovery value for the loss or damage to wildlife resources. The civil
restitution cost is payable to Texas Parks and Wildlife Department and is in addition to the fine assessed
by the court. Failure to pay the civil recovery value will result in the department’s refusal to issue a
license, tag, or permit. An individual who hunts or fishes after the refusal commits a Class A misdemeanor
which is punishable by a fine not less than $500 or more than $4,000; punishment in jail not to
exceed one year; or both fine and confinement. For questions concerning civil restitution call

(512) 389-4630.

General Law

The following information addresses some of the more commonly asked questions about hunting and
fishing requirements and restrictions. For additional information not included in this guide, contact your local
game warden or phone the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) toll free at (800) 792-1112.

• INSPECTION AUTHORITY: A game warden who observes a person engaged in an activity governed
by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code or reasonably believes that a person is or has been engaged
in such an activity may inspect:

(1)
any license, permit, tag, or other document issued by the department and required by the Texas
Parks and Wildlife Code of a person hunting or catching wildlife resources;
(2)
any device that may be used to hunt or catch a wildlife resource;
(3)
any wildlife resource in the person’s possession; and
(4)
the contents of any container or receptacle that is commonly used to store or conceal a wildlife
resource.


The full text of this law may be found in the Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, §12.102. See Texas Parks
and Wildlife Codes at http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/pw.toc.htm or call TPWD at (800) 792-1112
(press 9, then 4381).

•
Personal Identification: While hunting, fishing or trapping, persons 17 years of age or older
must carry on their person a driver’s license or personal identification certificate issued by
the Texas Department of Public Safety. Non-residents must carry similar documents issued by
the agency in their state or country of residence that is authorized to issue driver’s licenses or personal
identification certificates.
•
Possession Limit: For all wildlife resources taken for personal consumption and for which there is a
possession limit, the possession limit shall not apply after the wildlife resource has reached the possessor’s
permanent residence and is finally processed.
•
Special regulations and documents are required for the transfer and importation of wildlife resources
(see Transfer of Wildlife Resources, pg. 27).
•
Waste of Game: It is an offense (Class C misdemeanor) if a person while hunting kills or wounds a game
bird or game animal and intentionally or knowingly fails to make a reasonable effort to retrieve the animal
or bird and include it in the person’s daily or seasonal bag limit. It is an offense if a person intentionally
takes a game bird, game animal, or a fish and intentionally, knowingly, or recklessly, or with criminal negligence,
fails to keep the edible portions of the bird, animal, or fish in an edible condition. For whitetail
and mule deer, pronghorn antelope, and desert bighorn sheep, the violation is a Class A misdemeanor.
•
Retrieval of Game: No person may pursue a wounded wildlife resource across a property line
without the consent of landowner of the property where the wildlife resource has fled. Under the trespass
provisions of the Penal Code, a person on a property without the permission of the landowner is
subject to arrest.
•
Harassment of Hunters,Trappers, or Anglers (Sportsmen’s Rights Act) is punishable by a fine of
$200 to $2,000 and/or 180 days in jail.


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GENERAL REQUIREMENTS/RESTRICTIONS
•
It is unlawful to:
•
take, attempt to take, or possess wildlife resources within a protected length limit, in greater numbers,
by other means, or at any time or place, other than as indicated within this guide.


•
store, transport, or abandon an unsecured loaded firearm in a place where children can obtain
unsupervised access to the firearm. A person under age 17 who has lawful access to a firearm may
hunt with the firearm if the youth has successfully completed the hunter education course, or is
accompanied by a licensed hunter age 17 or older who has complied with the hunter education
requirement, if applicable.
•
drive a motor vehicle in the bed of a navigable freshwater stream, unless approved by a local
river access plan established by a city, county, or river authority. This law does not apply to the
Canadian River and Prairie Dog Town Fork of the Red River. There are other exemptions as
well. The full text of this law may be found in Texas Parks and Wildlife Code, Chapter 90 at:
http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/pw.toc.htm
•
fish on privately-owned waters, fish in public water from private land, or hunt on privately owned
lands without the permission of the owner or the owner’s agent. Under the Texas Penal Code
(§30.05) it is an offense for any person to enter property that is fenced, posted with a sign(s), or
marked (purple paint) without the express permission of the owner. Posts or trees bearing
purple paint marking of not less than eight inches in length and not less than one inch in width at
not less than three or more than five feet from the ground constitute notice that the property is
posted. A person who hunts without landowner consent and kills a desert bighorn sheep, pronghorn
antelope, white-tailed deer, or mule deer commits an offense that is a Parks and Wildlife Code
state jail felony. Upon conviction, your hunting and fishing license is automatically revoked. You are
not required to have a fishing license to fish in private waters in Texas; but, if you are on private property
while fishing in public water, a fishing license is required.
•
discharge a firearm on or across a public road.


General Information About Licenses, Stamp Endorsements and Tags

See sections on Fishing (pg. 22) and Hunting (pg. 25) for specific licensing information.

License fees are not refundable.

All of the licenses, license packages, stamp endorsements, and tags listed in this guide, unless
otherwise noted, may be purchased at approximately 1,700 locations statewide where licenses are sold.

Many licenses may be purchased by phone or through the Internet with approved Visa, Discover, or
MasterCard. Call (800) TX LIC 4 U (1-800-895-4248) between 8 a.m. – 5 p.m. Monday through Friday
(closed Saturday, Sunday and most holidays), or log on to: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/licenses/online_sales

Generally, fishing and hunting licenses and stamp endorsements are valid from the date of sale
through Aug. 31, 2009. Temporary hunting and fishing licenses and packages, Year-from-Purchase fishing
licenses and Lake Texoma fishing licenses have different expiration dates.

A number of “endorsements,” sometimes called “stamps” are available for purchase with fishing
packages (pg. 22) and hunting licenses (pg. 25) at the time a license is purchased. All fishing and all combination
packages include one or more stamp endorsements. Additional stamp endorsements are available
for purchase anytime during the effective date of the license/package. Actual stamps with pictures on them
are no longer issued with the hunting and fishing licenses; however, a book of commemorative stamps
(item Type 555), which are not valid for hunting or fishing use, is available for purchase for $21.65. The
book, which contains all six Texas picture stamps (three hunting, two fishing, one non-game), may be
purchased anywhere hunting and fishing licenses are sold, by phone (1-800-895-4248; $5 fee charged for all
phone sales), at any TPWD Law Enforcement office, or Austin Headquarters. Commemorative stamps
purchased anywhere hunting and fishing licenses are sold, by phone or at a Law Enforcement office will be
mailed. Individual stamps are not sold by TPWD.

Lost/Destroyed License, Package or Stamp Endorsement: Any type of license or stamp
endorsement that has been lost or destroyed may be replaced at any license sales location by signing an
Application for Replacement License affidavit. Fees vary from $3–$10 for replacement of recreational
licenses or stamp endorsements.

A RESIDENT is a person who has lived continuously in Texas for more than six months immediately
before applying for a license. Members of the U.S. Armed Forces (and their dependents) on active duty
anywhere are entitled to purchase a resident license. The term “active duty” means full-time duty in active
military service, including the National Guard and Reserves of the United States. Such term includes full-
time training duty and attendance while in the active military service at a school designated as a service
school by law or by the Secretary of the military department concerned. Non-residents under 17 years of
age are designated as residents for hunting license purposes (not valid for Lifetime Licenses).

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Residency is proven by any three of the following (all documents must reflect the applicant’s name and
a physical address in Texas). Except for a valid driver’s license or a state issued identification card, documentation
is not required at time of purchases or while hunting or fishing:

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a current Texas homestead property tax statement
•
the most recent six months of utility bills
•
the most recent six months of paycheck receipts
•
the person’s most recent tax return from the Internal Revenue Service
•
a statement from a parole board or probation officer stating that the person has continuously resided
in Texas for the six months immediately preceding the application for a license or permit
•
a valid Texas driver’s license*
•
a current Texas voter registration certificate*
•
a current vehicle registration*
*must have been issued at least six months prior to license or permit application


A NON-RESIDENT is any person who does not meet the requirements listed for qualification as a
Texas resident.

It is unlawful to:

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hunt or fish without a valid license, or a permit and stamp endorsement on your person and available
for inspection by a game warden, unless exempt by age, program or a reciprocal agreement with
another state.
•
use another person’s license or tag to hunt or fish.
•
let someone else hunt or fish with your license or tags.


It is unlawful to purchase or obtain more than one of the following licenses:

•
Resident Hunting • Texas Resident Active Duty Military “Super Combo” Package
•
Youth Hunting • Resident Combination Hunting and Fishing Package
•
Senior Hunting • Senior Resident Combination Hunting and Fishing Package
•
Free Resident Disabled Veteran “Super Combo” • General Non-Resident Hunting
•
Resident “Super Combo” Package • Non-Resident Spring Turkey Hunting
•
Senior Resident “Super Combo” Package


Social Security Numbers Required by Law: The collection of the Social Security Number is
mandated by the Federal Government and is required regardless of age. TPWD has no
option but to comply with Federal Law and collect the numbers from the purchasers of
licenses. TPWD cannot force you to provide your social security number; however, under Federal Statute,
we cannot sell you a license. Your social security number is required to be collected for the purpose of
child support collection enforcement under Federal Statute 42 U.S.C.A. 666 and Texas Family Code,
Section 231.302. If you are buying a license for another person, the law requires that the purchaser provide
the social security number of the person who will be holding the license.

Hunting and Fishing Combination License Packages

For Texas residents only:

The “Super Combo” includes a Resident Hunting License, a Resident Fishing License and all five state stamp
endorsements (archery, freshwater fishing, saltwater fishing with a red drum tag, upland game bird, and migratory
game bird) at a discount price. For residents who hunt and fish fresh water and/or salt water, the “Super
Combo” package can save purchasers up to $18. Resident “Super Combo” License Package (Type 111):
$64; Senior Resident “Super Combo” License Package (Type 117): $30 (for age 65 and over).

The “Combo” packages include a Resident Hunting License, a Resident Fishing License and either the saltwater
stamp endorsement (with a red drum tag), freshwater stamp endorsement, or both, depending on the specific
package purchased. Resident Combination Hunting and Freshwater Fishing: $47; Resident
Combination Hunting and Saltwater Fishing: $52; Resident Combination Hunting and All-Water
Fishing: $57; Senior Resident Combination Hunting and Freshwater Fishing: $15 (for age 65 and
over); Senior Resident Combination Hunting and Saltwater Fishing: $20; Senior Resident Combination
Hunting and All-Water Fishing: $25.

Residents who purchase “Combo” packages specific to either salt or freshwater fishing may upgrade to
the All-Water package through the purchase of the appropriate stamp endorsement (i.e., the stamp
endorsement not included in the initial license package purchased).

Resident Disabled Veteran “Super Combo” Hunting and All-Water Fishing Package (Type 502): FREE
Available to a resident qualifying as a disabled veteran. Disabled veteran means a veteran with a service-
connected disability, as defined by the Veterans Administration, consisting of the loss of the use of a foot or leg,
or a disability rating of 60% or more, and who is receiving compensation from the U.S. for the disability. Official
proof of disability (issued by the V.A.) must be shown when applying for this license and must state the rate
of disability. Includes all five state stamp endorsements (archery, freshwater fishing, migratory game bird, saltwater
fishing with a red drum tag, and upland game bird). The Federal Waterfowl Stamp is not included.

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Texas Resident Active Duty Military “Super Combo” Hunting and All-Water Fishing Package
(Type 510): FREE
Available to any Texas resident on active duty in the U.S. Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard,
Reserves, or National or State Guard. Includes all five state stamp endorsements (archery, freshwater fishing,
migratory game bird, saltwater fishing with a red drum tag, and upland game bird). The Federal Waterfowl
Stamp is not included. Proof of residency for this license is: military service record(s) indicating that
the person’s home of record is in Texas or that the person’s duty station for the six months immediately
prior to the time of application is in Texas.

Lifetime Licenses

Lifetime Resident Combination Hunting and Fishing: $1000; Lifetime Resident Hunting:
$600; Lifetime Resident Fishing: $600. Note: A lifetime resident hunting or fishing license can be
upgraded to a lifetime resident combination hunting and fishing license for $400.

Residents may buy hunting and fishing licenses valid for the lifetime of the license holder. The lifetime
license exempts the holder from state stamp endorsement requirements. The lifetime license does not
exempt the holder from the Federal Duck Stamp requirement. Not valid for commercial fur trapping.
Lifetime tags may be obtained at retailers each year at no fee. Applications for lifetime licenses may
be obtained from TPWD offices, online at http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/ or by calling (800) 792-1112 (option 9,
ext. 4820). Lifetime licenses are available for purchase only from TPWD Austin Headquarters.

Fishing Licenses and Packages

A valid fishing license with a freshwater or saltwater stamp endorsement is required to take
fish, mussels, clams, crayfish, or other aquatic life in the public waters of Texas. A hunting
license is required to take turtles and frogs.

The first Saturday in June of each year is the annual Free Fishing Day and no person is
required to have a fishing license or stamp endorsements while fishing on that day.

A fishing license and stamp endorsement are not required if fishing from the bank in a state
park or in waters completely enclosed by a state park. All other fishing regulations, such as
length and bag limits, remain in effect.

Recreational anglers must have a Texas fishing license and saltwater endorsement to bring any fish taken in
federal waters ashore in Texas (see also Texas State Waters – Federal Water on pg. 44).


Resident Fishing Licenses:
Required of any resident (see RESIDENT pg. 20) who fishes in the public waters of Texas.


You do not need a license/package if you:

•
are under 17 years of age.
•
were born BEFORE Sept. 1, 1930.
•
are a mentally disabled person who is engaging in recreational fishing as part of medically approved
therapy, and who is fishing under the immediate supervision of personnel approved or employed by
a hospital, residence, or school for mentally disabled persons. The mentally disabled person must
carry an authorization identifying the entity supplying the service. This authorization may be in the
form of an I.D. card that contains the name of the sponsoring entity.
•
are a mentally retarded person and you are recreational fishing under the direct supervision of a
licensed angler who is a family member or who is a licensed angler that has permission from the
family to take the mentally retarded person fishing. While fishing, the mentally retarded person needs
a note from a doctor stating the person has been diagnosed as mentally retarded.


A resident fishing license is included in all Super Combination and Combination packages (including Texas
Resident Active Duty Military), the Lifetime Resident Combination and Lifetime Resident Fishing licenses,
and the various resident fishing packages offered by the department (see Resident Fishing Packages in
2008-2009 Fishing Licenses and Fees, pg. 23). A resident who holds one of these licenses/packages is not
required to purchase a separate resident fishing license.

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Non-Resident Fishing Licenses:
Required of all non-residents who fish in the public waters of Texas. Licenses/Packages are not required
if you are a:


•
non-resident under 17 years of age;
•
Louisiana resident 65 years of age or older who possesses a valid Louisiana Recreational Fishing License
(includes Senior Fish/Hunt License); or
•
Oklahoma resident 64 years of age or older.


A variety of fishing packages are offered from which the public may select based on the type of fishing
(freshwater, saltwater, or both) and duration of license desired.

License Year Fishing Packages include a resident, senior resident, special resident, or nonresident
fishing license valid from the date of sale to Aug. 31, 2009 and either a freshwater stamp endorsement,
a saltwater stamp endorsement with a red drum tag, or both stamp endorsements valid for the same
time period.

Senior Resident Fishing Packages are available to any Texas resident who is at least 65 years of age and
was born on or after Sept. 1, 1930. The packages include a senior resident fishing license, and either a
freshwater stamp endorsement, a saltwater endorsement with a red drum tag, or both depending on the
package selected.

Special Resident All-Water Fishing License is available to any Texas resident who is legally blind.
Stamp endorsements are not required for this license. One red drum tag shall be available at no additional
charge.

One-Day All-Water Fishing License includes a resident or non-resident fishing license valid for the
selected day or days purchased. Stamp endorsements are not required for this license. Consecutive days
may be bought at the time of purchase. One red drum tag (Item 598) shall be available at no additional
charge with the purchase of the first one-day license only.

Year-from-Purchase All-Water Fishing Package (available only to Texas residents) includes a resident
fishing license, a freshwater stamp endorsement and a saltwater stamp endorsement with a red drum
tag, all valid from the date of purchase through the end of the purchase month of the next license year.

2008-2009 Fishing Licenses and Fees:

Resident:

•
Freshwater Package $28
•
Saltwater Package $33
•
All-Water Package $38
•
Senior Freshwater Package $11
•
Senior Saltwater Package $16
•
Senior All-Water Package $21
•
Special Resident All-Water License (for legally blind) $6
•
Year-from-Purchase All-Water Package $45
•
One-Day All-Water License $10
Non-Resident:


•
Freshwater Package $55
•
Saltwater Package $60
•
All-Water Package $65
•
One-Day All-Water License $15


Please note that if you own any valid freshwater fishing package, you will be able to purchase
a saltwater stamp endorsement, and conversely, if you own any valid saltwater fishing package,
you will be able to purchase a freshwater stamp endorsement.

Sport Oyster Boat License:
Required when using a sport oyster dredge or tongs to take oysters. Resident (Type 328): $12 – For
boats registered in Texas or having a U.S. Coast Guard document that shows the owner’s address is in Texas.
Non-resident (Type 428): $48


Fishing Guide License:

Required for any person who for compensation, accompanies, assists, or transports any person engaged in
fishing in the waters of the state. Residents or non-residents operating as a fishing guide in the fresh water
of the state, fee is $125 (Type 600). Residents operating as a fishing guide in all public waters of Texas (salt
water only or both fresh and salt water), fee is $200 (Type 610). Non-Residents operating as a fishing guide
in all public waters of Texas (salt water only or both fresh and salt water); fee is $1,000 (Type 710). All-
Water fishing guide license available only at TPWD Law Enforcement Offices. Freshwater
fishing guide license available at any location where licenses are sold.

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A vessel operator’s license is required from the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) to carry passengers for hire
on waters designated as navigable by the USCG. It is the operator’s responsibility to assure compliance
with USCG regulations. No person operating a vessel or boat as a fishing guide on or in the salt
waters of this state may be issued a Fishing Guide License unless the person presents
original documentation to the license agent that the applicant possesses a valid and appropriate
U.S. Coast Guard Operator’s License. For additional information, contact the USCG Regional
Examination Center in Houston,TX at (713) 948-3350.

Fishing Stamp Endorsements and Tags

Freshwater Fishing Stamp Endorsement (Type 256): $5
This stamp endorsement is required in addition to a valid fishing license if you take or attempt to take fish
in the public fresh waters of Texas. If you are not required to hold a fishing license, or if you hold a lifetime
combination or lifetime fishing license, this stamp endorsement is not required. A freshwater fishing stamp
is included in freshwater and all-water fishing packages.

Saltwater Fishing Stamp Endorsement (Type 211): $10
This stamp endorsement is required in addition to a valid fishing license if you take or attempt to take fish
in the public salt water of Texas. If you are not required to hold a fishing license, or if you hold a lifetime
combination or lifetime fishing license, this stamp endorsement is not required. A red drum tag shall be
issued at no additional charge with each saltwater fishing stamp endorsement. A saltwater fishing
stamp is included in saltwater and all-water fishing packages.

Red Drum Tag:

This tag is required for an individual to take one red drum per license year over the maximum length limit
of 28 inches, and is included free with the purchase of a saltwater fishing stamp endorsement or any package
that includes the saltwater fishing stamp endorsement. See tagging information, pg. 41.

Persons who want to obtain a red drum tag and are EXEMPT from fishing license requirements
may purchase an Exempt Angler Red Drum Tag for $3.

Bonus Red Drum Tag (Type 599): $3
This tag is required for an individual to take an additional red drum per license year over the maximum
length limit of 28 inches. Bonus tag can be purchased at any license sales location upon presenting a valid
fishing license or other valid personal identification. Only one bonus tag allowed per person per year.

Saltwater Trotline Tag (Type 307): $4
Required for each 300 feet, or fraction thereof, on all non-commercial trotlines and sail lines placed in the
coastal waters of Texas. Available at TPWD Coastal Law Enforcement offices.

Individual Bait-shrimp Trawl Tag (Type 334): $35
Required for sport shrimp trawls used to take shrimp for personal use. Available at TPWD Coastal Law
Enforcement offices.

License Requirements for Border Waters

Texas-Oklahoma and Texas-Arkansas:

•
To fish in all waters of the Red River along the Texas-Oklahoma or Texas-Arkansas borders, a person
must comply with the licensing requirements of Oklahoma or Arkansas, as applicable. A person may fish
with a valid Texas fishing license from the Texas bank from Denison Dam to Shawnee Creek.
•
In Lake Texoma, a person may fish in the respective Texas and Oklahoma waters with the appropriate
license from the respective state, or may fish the entire lake with a Lake Texoma fishing license as
explained below.
•
Lake Texoma License (Type 208): $12 – With this license, which is valid until December 31 following
the date of issuance, a person may fish in both the Texas and Oklahoma waters of Lake Texoma without
any additional Texas or Oklahoma fishing licenses. Holders of this license are exempt from
freshwater fishing stamp endorsement requirements for the purpose of fishing on Lake Texoma.


Texas-Louisiana: Residents of either state, who are properly licensed in their state (or are exempt
because of age), or persons who hold valid non-resident fishing licenses issued by either state may fish in
any portion of the lakes and rivers forming a common boundary between Louisiana and Texas inland from
a line across Sabine Pass between Texas Point and Louisiana Point.

Texas-Mexico: A fishing license issued by Mexico is required to fish in Mexican waters.

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Hunting Licenses and Permits

Note: A Hunting Stamp Endorsement may be required (see pg. 26).

See pg. 21 for specific information on LIFETIME, DISABLED VETERAN,TEXAS RESIDENT
ACTIVE DUTY MILITARY, and COMBINATION licenses. For residents who hunt and fish fresh
water and/or salt water, the “Super Combo” package can save purchasers up to $18.

A hunting license is required of any person, regardless of age, who hunts any animal, bird, frog or
turtle in this state (except furbearers, if the hunter possesses a trapper’s license). No license is required
for nuisance fur-bearing animals (see pg. 72), depredating hogs or coyotes (see below). Non-residents
under 17 years of age may purchase and hunt with the Youth Hunting License (Type 169).

Exceptions: a hunting license is not required to hunt the following:

•
Coyotes, if the coyotes are attacking, about to attack, or have recently attacked livestock, domestic
animals, or fowl.
•
Depredating feral hogs, if a landowner (resident or non-resident) or landowner’s agent or lessee is
taking feral hogs causing depredation on the landowner’s land.
•
Fur-bearing animals, if the hunter possesses a trapper’s license or if the fur-bearing animals are causing


depredation.
Note: All laws and regulations governing hunter education still apply.

Resident Hunting (Type 101): $23
Valid to hunt any legal bird or animal (terrestrial vertebrates). Stamp endorsement requirements
apply. Required of any resident (see RESIDENT defined pg. 20) unless the resident possesses a valid:

•
Senior Resident Hunting License;
•
Youth Hunting License;
•
Super Combo or Resident Combination Hunting and Fishing License Package;
•
Lifetime Resident Hunting License;
•
Resident Disabled Veteran Super Combo Hunting and Fishing License Package;
•
Lifetime Resident Combination Hunting and Fishing License; or
•
Texas Resident Active Duty Military Super Combo Hunting and Fishing License Package.


Senior Resident Hunting (Type 102): $6
Valid only for residents 65 years of age and older. Valid to hunt any legal bird or animal. Stamp endorsement
requirements apply to persons 65 and over.

Youth Hunting License (Type 169): $6

Valid for any person, resident or non-resident, under 17 years of age at the date of license purchase.
Exempt from state stamp requirements. License and state stamp exemptions remain valid for the entire
license year.

Non-resident General Hunting (Type 105): $300
Valid to hunt any legal bird or animal (including deer). Stamp endorsement requirements apply.


Non-resident Spring Turkey (Type 118): $120. Available after Feb. 1.
Valid to hunt turkey only during the open spring turkey season. Holders of this license are exempt from
the upland game bird stamp endorsement requirements. (Unlawful to possess both this license and a valid
Non-Resident General Hunting License.)


Non-resident Special Hunting (Type 107): $125
Valid to hunt: Exotic animals (see pg. 72), all legal game birds (NOT VALID FOR TURKEY), all
nongame animals, squirrel, javelina and alligator (not valid for other game animals, NOT VALID FOR
DEER). Stamp endorsement requirements apply.

Non-resident 5-Day Special Hunting (Type 157): $45
Legal for any period of five consecutive days (valid hunting dates will be printed on the license when issued).
Valid to hunt: Exotic animals (see pg. 72), all legal game birds (except turkeys), all nongame animals,
squirrel, javelina and alligator (not valid for other game animals, NOT VALID FOR DEER). Stamp
endorsement requirements apply.


Non-resident Banded Bird Hunting (Type 120): $25
Valid only to hunt banded game birds (bobwhite quail, partridge, pheasant, mallard ducks) on private bird
hunting areas.


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Trapper’s: Resident (Type 106): $18; Non-resident of any age (Type 115): $300
Required for all persons to hunt, shoot, or take for sale those species classified as fur-bearing animals or
their pelts. (See pg. 72 and Fur-bearing Animal Digest for more information.)


Hunting Lease License (Types 132, 133 and 134)
Required of a landowner or landowner’s agent who leases hunting rights to another person on property
they own or control for pay or other consideration. The license must be displayed on the property.
License fee: $75 for 1 through 499 acres; $140 for 500 through 999 acres; or $240 for 1,000 acres or
more. NOTE: Record book no longer required.


Federal Sandhill Crane Hunting Permit (Type 590): FREE
In addition to a hunting license, migratory game bird stamp endorsement, and HIP certification, this permit
is required of all sandhill crane hunters; available at all license sales locations. All permittees should keep a
record of hunts and harvests, because 26% of permit holders will be chosen for a federal harvest survey.


Harvest Information Program (HIP) Certification (Type 137): FREE
This certification is required to hunt any migratory game bird.


Hunting Stamp Endorsements

SPECIAL NOTE: No STATE stamp endorsements are required for anyone under 17 years of
age (resident or non-resident), holders of Lifetime Resident Combination, or Lifetime Resident
Hunting licenses. The youth hunting license and state stamp exemptions remain valid
for the entire license year.

Archery Stamp Endorsement (Type 135): $7
Required to hunt deer or turkey during an Archery-Only open season.


Texas Migratory Game Bird Stamp Endorsement (Type 168): $7
Required to hunt any migratory game bird (waterfowl, coot, rail, gallinule, snipe, dove, sandhill crane,
and woodcock). A valid Federal Duck Stamp and HIP Certification are also required of waterfowl hunters
16 years of age or older. A free Federal Sandhill Crane Hunting Permit is required to hunt sandhill cranes.


Upland Game Bird Stamp Endorsement (Type 167): $7
Required to hunt turkey, pheasant, quail, lesser prairie chicken, or chachalaca. Non-residents who purchase
the Non-resident Spring Turkey License are exempt from this stamp endorsement requirement. May not
be used to hunt turkey with a Non-resident Special Hunting License (Type 107) or a Nonresident
5-Day Special Hunting License (Type 157).


Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp (“Duck Stamp”): $17
Required for all waterfowl hunters 16 years of age or older; available at most U.S. Post Offices,TPWD Law
Enforcement offices,Austin HQ, and all license retail sales locations. The stamp must be signed on its face
by the person using it. A valid hunting license, HIP Certification, and a valid Texas Migratory Game Bird
Stamp endorsement are also required.


Boater Education

A person under 18 years of age may legally operate boats of 10 horsepower or more, windblown
vessels over 14 feet, and personal watercraft on public water of the state, only if the
operator is:

•
accompanied by a person 18 years of age or older, or
•
is at least 13 years of age and less than 18 years of age and has successfully completed


an approved Boater Education Training Course.
Note: Minimum age a person may be certified is 12 years of age.
For course information, please call TPWD toll-free at (800) 792-1112 (menu 6) or call (512) 389-4999

or consult the TPWD Boater Education section at: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/learning/boater_education/

Hunter Education

Every hunter (including out-of-state hunters) born on or after Sept. 2, 1971, must successfully
complete a Hunter Education Training Course. Minimum age of certification is 9 years and
cost is $15.

If you were born on or after Sept. 2, 1971, and you are:

•
under 9 years of age, you must be accompanied*.
•
age 9 through 16, you must successfully complete a hunter education course or be accompanied*.
•
age 17 and over, you must successfully complete a hunter education course; or purchase a
“Hunter Education Deferral” and be accompanied*.


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Hunter Education Deferral (cost: $10) – Allows a person 17 years of age or older who has not
completed a hunter education program to defer completion for up to one year. A deferral may only be
obtained once and is only valid until the end of the current license year. A person who has been convicted
or has received deferred adjudication for violation of the mandatory hunter education requirement is prohibited
from applying for a deferral. Take the course by August 31 of the current license year and receive
a $5 discount.

*Accompanied means: By a person (resident or non-resident) who is at least 17, who is licensed
to hunt in Texas, who has passed hunter education or is exempt (born before Sept. 2, 1971), and you
must be within normal voice control. Proof of certification or deferral is required to be on your person
while hunting.

Note: Certification is not required to purchase a hunting license.

Bowhunter Education: Certification is required on certain areas of Texas (Hagerman National
Wildlife Refuge, Pottsboro; Camp Bullis, San Antonio and Schreiner Park, Kerrville).

Note: Bowhunter education does not substitute for Hunter Education certification.

For course information, please consult the TPWD Hunter Education section at: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/
learning/hunter_education/ or call toll-free (800) 792-1112 (menu 6) or call (512) 389-4999.

Transfer of Wildlife Resources

A person may give, leave, receive, or possess any species of legally taken wildlife resource, or part of the
resource, that is required to have a tag or permit attached or that is protected by a bag or possession limit
if the wildlife resource is accompanied by a Wildlife Resource Document (WRD) (see pg. 96) from the
person who killed or caught the wildlife resource. Also at: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/annual/
general/transfer/

•
For deer, turkey, or antelope, a properly executed WRD shall accompany the wildlife resource or part
of the resource until it reaches its final destination and it is finally processed (see definitions, pg. 53).
•
NO WRD is required to possess a wildlife resource that is required to be tagged if the wildlife
resource is tagged.
•
For all other wildlife resources, a properly executed WRD shall accompany the wildlife resource until
it reaches the possessor’s permanent residence or a cold storage/processing facility, except:
•
NO WRD is required if a person receiving the wildlife resource does not exceed the possession
limit (exception: see Migratory Game Birds - Documentation, pg. 69).
•
A person may use the WRD document provided in this guide (pg. 96) or a hand written WRD document
that includes the same required information may be used.


NOTE: No wildlife resource document is required when the entire carcass of a deer (including head,
which may be skinned or unskinned) or antelope (including head, which must be unskinned) is given to,
or transported by, another person if the tag from the hunter’s license and other required permits or the
pronghorn permit remains attached until the carcass reaches its final destination and is finally processed.

Importation of Wildlife Resources

It is unlawful to import a wildlife resource into this state or possess a wildlife resource taken outside this
state unless the person possessing the wildlife resource possesses a valid hunting, fishing, or other applicable
license, stamp endorsement, tag, permit, or document for the state or country in which the wildlife
resource was legally taken. Such documentation must be produced upon request of a game warden.

NOTE: It is unlawful to land by boat or person any fish taken from public water within a
protected length limit, or in excess of the daily bag limit or possession limit established for
those fish in Texas, regardless of the state or country in which they were caught.

A person possessing a wildlife resource for importation must produce, upon request of a game warden,
a valid driver’s license or personal identification certificate.

A person may possess an animal or bird killed outside of Texas that is listed in Texas as threatened or
endangered, provided that the person possesses proof that the animal or bird possessed was lawfully killed.
Proof consists of bill-of-sale, license tag, or notarized affidavit.

NOTE: (IMPORTS FROM MEXICO) The requirements listed above are waived if an official United
States Customs Officer’s Statement is obtained from the United States Customs Office at the port of
entry showing that the wildlife resource was brought in from Mexico. The Customs Officer’s statement
must accompany the wildlife resource to a final destination.

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FISHING REGULATIONS
AN ETHICAL
ANGLER…
Takes only what they can use, and uses what they take.
Always recycles or properly disposes of monofilament line to
protect the environment and aquatic or wildlife resources.
Leaves no litter and doesn’t pollute our waters.
Records their trophy with care, and returns it to the water.
SUMMARY OF 2008-2009 RECREATIONAL
FISHING REGULATIONS

General Fishing Rules for Fresh and Salt Waters

For purposes of this guide, salt waters and coastal waters mean the same thing.

On leaving any public or private body of water in this state, a person shall immediately remove
and lawfully dispose of any harmful or potentially harmful aquatic plant that is clinging or
attached to the person’s vessel, watercraft, trailer, motor vehicle, or other device used to
transport or launch a vessel or watercraft. Fine $25-$500. For a list of harmful and potentially
harmful plants, please call TPWD at (800) 792-1112 (menu 4) or (512) 389-4444 or visit:
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/wild/species/exotic/

General Prohibited Acts
It is a violation to:

•
Take, kill, or disturb sea turtles or sea turtle eggs;
•
Take, kill, or disturb any endangered or threatened species (like paddlefish, shovel-nosed
sturgeon, smalltooth sawfish, and others);
•
Take or kill (No Open Season) diamondback terrapin, largetooth sawfish, porpoises,
dolphins (mammals), or whales;
•
Fail to immediately remove the intestines from tilapia, grass carp, or any other fish listed
as harmful or potentially harmful, except on those waters where a valid Triploid Grass
Carp Permit is in effect. In those waters, it is illegal to possess grass carp. Any grass
carp caught must be immediately returned to the water unharmed. For a list of waters
with a Triploid Grass Carp Permit, please call TPWD at (800) 792-1112 (menu 4) or
(512) 389-4444.


•
Place any game fish into public waters, other than the body of water where the fish was
caught, without a valid permit issued by TPWD. This includes fish caught by pole and line.
For permit information, please call TPWD at (800) 792-1112 (menu 4) or (512) 389-8037.
•
Take more than 15 live univalve snails during a day which include no more than 2 each of
the following snails: lightning whelk, horse conch, Florida fighting conch, pear whelk,
banded tulip, or Florida rocksnail.
•
Take or kill shell-bearing mollusks, hermit crabs, starfish, or sea urchins from Nov. 1
through Apr. 30 within the following boundary: the bay and pass sides of South Padre
Island from the east end of the north jetty at Brazos Santiago Pass to the west end of
West Marisol Drive in the town of South Padre Island, out 1,000 yards from the mean
high-tide line, and bounded to the south by the centerline of the Brazos Santiago Pass.


Anchoring Boats and Vessels
It is a violation to:

•
Leave unattended for any period of time or anchor a barge, boat, or fishing platform in
the Trinity River below Livingston Dam in an area 1,000 feet from the dam to a point
1,500 feet downstream from the dam:




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•
for more than 10 hours in a 24-hour period without moving 100 feet or more during
that time, or
•
for five or more consecutive days, whether or not it has been moved;




•
Anchor or moor a vessel, barge, or structure for a period exceeding two consecutive days
within the area in Cedar Bayou between a department sign erected where Mesquite Bay
flows into Cedar Bayou and the department sign erected near the point where the pass
empties into the Gulf of Mexico.
•
Use a vessel of any type to harass fish.


Tagging Fish – It is unlawful to release into the public waters of this state a fish with a device
or substance implanted or attached that is designed, constructed, or adapted to produce an
audible, visual, or electronic signal used to monitor, track, follow, or in any manner aid in the
location of the released fish. It is legal to place an identification tag on the exterior of a fish
and release this fish back into public waters. Caution should be used as use of these tags can
damage fish.

Waste of fish – It is unlawful to leave edible fish or bait fish taken from the public waters of
the state to die without the intent to retain the fish for consumption or bait.

Possession of Fish

•
The bag limit for a guided fishing party is equal to the total number of persons in the boat
licensed to fish or otherwise exempt from holding a license minus each fishing guide and fishing
guide deckhand multiplied by the bag limit for each species harvested.
•
It is unlawful to take, attempt to take, or possess fish and other aquatic life within a protected
length limit, in greater numbers, by any other means, or at any time or place while
fishing on or in public waters other than as indicated in this guide.
•
It is unlawful to land by boat or person any fish taken from public water within a protected
length limit, or in excess of the daily bag limit or possession limit established for those fish
in Texas, regardless of the state or country in which they were caught.
•
It is unlawful to possess a finfish of any species taken from public water, except broadbill
swordfish, shark, or king mackerel that has the head or tail removed until such person
finally lands the catch on the mainland, a peninsula, or barrier island not including jetties
or piers and does not transport the catch by boat. Broadbill swordfish, shark, and king
mackerel may have the head or tail removed but the carcass must remain intact – the fish
may not be filleted.
•
It is illegal to be in possession of a number of fish that exceeds the daily limit while actually
fishing.


Special Area Designations and Restrictions

•
It is a violation to move, remove, deface, alter, or destroy any sign, depth marker, or other
informational signage placed by the department within, or to delineate boundaries of the
Redfish Bay State Scientific Area.
•
It is a violation to uproot seagrass from the bay bottom in Redfish Bay State Scientific Area
using a propeller. It is not a violation to anchor a vessel or use an electric trolling motor in
the Redfish Bay State Scientific Area. Information for the Redfish Bay State Scientific Area
and seagrass can be found at: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/seagrass/
•
Rio Grande: Portions of the Rio Grande adjacent to the Black Gap Wildlife Management
Area are designated as a “Wild and Scenic River.” Special federal rules apply to fishing, boating,
and other uses in these areas. For more information concerning these rules and boundaries,
call the Big Bend National Park at (432) 477-2251 (menu 3, option 3).


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FISHING REGULATIONS
Reservoir Boundaries (For bag, possession and length limits):

•
Buchanan Reservoir in Burnet, Lampasas, Llano, and San Saba counties comprises all impounded
waters of the Colorado River from Lake Buchanan dam upstream to the U.S. Hwy. 190 bridge.
•
Caddo Lake in Marion and Harrison counties comprises all impounded waters of Big Cypress
Bayou from the Texas-Louisiana border upstream to the State Hwy. 43 bridge.
•
Canyon Reservoir in Comal County comprises all impounded waters of the Guadalupe River
from the Canyon dam upstream to the U.S. Hwy. 281 bridge.
•
Lake Conroe in Montgomery and Walker counties comprises all impounded waters of the West
Fork of the San Jacinto River from the Lake Conroe Dam upstream to F.M. Road 1791 bridge.
•
Cooper Lake (Jim L. Chapman Lake) in Delta and Hopkins counties comprises all waters within
the Corps of Engineers lands on Cooper Lake upstream from State Hwy. 19/154 and downstream
from F.M. Road 71.
•
Lake Georgetown in Williamson County comprises all impounded waters of the North Fork
of the San Gabriel River from the Lake Georgetown Dam upstream to U.S. Hwy. 183 bridge.
•
Gibbons Creek Reservoir in Grimes County comprises all waters within the Texas Municipal
Power Agency property boundaries.
•
Inks Lake in Burnet and Llano counties comprises all impounded waters of the Colorado River
from the Roy Inks Dam (Inks Lake Dam) upstream to the Lake Buchanan Dam.
•
Lake Limestone in Leon, Limestone, and Robertson counties comprises all impounded waters
of the Navasota River from the Lake Limestone dam upstream to the Fort Parker State Park
Lake Dam.
•
Lake Livingston in Leon, Houston, Madison, Polk, San Jacinto, Trinity, and Walker counties
comprises all impounded waters of the Trinity River from the Lake Livingston Dam upstream
to the lock and dam near State Hwy. 7.
•
Lake Lyndon B. Johnson in Burnet and Llano counties comprises all impounded waters of the
Colorado River from the Alvin Wirtz Dam (Lake Lyndon B. Johnson Dam) upstream to the Roy
Inks Dam (Inks Lake Dam) including the Llano River upstream to the State Hwy. 16 bridge and
Sandy Creek upstream to the State Hwy. 71 bridge.
•
Lake Marble Falls in Burnet County comprises all impounded waters of the Colorado River
from the Max Starcke Dam (Lake Marble Falls Dam) upstream to the Alvin Wirtz Dam (Lake
Lyndon B. Johnson Dam).
•
Lake Murvaul in Panola County comprises all impounded waters of Murvaul Creek Bayou
upstream from the Lake Murvaul Dam and Murvaul Creek Bayou downstream from the dam
to F.M. Road 1970 bridge.
•
Lake O’ The Pines in Camp, Marion, Morris, and Upshur counties comprises all impounded
waters of Big Cypress Creek from the Ferrell’s Bridge Dam (Lake O’ The Pines Dam) upstream
to U.S. Hwy. 259 bridge.
•
Lake Palestine in Anderson, Cherokee, Henderson, Smith, and Van Zandt counties comprises
all impounded waters of the Neches River from the Blackburn Crossing Dam (Lake Palestine
Dam) upstream to F.M. Road 279 bridge, including Kickapoo and Flat Creeks in Henderson
County.
•
Lake Pat Mayse in Lamar County comprises all impounded waters of Sanders Creek from Pat
Mayse Lake Dam upstream to County Road 35610.
•
Purtis Creek State Park Lake in Henderson and Van Zandt counties comprises all waters within
the Purtis Creek State Park boundaries.
•
Lake Somerville in Burleson, Lee, Milam, and Washington counties comprises all impounded
waters of Yegua, East Yegua and Middle Yegua Creeks upstream from the Lake Somerville Dam.
•
Toledo Bend Reservoir in Newton, Sabine, and Shelby counties comprises all impounded
waters of the Sabine River from Toledo Bend Dam upstream to the U.S. Hwy. 84 bridge in
Shelby County.
•
Lake Travis in Burnet and Travis counties comprises all impounded waters of the Colorado
River from the Mansfield Dam (Lake Travis Dam) upstream to the Max Starcke Dam (Lake
Marble Falls Dam), including the Pedernales River upstream to the Hammetts Crossing-
Hamilton Pool Road bridge.


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Freshwater/Saltwater Boundary

All public waters east and south of the following
boundary are considered salt water: beginning
at the International Toll Bridge in Brownsville,
northward along U.S. Hwy. 77 to the junction
of Paredes Lines Road (F.M. Road 1847) in
Brownsville, thence northward along F.M. Road
1847 to the junction of F.M. Road 106 east of Rio
Hondo, thence westward along F.M. Road 106 to
the junction of F.M. Road 508 in Rio Hondo,
thence northward along F.M. Road 508 to the
junction of F.M. Road 1420, thence northward
along F.M. Road 1420 to the junction of State
Hwy. 186 east of Raymondville, thence westward
along State Hwy. 186 to the junction of U.S. Hwy.
77 near Raymondville, thence northward along

U.S. Hwy. 77 to the junction of the Aransas River
south of Woodsboro, thence eastward along the
south shore of the Aransas River to the Junction
of the Aransas River Road at the Bonnie View
boat ramp; thence northward along the Aransas
River Road to the junction of F.M. Road 136 to

F.M. Road 2678 to the junction of F.M. Road 774 in
Refugio, thence eastward along F.M. Road 774 to
the junction of State Hwy. 35 south of Tivoli,
thence northward along State Hwy. 35 to the
junction of State Hwy. 185
between Bloomington
and Seadrift, thence
northwestward along State Hwy. 185 to the junction
of F.M. Road 616 in Bloomington, thence
northeastward along F.M. Road 616 to the
junction of State Hwy. 35 east of Blessing, thence
southward along State Hwy. 35 to the junction
of F.M. Road 521 north of Palacios, thence
northeastward along F.M. Road 521 to the junction
of State Hwy. 36 south of Brazoria, thence southward
along State Hwy. 36 to the junction
of F.M. Road 2004, thence northward along

F.M. Road 2004 to the junction of Interstate
Hwy. 45 between Dickinson and La Marque,
thence northwestward along Interstate Hwy. 45
to the junction of Interstate Hwy. 610 in Houston,

thence east and

northward along Interstate

Hwy. 610 to the junction of

Interstate Hwy. 10 in Houston,

thence eastward along Interstate

Hwy. 10 to the junction of State Hwy. 73
in Winnie, thence eastward along State Hwy. 73 to
the junction of U.S. Hwy. 287 in PortArthur, thence
northwestward along U.S. Hwy. 287 to the junction
of Interstate Hwy. 10 in Beaumont, thence eastward
along Interstate Hwy. 10 to the Louisiana
State Line.

The following public waters are not considered
salt water: (1) waters of Spindletop Bayou inland
from the concrete dam at Russels Landing on
Spindletop Bayou in Jefferson County; (2) north
of the dam on Lake Anahuac in Chambers County;

(3)
the waters of Taylor Bayou and Big Hill Bayou
inland from the saltwater locks on Taylor Bayou in
Jefferson County; (4) Galveston County Reservoir
on State Hwy. 146 and Galveston State Park
Ponds #1 through #7 in Galveston County;
(5)
Lakeview City Park Lake,West Guth Park Pond,
and Waldron Park Pond in Nueces County;
(6)
Lake Burke-Crenshaw and Lake Nassau in
Harris County; (7) Fort Brown Resaca, Resaca de
la Guerra, Resaca de la Palma, Resaca de los
Cuates, Resaca de los Fresnos, Resaca Rancho
Viejo, and Town Resaca in Cameron County; and
(8)
Little Chocolate Bayou Park Ponds #1 and #2
in Port Lavaca in Calhoun County.


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FISHING REGULATIONS
Definitions

Artificial Lure:

Any lure (including flies) with hook or hooks attached that is man-made and is used as a bait while
fishing.

Bait:

Something used to lure any wildlife resource. It is unlawful to use game fish or any part thereof
as bait.

Community Fishing Lake:

All public impoundments 75 acres or smaller located totally within an incorporated city limits
or a public park, and all impoundments of any size lying totally within the boundaries of a state park.
See pgs. 38–40 for a listing of specific fishing regulations for these waters. For a list of Community
Fishing Lakes in your area, call (800) 792-1112 (menu 4) or check the TPWD Web site at:
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/fishboat/fish/recreational/lakes/

Day:

A 24-hour period of time that begins at midnight and ends at midnight.

Fishing:

Taking or attempting to take aquatic animal life by any means.

Fishing Guide:

A person who, for compensation, accompanies, assists, or transports a person or persons engaged in
fishing in the water of this state.

Fishing Guide Deck Hand:

A person in the employ of a fishing guide who assists in operating a boat for compensation to
accompany or to transport a person or persons engaged in fishing in the water of this state.

Game Fish (includes hybrids or subspecies of fish on this list):

• Bass: Guadalupe, largemouth, smallmouth, • Pickerel • Spearfish, longbill
spotted, striped, white, yellow) • Red drum • Swordfish, broadbill
• Catfish: blue, channel, flathead • Sailfish • Tarpon
• Cobia • Sauger • Tripletail
• Crappie: black, white • Seatrout, spotted • Trout: brown, rainbow
• Mackerel: king, Spanish • Sharks • Wahoo
• Marlin: blue, white • Snook • Walleye

Gear Tag:

A tag constructed of material as durable as the device to which it is attached. The gear tag must be
legible, contain the name and address of the person using the device and the date the device was set
out. Date is not required for saltwater trotlines or crab traps. For juglines and freshwater trotlines,
properly-marked buoys or floats qualify as valid gear tags.

Non-game Fish:

All species not listed as game fish except endangered and threatened fish which are defined and
regulated under separate rules.

Permanent Residence:

One’s principal or ordinary home or dwelling place. This does not include one’s temporary abode
or dwelling such as a hunting/fishing club, or any club house, cabin, tent, car, truck, or trailer house
used as a hunting/fishing club, or any hotel, motel, or rooming house used during a hunting, fishing,
pleasure, or business trip.

Wildlife Resources:

Any wild animal, wild bird, or aquatic life.

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Legal Freshwater and Saltwater Devices and Restrictions for Fish

ONLY DEVICES AND RESTRICTIONS LISTED MAY BE USED TO TAKE AQUATIC LIFE.

Game fish may be taken only by pole and line (which includes rod and reel), except as otherwise provided
in this guide.

In fresh water, it is unlawful:

•
to take game fish and nongame fish from Community Fishing Lakes (see definition, pg. 32; includes
impoundments lying totally within the boundaries of a state park), sections of rivers lying totally within
boundaries of a state park, the North Concho River from O.C. Fisher dam to the Bell Street dam, the
South Concho River from Lone Wolf dam to Bell Street dam, and Lake Pflugerville with any other gear
besides pole and line.
•
to take fish with a hand operated device held underwater except that a spear or speargun may be used
to take NONGAME fish.
Cast Net: A net that can be hand-thrown over an area.


•
May be used to take NONGAME fish and shrimp only.
•
May not be greater than 14 feet in diameter.
•
In SALT WATER, nongame fish may be taken for bait purposes only.
Dip Net: A mesh bag suspended from a frame attached to a handle.


•
May be used to take NONGAME fish only.
•
May be used to aid in the landing of fish caught by other legal devices.
•
In SALT WATER, nongame fish may be taken for bait purposes only.
Gaff: Any hand-held pole with a hook attached directly to the pole.


•
May only be used to aid in the landing of fish caught on other legal devices, means, or methods.
•
Fish landed with a gaff MAY NOT be below the minimum, above the maximum, or within a protected
length limit.
Gig: Any hand-held shaft with single or multiple points, barbed or barbless.


•
May be used to take NONGAME fish only.


Hooks: In fresh water only, it is unlawful to fish with more than 100 hooks on all devices combined.

Jugline: For use in FRESH WATER only. A fishing line with five or less hooks tied to a free-floating device.

•
May be used to take NONGAME fish, channel catfish, blue catfish, and flathead catfish only.
•
Placement and Location Restrictions: Juglines may not be used in
•
Community Fishing Lakes (see pg. 32 for definition)
•
Reservoirs or sections of rivers lying totally within the boundaries of a state park
•
Lake Bastrop in Bastrop County
•
Bellwood Lake in Smith County
•
Lake Bryan in Brazos County
•
Boerne City Lake in Kendall County
•
Lakes Coffee Mill and Davy Crockett in Fannin County
•
Dixieland Reservoir in Cameron County
•
Gibbons Creek Reservoir in Grimes County
•
North Concho River from O.C. Fisher dam to the Bell Street dam
•
Lake Pflugerville in Travis County
•
South Concho River from Lone Wolf dam to Bell Street dam
•
Tankersley Reservoir in Titus County
•
Tagging and Marking Requirements:
•
Must be used with a valid GEAR TAG (see pg. 32) attached within 6 inches of the free-floating
device; gear tag is valid for 30 days after the date set out and must include the number of the permit
to sell nongame fish taken from fresh water, if applicable. Properly-marked buoys or floats qualify as
valid gear tags.
•
For non-commercial purposes, a jugline must be marked with a white, free-floating device.
•
For commercial purposes, a jugline must be marked with an orange, free-floating device.


Lawful Archery Equipment: Includes longbow, recurved bow, compound bow, and crossbow.

• May be used to take NONGAME fish only.

Minnow Trap:

•
May be used to take NONGAME fish only.
•
Trap may not exceed 24 inches in length. The throat may not exceed 1 inch by 3 inches.
•
In SALT WATER: GEAR TAG (see pg. 32) valid for only 30 days must be visibly attached.


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FISHING REGULATIONS
Perch Traps: For use in SALT WATER only.

•
May be used to take NONGAME fish only.
•
May not exceed 18 cubic feet.
•
Must be marked with a floating visible orange buoy not less than 6 inches in height and 6 inches in width.
The buoy must have a GEAR TAG (see pg. 32) valid only for 30 days attached.
•
Must be equipped with a degradable panel as described for crab traps (see pg. 49).
•
Buoys or floats may not be made of plastic bottle(s) of any color or size.
•
It is unlawful to place any type of trap within the area in Cedar Bayou between a department sign erected
where Mesquite Bay flows into Cedar Bayou and the department sign erected near the point where the
pass empties into the Gulf of Mexico.
Pole and Line (which includes rod and reel): A line with hook, attached to a pole.


•
May be used to take GAME AND NONGAME fish.
•
It is unlawful to take or attempt to take fish with one or more hooks attached to a line or artificial lure
used in a manner to foul-hook a fish (snagging or jerking). A fish is foul-hooked when caught by a hook
in an area other than the fish’s mouth.
•
Game and nongame fish may be taken by pole and line, except that in the Guadalupe River in Comal
County from the second bridge crossing on River Road upstream to the easternmost bridge crossing on


F.M. Road 306, rainbow and brown trout may not be retained when taken by any method except artificial
lures. In this area only, artificial lures cannot contain or have attached either whole or portions, living or
dead, of organisms such as fish, crayfish, insects (grubs, larvae or adults) or worms, any other animal or
vegetable material, or synthetic scented materials. This does not prohibit the use of artificial lures that
contain components of hair or feathers. It is an offense to possess rainbow and brown trout while fishing
with any other device in that part of the Guadalupe River defined in this paragraph.

Sail Line: For use in SALT WATER only. A type of trotline with one end of the main line fixed on the
shore, the other end of the main line attached to a wind-powered floating device or sail.

•
Nongame fish, red drum, spotted seatrout, and sharks may be taken with a sail line.
•
No more than one sail line may be used per fisherman.
•
The sail line must be attended at all times the line is fishing.
•
Sail lines may not be used by the holder of a commercial fishing license.
•
Sail lines may be used seven days a week.
•
Tag Requirements: Must have a valid SALTWATER TROTLINE TAG for each 300 feet of mainline or
fraction thereof being fished.
•
Construction and Design Restrictions:
•
Sail line may not exceed 1,800 feet from reel to sail.
•
Sail and the most shoreward float must be bright orange or red color. All other floats must be
yellow. No float may be more than 200 feet from the sail.
•
A weight of 1 ounce or more must be attached to the line not less than 4 feet or more than 6 feet
shoreward of the most shoreward float.
•
Reflectors of not less than 2 square inches shall be attached to the sail and floats. They must be
easily seen from all directions. This applies for sail lines operated from 30 minutes after sunset to
30 minutes before sunrise.
•
May have no more than 30 hooks.
•
There is no hook spacing requirement.
•
No hook may be placed more than 200 feet from the sail.
•
May be baited with either natural or artificial bait.
•
Placement and Location Restrictions:
•
Must meet placement and location requirements for saltwater trotlines (see pg. 36).
•
May be used to take NONGAME fish and shrimp only.
•
May not be longer than 20 feet.
•
May not have mesh exceeding 1/2-inch square.
•
Must be manually operated.
•
In SALT WATER, nongame fish may be taken by seine for bait purposes only.
Shad Trawl: For use in FRESH WATER only. A bag-shaped net which is dragged along the bottom or
through the water to catch aquatic life.


•
May be used to take NONGAME fish only.
•
May not be longer than 6 feet or with a mouth larger than 36 inches in diameter.
•
May be equipped with a funnel or throat and must be towed by boat or hand.


Seine: (Includes a push net.) A section of non-metallic mesh webbing, with the top edge buoyed upwards
by a floatline and the bottom edge weighted.

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Spear: Any shaft with single or multiple points, barbed or barbless, which may be propelled by any means,
but does not include arrows. May be used to take NONGAME fish only.

Speargun: Any hand operated device designed and used for propelling a spear, but does not include the
crossbow. May be used to take NONGAME fish only.

Throwline: For use in FRESH WATER only. A fishing line with five or less hooks and with one end
attached to a permanent fixture. Components of a throwline may also include swivels, snaps, rubber, and
rigid support structures.

•
May be used to take NONGAME fish, channel catfish, blue catfish, and flathead catfish only.
•
Placement and Location Restrictions: Throwlines may not be used in:
•
Community Fishing Lakes (see pg. 32 for definition)
•
Reservoirs or sections of rivers lying totally within the boundaries of a state park
•
Lake Bastrop in Bastrop County
•
Bellwood Lake in Smith County
•
Lake Bryan in Brazos County
•
Boerne City Lake in Kendall County
•
Lakes Coffee Mill and Davy Crockett in Fannin County
•
Dixieland Reservoir in Cameron County
•
Gibbons Creek Reservoir in Grimes County
•
North Concho River from O.C. Fisher dam to the Bell Street dam
•
Lake Pflugerville in Travis County
•
South Concho River from Lone Wolf dam to Bell Street dam
•
Tankersley Reservoir in Titus County


Trawl (Individual Bait-Shrimp Trawl): For use in SALT WATER only. A bag-shaped net which is
dragged along the bottom or through the water to catch aquatic life.

•
See pg. 46 under Shrimp Regulations for trawl design restrictions.
•
Nongame fish (EXCEPT those species regulated by bag or size limits) taken incidental to legal shrimping
operations may be retained.
•
“Legal shrimping operations” means the use of a legal trawl in places, at times, and in manners as
authorized by TPWD (see section on Shrimp for details).
•
200 nongame fish taken with an individual bait-shrimp trawl may be retained per person for BAIT
PURPOSES ONLY.
Trotline: A non-metallic main fishing line with more than five hooks attached and with each end attached
to a fixture.


•
Nongame fish, channel catfish, blue catfish, and flathead catfish may be taken by trotline.
•
Red drum, spotted seatrout, and sharks caught on a trotline may not be retained or possessed.
•
General Construction and Design Restrictions: Trotlines may not be used with:
•
a mainline length exceeding 600 feet;
•
hooks spaced less than 3 horizontal feet apart;
•
metallic stakes;
• or the main fishing line and attached hooks and stagings placed above the water’s surface.


Trotlines In Fresh Water

•
Tag Requirements: Must be used with a valid GEAR TAG (see pg. 32). Properly-marked buoys or
floats qualify as valid gear tags. Gear tags must be attached within 3 feet of the first hook at each end
of the trotline and are valid for 30 days after the date set out.
•
Construction and Design Restrictions: May not have more than 50 hooks on any one trotline.
•
Placement and Location Restrictions: Trotlines may not be used in:
•
Community Fishing Lakes (see pg. 32 for definition)
•
Reservoirs or sections of rivers lying totally within the boundaries of a state park
•
Lake Bastrop in Bastrop County
•
Bellwood Lake in Smith County
•
Lake Bryan in Brazos County
•
Boerne City Lake in Kendall County
•
Lakes Coffee Mill and Davy Crockett in Fannin County
•
Dixieland Reservoir in Cameron County
•
Fayette County Reservoir in Fayette County
•
Gibbons Creek Reservoir in Grimes County
•
North Concho River from O.C. Fisher dam to the Bell Street dam
•
Pinkston Reservoir in Shelby County
•
Lake Pflugerville in Travis County
•
South Concho River from Lone Wolf dam to Bell Street dam
•
Tankersley Reservoir in Titus County


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FISHING REGULATIONS
Trotlines In Salt Water

•
No more than 1 trotline may be used per fisherman.
•
Tag Requirements:
•
Must have a valid SALTWATER TROTLINE TAG attached to each 300 feet of mainline or fraction
thereof. (Must be purchased at TPWD Law Enforcement offices, see pg. 18.)
•
Must be used with a valid GEAR TAG (see pg. 32) attached within 3 feet of the first hook at each end
of the trotline. Tag does not need to be dated.
•
Construction and Design Restrictions:
•
Must be marked with a yellow floating buoy not less than 6 inches in height, 6 inches in length, and
6 inches in width, bearing a two-inch wide stripe of contrasting color, attached to end fixtures.
•
Buoys or floats may not be made of plastic bottle(s) of any color or size.
•
May not be baited with other than natural bait. Natural bait is a whole or cut-up portion of a fish
or shellfish or a whole or cut-up portion of plant material in its natural state, provided that none of
these may be altered beyond cutting into portions.
•
May not be used with hooks other than circle-type hook with point curved in and having a gap
(distance from point to shank) of no more than one-half inch, and with the diameter of the circle not
less than five-eighths inch (comparable to Mustad 11/0 circle hook Model #39960ST).
•
Placement and Location Restrictions:
•
May not be used in or on the waters of the Gulf of Mexico within the jurisdiction of this state.
•
May not be placed closer than 50 feet from any other trotline, or set within 200 feet of the edge of the
Intracoastal Waterway or its tributary channels.
•
May not be used in Aransas County in Little Bay and the water area of Aransas Bay within one-half mile
of a line from Hail Point on the Lamar Peninsula, then direct to the eastern end of Goose Island, then
along the southern shore of Goose Island, then along the causeway between Lamar Peninsula and Live
Oak Peninsula, then along the eastern shoreline of the Live Oak Peninsula past the town of Fulton, past
Nine-Mile Point, past the town of Rockport to a point at the east end of Talley Island, including that part
of Copano Bay within 1,000 feet of the causeway between Lamar Peninsula and Live Oak Peninsula.
•
No trotline or trotline components (EXCEPT Sail Lines), including lines and hooks, but excluding poles,
may be left in or on coastal waters between the hours of 1 p.m. on Friday through 1 p.m. on Sunday of
each week, except that attended sail lines are excluded from the restrictions imposed by this clause. In
the event small craft advisories or higher marine weather advisories issued by the National Weather
Service are in place at 8 a.m. on Friday, trotlines may remain in the water until 6 p.m. on Friday. If small
craft advisories are in place at 1 p.m. on Friday, trotlines may remain in the water until Saturday. When
small craft advisories are lifted by 8 a.m. on Saturday, trotlines must be removed by 6 p.m. on Saturday.
When small craft advisories or higher marine weather advisories are still in place at 1 p.m. on Saturday,
trotlines may remain in the water through 1 p.m. on Sunday. It is a violation to tend, bait, or harvest fish
or any other aquatic life from trotlines during the period that trotline removal requirements are suspended
under this provision for adverse weather conditions. For purposes of enforcement, the geographic
area customarily covered by marine weather advisories will be delineated by department policy.


Umbrella Net: A non-metallic mesh net that is suspended horizontally in the water by multiple lines
attached to a rigid frame.

•
May be used to take crabs and NONGAME fish only.
•
May not have within the frame an area that exceeds 16 square feet.


Freshwater Fishing Harvest Regulations

•
Statewide regulations apply for all public fresh waters except for those locations noted in the
Exceptions to Statewide Freshwater Harvest Regulations on pgs. 37-40.
•
A person taking or attempting to take game and nongame fish from freshwater for non-commercial
purposes is required to have a valid fishing license and a freshwater fishing stamp endorsement.
•
For game or nongame fish not listed on pg. 37 (Statewide Bag and Length Limits), there are NO
statewide bag or length limits. The only nongame fishes with bag or length limits are shad (Trinity River)
and common carp (Lady Bird Lake). (See Exceptions to Statewide Freshwater Harvest Regulations
for these limits.)
•
Possession limit is twice the statewide daily bag. The only exception to the statewide possession
limits in fresh water is for striped bass from Lake Texoma (see pg. 39). Please note that on Lake
Livingston and Toledo Bend Reservoir where some daily bag limits are larger than the statewide daily
bag, the possession limits remain twice the statewide daily bag limits listed on pg. 37. Fish stored by a
person at their permanent residence (see pg. 32) do not apply to their possession limit.
•
For saltwater finfish species caught in the public fresh waters of this state, statewide bag, possession,
and length limits as listed on pgs. 44–45 apply.
•
Some reservoirs have special regulations for red drum. See Exceptions to Statewide Freshwater
Harvest Regulations.


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Statewide Bag and Length Limits

(see below and pgs. 38–40 for exceptions)

Species Daily Bag Length in Inches
(Minimum)
Bass:
largemouth and smallmouth 5
(in any combination)
14
spotted and Guadalupe No limit
Bass, striped and hybrid striped bass 5
(in any combination)
18
Bass, white 25 10
Bass, yellow No limit No limit
Catfish: channel and blue catfish, their hybrids
and subspecies
25
(in any combination)
12
Catfish, flathead 5 18
Crappie: white and black crappie, their hybrids
and subspecies
25
(in any combination)
10
Paddlefish No harvest allowed
Saugeye 3 18
Sunfish: various species including bluegill,
redear, green, warmouth and longear
No limit No limit
Trout: rainbow and brown trout, their hybrids
and subspecies
5
(in any combination)
No limit
Walleye 5
(only two can be less than
16 inches in length)
No limit

Exceptions to Statewide Freshwater Harvest Regulations

Bait Fish Exceptions

In Brewster, Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Jeff Davis, Hudspeth, Kinney, Loving, Pecos, Presidio,
Reeves,Terrell, Upton,Val Verde,Ward, and Winkler counties, the only fishes that may be used or possessed
for bait while fishing are common carp, fathead minnows, gizzard and threadfin shad, golden shiners, goldfish,
Mexican tetra, Rio Grande cichlid, silversides (Atherinidae family) and sunfish (Lepomis).

How to use the table (pgs. 38–40): First, look for your location of interest (lake or river) under
Location. The locations are listed in alphabetical order. If you find the location you are looking for, first
check the counties listed to the right of the locations to make sure you have the correct location. If
those match, continue reading to the right and note the codes for regulation exceptions. Exception
codes are listed starting on pg. 40.

For instance, Lake Braunig is located in Bexar County. The codes for regulations that are exceptions
to statewide regulations are Bass7 and RDrm1. Locate these codes listed on pg. 40. Then read the
description for each regulation exception. Please note MLL = Minimum Length Limit.

If you do not find the location you are looking for, that means statewide regulations apply. Please
see above for Statewide Bag and Length Limits. If the lake is less than 75 acres and within a public park,
it is most likely a Community Fishing Lake. See the Community Fishing Lakes listing for regulation
exceptions and also see the definition on pg. 32.

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FISHING REGULATIONS
Exceptions to Statewide Freshwater Harvest Regulations (see ”How to use the table” on pg. 37)

Location County(ies) Exceptions
Alan Henry Garza Bass14
Aquilla Hill Bass7
Athens Henderson Bass9
Bastrop Bastrop Bass9 Gear3
Bellwood Smith Bass7 Ctfsh1 Gear3
Boerne City Lake Kendall Gear3
Braunig Bexar Bass7 RDrm1
Bridgeport Jack / Wise Bass8
Bright Williamson Bass7 Ctfsh2 Gear2
Brushy Creek Lake Williamson Bass7 Ctfsh2 Gear2
Bryan Brazos Bass7 Gear3
Buck Kimble Bass4 Ctfsh2 Gear1
Buescher State Park Lake Bastrop Bass9 Ctfsh2 Gear1
Burke-Crenshaw Harris Bass8 Ctfsh2 Gear2
Caddo* Harrison / Marion Bass8
Calaveras Bexar Bass7 RDrm1
Casa Blanca Webb Bass7
Cleburne State Park Lake Johnson Bass7 Ctfsh2 Gear1
Coffee Mill Fannin Gear3
Coleto Creek Reservoir Goliad / Victoria RDrm1
Community Fishing Lakes (except
Reservoirs totally within State Parks;
see State Park Lakes, pg. 39)
Various - See pg. 32 for definition Ctfsh2 Gear2
Concho River (North Concho River
from O.C. Fisher dam to the Bell Street
dam and South Concho River from
Lone Wolf dam to Bell Street dam
Tom Green Ctfsh2 Gear1
Conroe* Montgomery / Walker Bass6
Cooper (Jim L. Chapman)* Delta / Hopkins Bass7
Davy Crockett Fannin Bass8 Gear3
Devils River Val Verde - State Hwy. 163 bridge
downstream to Dolan Falls
Bass12
Dixieland Cameron Ctfsh1 Gear3
Elm Fort Bend Ctfsh2 Gear1
Fairfield Freestone Bass7 RDrm1
Fayette County Fayette Bass10 Gear4
Fork Hopkins / Rains / Wood Bass11 Crpie2
Fort Parker State Park Lake Limestone Ctfsh2 Gear1
Fort Phantom Hill Jones Bass6
Georgetown* Williamson Bass8
Gibbons Creek Reservoir* Grimes Bass10 Gear3
Gilmer Upshur Bass7
Granbury Hood Bass6
Grapevine Denton / Tarrant Bass8
Guadalupe River# Comal Trout1
Houston County Houston Bass9


Location County(ies) Exceptions
Jacksonville Cherokee Bass7
Joe Pool Dallas / Ellis / Tarrant Bass9
Lady Bird (Town) Travis Bass9 Carp1
Lake O’ The Pines* Marion / Morris / Upshur Crpie2
Livingston* Houston / Leon / Madison / Polk /
San Jacinto / Trinity / Walker
Ctfsh3
Lost Maples State Natural Area Bandera Bass3 Ctfsh2 Gear1
Madisonville Madison Bass8
Marine Creek Tarrant Bass7
Meredith Hutchinson / Moore / Potter Bass13
Meridian State Park Lake Bosque Bass7 Ctfsh2 Gear1
Mill Creek Lake Van Zandt Bass9
Mineral Wells Parker Ctfsh2 Gear1
Monticello Titus Bass10
Murvaul* Panola Bass9
Nacogdoches Nacogdoches Bass1
Nelson Park Lake Taylor Bass4 Ctfsh2 Gear2
O.H. Ivie Coleman / Concho / Runnels Bass12 Bass15
Old Mt. Pleasant City Titus Bass7 Ctfsh2 Gear2
Pflugerville Travis Bass7 Gear1
Pilant Fort Bend Ctfsh2 Gear1
Pinkston Shelby Bass9 Gear4
Possum Kingdom Palo Pinto / Stephens / Young Bass6 S&W6
Proctor Comanche Bass6
Purtis Creek SP Lake* Henderson / Van Zandt Bass5 Ctfsh2 Gear1
Raven Walker Bass5 Ctfsh2 Gear1
Ratcliff Houston Bass6 Ctfsh2 Gear1
Ray Roberts Cooke / Denton / Grayson Bass10
Red River below Lake Texoma Grayson S&W3 Ctfsh4
Sections of Rivers within State Parks Various Gear1
Rusk State Park Lake Cherokee Bass7 Ctfsh2 Gear1
San Augustine City San Augustine Bass8
Sheldon Harris Ctfsh2 Gear1
State Park Lakes (includes reservoirs
totally within State Parks)
Various Ctfsh2 Gear1
Sweetwater Nolan Bass8
Tankersley Titus Ctfsh1 Gear3
Texoma Cooke / Grayson S&W1
Crpie3
S&W5
Wall1
Ctfsh5
Timpson Shelby Bass9
Toledo Bend* Newton / Sabine / Shelby Bass2
Crpie1
S&W2 S&W5
Tradinghouse Creek Reservoir McLennan RDrm1
Trinity River Polk / San Jacinto S&W4 Ctfsh6 Shad1
Walter E. Long Travis Bass9
Welsh Titus Bass7

*See Reservoir Boundaries on pg. 30.

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FISHING REGULATIONS
Regulation Exception Codes and Descriptions:

Bass (largemouth, smallmouth, spotted and
Guadalupe bass):

Bass1 – For largemouth bass, only bass 16 inches in
length or less may be retained. Daily bag = 5 bass. Bass
24 inches or greater in length may be temporarily retained in
a live well or other aerated holding device and immediately
weighed using personal scales. Bass weighing 13 pounds or
more may be donated to the ShareLunker Program; otherwise,
the fish must be immediately released in Lake Nacogdoches.
Anglers wishing to donate their bass must immediately cease
fishing and contact TPWD at (903) 670-2230. Anglers may
not remove the bass from the immediate vicinity of the
reservoir unless instructed to do so by TPWD staff. Bass
not accepted by TPWD must be immediately released.

Bass2 – Daily bag for all four species of bass = 8 bass in
any combination. Possession limit = 10.

Bass3 – Catch and release only for largemouth,
smallmouth, spotted, and Guadalupe bass.

Bass4 – Catch and release only for largemouth bass.

Bass5 – Catch and release only for largemouth bass,
except that any bass 24 inches or greater in length may be
temporarily retained in a live well or other aerated holding
device and immediately weighed using personal scales. Bass
weighing 13 pounds or more may be donated to the Share-
Lunker Program; otherwise, the fish must be immediately
released in the lake where caught. Anglers wishing to
donate their bass must immediately cease fishing and contact
TPWD at (903) 670-2230. Anglers may not remove the
bass from the immediate vicinity of the reservoir unless
instructed to do so by TPWD staff. Bass not accepted by
TPWD must be immediately released.

Bass6 – For largemouth bass, MLL = 16 inches, and daily
bag for all four species of bass = 5 bass in any combination.

Bass7 – For largemouth bass; MLL = 18 inches, and daily
bag for all four species of bass = 5 bass in any combination.

Bass8 – For largemouth bass, length limit is a 14–18 slot.
Bass 14 inches and less or 18 inches or greater in length may
be retained, and daily bag for all four species of bass = 5 bass
in any combination.

Bass9 – For largemouth bass, length limit is a 14–21 slot.
Bass 14 inches and less or 21 inches or greater in length may
be retained. Only one bass 21 inches or greater may be
retained each day.

Bass10 – For largemouth bass, length limit is a 14–24 slot.
Bass 14 inches and less or 24 inches or greater in length may
be retained. Only one bass 24 inches or greater may be
retained each day.

Bass11 – For largemouth bass, length limit is a 16–24 slot.
Bass 16 inches and less or 24 inches or greater in length may
be retained. Only one bass 24 inches or greater may be
retained each day.

Bass12 – For smallmouth bass, MLL = 18 inches and daily
bag = 3.

Bass13 – For smallmouth bass, length limit is a 12–15 slot.
Bass 12 inches and less or 15 inches or greater in length may
be retained. Daily bag = 3.

Bass14 – For largemouth bass there is no MLL. For smallmouth
and spotted bass; MLL = 18 inches. Daily bag = 5 bass
in any combination of which no more than 3 fish can be
either smallmouth or spotted bass. Up to 5 largemouth bass
may be retained; however, only 2 may be less than 18 inches.

Bass15 – For largemouth bass, no MLL, daily bag = 5. However,
only two largemouth bass less than 18 inches may be
retained each day.

Bass (striped, white, and hybrid striped bass):

S&W1 – For striped bass and hybrid striped bass, no
MLL, daily bag = 10 and possession limit = 20, and only two
striped or hybrid striped bass, 20 inches or greater, may be
retained each day. Culling of striped bass and hybrid striped
bass is prohibited.

S&W2 – For striped bass, no MLL, daily bag = 5, and
only two striped bass, 30 inches or greater, may be retained
each day.

S&W3 – For striped bass and hybrid striped bass, no MLL
and daily bag = 5. Culling of striped bass is prohibited.

S&W4 – For the Trinity River from the Lake Livingston
dam downstream to the FM Road 3278 bridge, striped bass
MLL = 18 inches and daily bag = 2.

S&W5 – For white bass, no MLL and daily bag = 25.

S&W6 – For striped bass and hybrid striped bass,
MLL = 18 inches and daily bag = 2.

Common Carp:

Carp1 – For common carp, only one carp 33 inches or
greater may be retained each day. There is no daily bag limit
for carp less than 33 inches in length.

Catfish (blue, channel, and flathead catfish):

Ctfsh1 – For channel and blue catfish, MLL = 12 and
daily bag = 5 in any combination

Ctfsh2 – For channel and blue catfish, no MLL and daily
bag = 5 in any combination.

Ctfsh3 – For channel and blue catfish, daily bag and possession
limit = 50 in any combination. NOTE: Applies only
to the portion of Lake Livingston in Polk, San Jacinto,Trinity,
and Walker counties.

Ctfsh4 – For flathead catfish, MLL = 20 inches and daily
bag = 5.

Ctfsh5 – For blue and channel catfish, MLL = 12 and
daily bag = 15. For flathead catfish, MLL = 20 inches and
daily bag = 5.

Ctfsh6 – For the Trinity River from the Lake Livingston
dam downstream to the FM Road 3278 bridge, blue and
channel catfish MLL = 12 and daily bag = 10, of which only
2 fish can be 24 inches or larger.

Crappie (black and white):

Crpie1 – For black and white crappie, MLL = 10 inches
and daily bag and possession limit = 50 in any combination.
For black and white crappie caught from DEC. 1 through the
last day of FEB., there is no MLL, daily bag = 50 in any combination,
and all crappie caught must be retained.

Crpie2 – For black and white crappie caught from
DEC. 1 through the last day of FEB., there is no MLL, daily
bag = 25 in any combination, and all crappie caught must be
retained.

Crpie3 – For black and white crappie, MLL = 10 inches
and daily bag = 37 in any combination. Possession limit = 50

Gear and methods: (see pg. 33 for Legal Freshwater and

Saltwater Devices and Restrictions)

Gear1 – Fishing is by pole and line only.

Gear2 – Fishing is by pole and line only. Anglers may use
no more than two poles while fishing.

Gear3 – Use of juglines, throwlines, and trotlines is
prohibited.

Gear4 – Use of trotlines is prohibited.

Red Drum:

RDrm1 – For red drum, MLL = 20 inches and daily
bag = 3 and no maximum length limit.

Shad (gizzard and threadfin shad):

Shad1 – For the Trinity River below Lake Livingston
between Polk and San Jacinto counties, the daily bag for
shad = 500 and the possession limit = 1,000 fish in any
combination.

Trout (rainbow and brown trout):

Trout1 – For rainbow and brown trout, MLL = 18 inches
and daily bag = 1 fish. Harvest of trout is by artificial lures
only. See pg. 34 under Pole and Line for additional restrictions
and area covered by this exception.


How to Attach Fish Tag

Immediately upon retaining a fish:

1.
Remove tag from license and use entire tag.
2.
Fill in ALL information spaces on front of tag.
3.
Cut out day and month.
4.
Attach tag with a string or wire to the narrowest part of the tail, just ahead of the tail fin (see diagram).


How to Measure Fish and Crabs

Use these guidelines to measure fish correctly:

1.
Place the fish on its side with the jaw closed.
2.
Squeeze the tail fin together or turn it in a way to obtain the maximum overall length.
3.
Measure a straight line from the tip of the snout to the extreme tip of the tail fin.



Tips for Releasing Fish

You manage for the future when you follow these handy tips for releasing fish. When practical:

•
Quickly play and release fish.
•
Keep fish in water as much as possible.
•
Remove hook with pliers or cut line.
•
Gently place fish back into water.
•
Revive fish by holding upright in water and moving back and forth, gently forcing water through gills.


For saltwater fishes only: The following procedures are NOT recommended for use with any
freshwater fishes.

Below fourth or fifth

• When releasing fish that cannot right itself or is

dorsal fin spineDistended air

showing a distended air bladder:

bladder and

• Gently insert a thin point (knife blade, wire, or gut lining
ice pick) through the side of the fish immediately
behind the upper part of the pectoral fin base.
This is usually directly below the fourth or fifth
spine (see diagram right). POINT OF


PENETRATION

• Revive fish as described above.

Reproduced from Queensland FMA,
Australia, 1989

Releasing fish today means better fishing for all of us tomorrow!

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Identification of Yellow, White,
Striped and Hybrid Striped Bass

yellow bass
A

Does not have a tooth patch
near the midline towards the
back of the tongue.


Stripes distinct, broken above
anal fin.


B

C Dorsal fins joined.

D Color – silvery yellow.


white bass
A

Has one tooth patch near the
midline towards the back of
the tongue.


Body deep, more than
1/3 length.


B

Stripes faint, only one extends
to tail.


C


striped bass
A

Has two, distinct tooth patches
near the midline towards the
back of the tongue.


Body slender, less than

B

1/3 length.

Stripes distinct, several extend
to tail.


C


hybrid striped bass
A

Has two, distinct tooth patches
near the midline towards the
back of the tongue.


Body deep, more than
1/3 length.


B

Stripes distinct, usually broken,
several extend to tail.


C



Identification of Smallmouth,
Guadalupe & Spotted and Largemouth Bass


smallmouth bass
Vertical barring along the sides.
Jaw does not extend BEYOND the back margin
of the eye when mouth is closed.
A
B
Brownish-green color; white belly area does
not extend high on the sides.

guadalupe and
spotted bass
Irregular lateral stripe is similar to but more broken than
largemouth bass.
A
Jaw does not extend BEYOND the back margin of the eye

B

when mouth is closed.
C Spots on scales form “rows” of stripes on whitish belly area.

largemouth bass
Definite lateral stripe.
Jaw extends well BEHIND the back
margin of the eye when mouth is closed.
A
B
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FISHING REGULATIONS
Saltwater Fishing – General Information

•
For freshwater finfish species caught in the public salt waters of this state, statewide bag, possession and
length limits as listed on pgs. 37–40 apply.
•
A person taking or attempting to take game and nongame fish from salt water for non-commercial
purposes is required to have a valid fishing license and a saltwater fishing stamp endorsement.


Texas State Waters – Federal Waters

Texas recreational and commercial fishermen fishing more than nine (9) nautical miles off the coast of
Texas are in federal waters and are subject to rules and regulations that may differ from those in state
waters. Recreational anglers must have a Texas fishing license and saltwater endorsement to bring any fish
taken in federal waters ashore in Texas. To ensure that you are in compliance with federal regulations, you
should contact the Gulf of Mexico Fishery Management Council at (888) 833-1844 (toll free).

The limits and restrictions in this guide apply to aquatic life caught in the public waters of Texas out
to nine (9) nautical miles in the Gulf of Mexico, and also apply to aquatic life caught between 9 and 200
nautical miles in the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) and landed in this state. (Federal law also regulates
species between 9 and 200 nautical miles managed under a Federal Fishery Management Plan.) See
pg. 27 for Importation of Wildlife Resources.

Bag and Length Limits for Saltwater Fish

•
Daily bag is the quantity of a species of a wildlife resource that may be taken in one day.
•
Possession limit is twice the daily bag on game and nongame fish, except as provided in this guide.
•
Possession limit does not apply to wildlife resources in the possession of or stored by a person at their
permanent residence.
•
There are no bag, possession, or length limits on game or nongame fish, except as listed in this guide.


Species Daily Bag Length in Inches
(Minimum — Maximum)
Amberjack, greater 1 32 — No limit
Bass: striped, its hybrids
and subspecies
5
(in any combination)
18 — No limit
Catfish: channel and blue catfish,
their hybrids and subspecies
25
(in any combination)
12 — No limit
Catfish, flathead 5 18 — No limit
Catfish, gafftopsail No limit 14 — No limit
Cobia 2 37 — No limit
Drum, blacka 5 14 — 30a
Drum, redb 3 20 — 28b
Flounder: all species, their hybrids
and subspeciesc
10
(in any combination)
14 — No limitc


Species Daily Bag Length in Inches
(Minimum — Maximum)
Grouper, goliath (formerly called Jewfish) 0 Catch and release only
Mackerel, king 2 27 — No limit
Mackerel, Spanish 15 14 — No limit
Marlin, blue No limit 131 — No limit
Marlin, white No limit 86 — No limit
Mullet: all species, their hybrids
and subspeciesd
No limit No limit — 12d
(during Oct., Nov., Dec. & Jan.)
Sailfish No limit 84 — No limit
Seatrout, spotted 10e
See Special
Regulation e below for
Lower Laguna Madre.
15 — 25f
Shark: all species, their hybrids
and subspecies
1 24 — No limit
Sheepshead 5 14g — No limit
See Special
Regulation g below
Snapper, lane No limit 8 — No limit
Snapper, red 4 15 — No limit
Snapper, vermilion No limit 10 — No limit
Snook 1 24 — 28
Tarpon 1 85 — No limit
Tripletail 3 17 — No limit

a No more than one black drum over 52 inches may be retained per person per day and counts as part
of the daily bag and possession limit.

bRed drum special regulation: During a license year, one red drum over the stated maximum length limit
may be retained when affixed with a properly completed Red Drum Tag and one red drum over the
stated maximum length limit may be retained when affixed with a properly completed Bonus Red Drum
Tag. Any fish retained under authority of a Red Drum Tag or a Bonus Red Drum Tag may be retained
in addition to the daily bag and possession limit as stated in this section.

c Flounder special regulation: The possession limit for flounder is 10 fish.

dMay not take from public waters, or possess on board a boat, mullet over 12 inches during October,
November, December, and January. No limits apply during other months.

e Special Regulation: For the Lower Laguna Madre, the daily bag limit and the possession limit shall be
5 fish in all inside waters south of marker 21 located inside the area known as the Land Cut. Inside
waters are all bays, inlets, outlets, passes, rivers, streams, and other bodies of water landward from the
shoreline of the state along the Gulf of Mexico and contiguous to, or connected with, but not a part
of, the Gulf of Mexico and within which the tide regularly rises and falls.

f No more than one spotted seatrout over the stated maximum length may be retained per person per
day and counts as part of the daily bag and possession limit.

g Special Regulation: Beginning on Sept. 1, 2008, the length limit will be 14 inches. Beginning on
Sept. 1, 2009, the length limit will be 15 inches.

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FISHING REGULATIONS
Saltwater Freeze Events

When temperatures on the coast are predicted to fall below 32°F for three or more days, the TPWD
executive director may close one or more of the sites listed on the web site below for saltwater fishing
until the threat from the freeze event is over. This NOTICE OF CLOSURE will be made available to
local media including newspapers. If you have any questions about your fishing area during a freeze event,
please watch your local newspaper or call the nearest TPWD Law Enforcement Office (see pg. 18).

Coastal areas that may be closed to fishing during freeze conditions can be found at the
following web site: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/annual/fish/freeze/

Shrimp Regulations

•
Shrimp may be taken for personal use (bait or food). Shrimp taken for personal use may not be
sold.
•
A person taking or attempting to take shrimp from salt water for non-commercial purposes is
required to have a valid fishing license and a saltwater fishing stamp endorsement.


Legal Sport Shrimping Devices:

•
Cast Net (See pg. 33 for cast net restrictions)
•
Seine (See pg. 34 for seine restrictions)
•
Individual Bait-shrimp Trawl (See below)


Individual Bait-shrimp Trawl:

•
Only one trawl per boat is allowed.
•
Must have an individual bait-shrimp trawl tag in one’s possession while trawling (see pg. 24).
•
Must not be greater than 20 feet in width between the doors.
•
Mesh size must not be smaller than 8-3/4 inches over a consecutive series of five stretched
meshes.
•
Boards must not be larger than 450 square inches each.


Coastal waters (all the salt waters of the state) are divided into the following groups:

1.
Outside Water: That part of the Gulf of Mexico extending from the shoreline seaward to nine
nautical miles.
2.
Inside Water: All bays, passes, rivers, or other bodies of water landward from the shoreline
along the Gulf of Mexico. In these waters, the tide rises and falls and saltwater shrimp are found
or migrate. Shrimping is not permitted within any natural or man-made pass leading from the
inside waters to the outside waters of the state.
3.
Major Bays:


•
Sabine Lake north of Cameron Causeway to south of a line marked by the Gulf Intracoastal
Waterway (Sabine Neches Canal/Sabine River) between the easternmost tip of Goat Island to
the westernmost tip of Stewts Island
•
Trinity Bay southward from a line extending from the mouth of Double Bayou in Chambers
County to Double Bayou Channel Marker 14, to Separator C-2, to Point Barrow in Chambers
County
•
Galveston Bay
•
East Bay westward from a line extending from Frozen Point to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
Marker 12
•
Matagorda Bay westward of a line extending from a location on the mainland (where a line
running immediately northwest [bearing 330 degrees] from Shellfish Marker A intersects the
mainland), thence southeasterly to Shellfish Marker A located near the mainland, thence to
Shellfish Marker B located near the end of Shell Island Reef, thence to the tide gauge located


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near the Matagorda Peninsula, and thence southeasterly [bearing 153 degrees] to the
Matagorda Peninsula.

•
East Matagorda Bay
•
Tres Palacios Bay south of a line from Grassey Point to the mouth of Pilkington Bayou
•
Espiritu Santo Bay
•
Lavaca Bay southward of State Highway 35
•
San Antonio Bay southward of a line from McDowell Point to Mosquito Point
•
Aransas Bay
•
Corpus Christi Bay exclusive of the area bounded by a line extending from the Gulf Intracoastal
Waterway at the southwest point of the Dagger Island chain, along Dagger Island to the southeast
tip of Ransom Island, then southeast to the westernmost point of land north of Marker 14
in the Corpus Christi Ship Channel
•
All exclusive of tributary bays, bayous, inlets, lakes and rivers


4. Bait Bays (includes major bays and those listed here):

•
Chocolate Bay
•
West Bay south and west of Interstate Hwy. 45 Causeway Bridge and the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway
inclusive of the area south of a line extending westward from Interstate Hwy. 45 Causeway
Bridge at Virginia Point, along the southern edge of Tiki Island to the northeastern tip of North
Deer Island at Channel Marker 48
•
Trinity Bay northward from a line extending from the mouth of Double Bayou in Chambers
County to Double Bayou Channel Marker 14, to Separator C-2, to Point Barrow in Chambers
County
•
The Old Brazos River lying north of the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway in Brazoria County
•
Upper Laguna Madre
•
Baffin Bay
•
Alazan Bay
•
Baroom Bay
•
Lower Laguna Madre, including the Brownsville Ship Channel
•
The entire Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, exclusive of all tributaries


5. Nursery Areas: (No Shrimping Allowed) Those coastal waters not specifically named above as
Major Bays or Bait Bays are considered Nursery Areas. Includes tributary bays, bayous, inlets,
lakes, and rivers that serve as significant growth and development environments for postlarval and
juvenile shrimp. Does not include outside waters, major bays, or bait bays.

Bait Shrimping (Major Bays and Bait Bays)

Season Hours Limits
Aug. 15–Mar. 31 30 minutes before sunrise
to 30 minutes after sunset
• 2 quarts/person
• 4 quarts/boat on boats taking shrimp with an
individual bait shrimp trawl
• No count size restrictions
Apr. 1–Aug. 14 30 minutes be fore sunrise
to 2 p.m.

Shrimping for purposes other than Bait (Major Bays only)

Season Hours Limits
Spring Open Season
May 15–July 15
30 minutes before sunrise
to 2 p.m.
• 15 pounds/person/day
• No count size restrictions
Fall Open Season
Aug. 15–Oct. 31
30 minutes be fore sunrise
to 30 minutes after sunset
• 15 pounds/person/day
• Must count no more than 50 shrimp/pound
Fall Open Season
Nov. 1–Nov. 30
30 minutes be fore sunrise
to 30 minutes after sunset
• 15 pounds/person/day
• No count size restrictions

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FISHING REGULATIONS
Shrimping in Outside Waters — Southern Zone

(South of a line from the Corpus Christi Fish Pass [Latitude 27° 40' 34"] to the Mexican Border)

Location Season Hours Limits
Beyond 5 nautical
miles
Dec. 1–May 15** Day and Night • 100 pounds/person/day
July 16**–Nov. 30
Inside 5 nautical
miles
July 16**–Nov. 30 30 minutes before sunrise
to 30 minutes after sunset
• 100 pounds/person/day
CLOSED TO NIGHT
SHRIMPING
30 minutes after sunset to
30 minutes before sunrise
CLOSED TO NIGHT
SHRIMPING
WINTER CLOSED
SEASON
Dec. 1–May 15**
Day and Night CLOSED SEASON
Inside 9*
nautical miles
SUMMER CLOSED
SEASON
May 15**–July 15**
Day and Night CLOSED SEASON

*SPECIAL NOTICE: The federal government may close the Exclusive Economic Zone off Texas (9-200 nautical
miles) at the same time Texas waters are closed. For further information call the National Marine Fisheries
Service at (727) 570-5305.

**SPECIAL NOTICE: These dates may be changed by the department providing 72 hours public notice on new
closing dates and 24 hours public notice on new opening dates.

Shrimping in Outside Waters — Northern Zone

(North of a line from the Corpus Christi Fish Pass [Latitude 27° 40' 34"] to the Louisiana Border)

Location Season Hours Limits
Beyond 5 nautical
miles
Dec. 1–May 15** Day and Night • 100 pounds/person/day
July 16**–Nov. 30
Inside 5 nautical
miles
Feb. 16–May 15** 30 minutes before sunrise
to 30 minutes after sunset
• 100 pounds/person/day
July 16**–Nov. 30
CLOSED TO NIGHT
SHRIMPING
30 minutes after sunset to
30 minutes before sunrise
CLOSED TO NIGHT
SHRIMPING
WINTER CLOSED
SEASON
Dec. 1–Feb. 15
Day and Night CLOSED SEASON
Inside 9*
nautical miles
SUMMER CLOSED
SEASON
May 15**–July 15**
Day and Night CLOSED SEASON

*SPECIAL NOTICE: The federal government may close the Exclusive Economic Zone off Texas (9-200 nautical
miles) at the same time Texas waters are closed. For further information call the National Marine Fisheries
Service at (727) 570-5305.

**SPECIAL NOTICE: These dates may be changed by the department providing 72 hours public notice on new
closing dates and 24 hours public notice on new opening dates.

Special County Restrictions

Nueces: It is unlawful for any person to take or attempt to take shrimp with a trawl in the Laguna Madre
north of a line starting on the mainland at the most northeasterly point on the north side of the entrance
to Whiteley Channel then proceeding in a straight line to the north end of Pita Island; then continuing on
a line to the southernmost point on the westerly most spoil island bordering the north side of the
New Humble Channel (commonly referred to as Hap’s Channel); then continuing on a line along the north
edge of the New Humble Channel (commonly referred to as Hap’s Channel) to its junction with the Gulf
Intracoastal Waterway; then continuing on a straight line to the Nueces/Kleberg County line marker on
Padre Island.

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Crab and Ghost Shrimp Regulations

NOTE: It is unlawful to place, fish, or leave a crab trap or crab trap component in the coastal waters of
the state from Feb. 20–Mar. 1, 2009.

•
There are no public salt waters, seasons, or times closed to the taking and retaining of crabs and ghost
shrimp, EXCEPT as provided in this guide.
•
It is lawful to take, attempt to take, or possess crabs and ghost shrimp by means, in numbers, and of sizes
ONLY as described below.
•
A person taking or attempting to take crabs or ghost shrimp from salt water for non-commercial
purposes is required to have a valid fishing license and a saltwater fishing stamp endorsement.


Bag, Possession and Length Limits

Species Daily Bag Possession Minimum Length
Blue craba No limit No limit 5 inches (Measured across the widest
point of the body from tip of spine
to tip of spine.) See pg. 41.
Stone crabb
(right claw only)
No limit No limit 2-1/2 inches claw (Measured from the
tip of claw to first joint behind the
immovable claw.) See pg. 41.
Ghost shrimp 20 20 per person None

a

Except that not more than 5% by number, of undersized blue crabs may be possessed for bait purposes only
and must be placed in a separate container.

•
May not possess egg-bearing (sponge) crabs.
•
May not possess a female crab that has its abdominal apron removed.


b Only the right claw may be retained or possessed. The body of the stone crab must be immediately returned
to the water from which it was taken.

Legal Devices and Restrictions

Crab Line: A baited line with no hook attached.

•
No restrictions.
Umbrella Net (sometimes called crab net): A non-metallic mesh net that is suspended horizontally in the
water by multiple lines attached to a rigid frame.


•
May be used to take crabs and NONGAME fish only.
•
May not have within the frame an area that exceeds 16 square feet.


Folding Panel Traps:

•
Only crabs may be taken.
•
Overall surface area (including panels) may not exceed 16 square feet.


Crab Traps:

•
Only six crab traps at a time may be fished for non-commercial purposes.
•
May only remove crab traps from the water or remove crabs from crab traps during the period from
30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset.
•
Tag Requirements: Must be used with a valid GEAR TAG (see pg. 32) attached within six inches of
the buoy or pier to which the trap is tied.
•
Construction and Design Restrictions:
•
May not exceed 18 cubic feet.
•
Must be equipped with at least two escape vents in each crab-retaining chamber and located on the
outside trap walls.
•
Escape vents must be at least 2-3/8 inches in diameter.
•
Must be marked with a white floating buoy not less than 6 inches in height, 6 inches in length, and
6 inches in width, bearing a 2-inch wide center stripe of contrasting color, attached to the crab trap.
•
Buoys or floats may not be made of plastic bottle(s) of any color or size.
•
Must be equipped with a degradable panel. A trap is considered to have a degradable panel if one of
the following methods is used in construction of the trap:
•
the trap lid tie-down strap is secured to the trap at one end by a simple loop of untreated jute
twine (comparable to Lehigh brand #530), sisal twine (comparable to Lehigh brand #390) or
untreated steel wire with a diameter of 20 gauge or smaller. The trap lid must be secured so that
when the twine or wire degrades, the lid will no longer be securely closed; or






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•
the trap contains at least one sidewall, not including the bottom panel, with a rectangular
opening no smaller in either dimension than 3 inches by 6 inches. Any obstruction placed in this
opening may not be secured in any manner EXCEPT it may be laced, sewn, or otherwise
obstructed by a single length of untreated jute twine (comparable to Lehigh brand #530), sisal
twine (comparable to Lehigh brand #390) or untreated steel wire with a diameter of 20 gauge or
smaller knotted only at each end and not tied or looped more than once around a single mesh bar.
When the twine or wire degrades, the opening in the sidewall of the trap will no longer be
obstructed; or
•
the obstruction may be loosely hinged at the bottom of the opening by no more than two
untreated steel hog rings and secured at the top of the obstruction in no more than one place by
a single length of untreated jute twine (comparable to Lehigh brand #530), sisal twine (comparable
to Lehigh brand #390) or untreated steel wire with a diameter of 20 gauge or smaller. When
the twine or wire degrades, the obstruction will hinge downward and the opening in the sidewall
of the trap will no longer be obstructed.




•
Placement and Location Restrictions:
•
May not place a crab trap or portion thereof closer than 100 feet from any other crab trap, EXCEPT
when traps are secured to a pier or dock.
•
May not fish a crab trap in public fresh waters.
•
May not fish a crab trap within 200 feet of a marked navigable channel in Aransas County; and in the
water area of Aransas Bay within one-half mile of a line from Hail Point on the Lamar Peninsula, then
direct to the eastern end of Goose Island, then along the southern shore of Goose Island, then along
the eastern shoreline of the Live Oak Peninsula past the town of Fulton, past Nine Mile Point, past
the town of Rockport to a point at the east end of Talley Island, including that part of Copano Bay
within 1,000 feet of the causeway between Lamar Peninsula and Live Oak Peninsula.
•
May not possess, use, or place more than three crab traps in waters north and west of Hwy. 146
where it crosses the Houston Ship Channel in Harris County.
•
May not use or place more than three crab traps in public waters of the San Bernard River north of
a line marked by the boat access channel at Bernard Acres.
•
It is unlawful to place any type of trap within the area in Cedar Bayou between a department sign
erected where Mesquite Bay flows into Cedar Bayou and the department sign erected near the point
where the pass empties into the Gulf of Mexico.


FISHING REGULATIONS
Other Devices:

•
Devices legally used for taking of fresh or saltwater fish or shrimp may be used to take crab if operated
in places and at times authorized by a proclamation of the Parks and Wildlife Commission or the Parks
and Wildlife Code.
•
See applicable pages in this guide to determine authorized uses, places, and times for other legal
devices.
Sand Pumps: A self-contained, hand-held, hand-operated suction device used to remove and capture
Callianassid ghost shrimp.


•
May only be manually operated.
•
May not be used for commercial purposes.


Oyster Regulations

•
A person taking or attempting to take oysters is required to have a valid fishing license and a saltwater
stamp endorsement.
•
Persons fishing with tongs or a dredge must hold a sport oyster boat license.
•
Oysters may be taken only from waters approved by the Texas Department of State Health
Services. For more information call (800) 685-0361.
•
Oysters may not be taken from marked private leases, except by permission of the lessee.
•
Seasons: November 1 through April 30, sunrise to sunset, coastwide.
•
Length and Possession Limits:
•
Oysters must be 3 inches or larger as measured by the greatest length of the shell.
•
Oysters 3/4 inch to 3 inches must be culled and returned to the reef from which taken.
•
Oysters 3/4 inch to 3 inches may not make up more than 15% by number of oysters in possession.
•
No more than two sacks of legal oysters may be possessed per person. A sack is defined as 110
pounds of oysters including the sack.
•
Devices:
•
Oysters may be taken by hand, with tongs, or by oyster dredge.
•
Oyster dredges may not be more than 14 inches in width.


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Other Aquatic Life (Fresh and Salt Waters)

•
Aquatic life, except threatened and endangered species, not addressed in this guide may be taken only
by hand or with the devices defined as lawful for taking fish, crabs, oysters, or shrimp in places and at
times as provided in this guide.
•
In public waters, a fishing license and freshwater fishing stamp endorsement is required to take mussels,
clams, crayfish, and other aquatic life for personal use. In salt water, a saltwater fishing stamp endorsement
is required with the fishing license.
•
A hunting license is required to hunt non-protected turtles and frogs (see pgs. 25 and 71).
•
Clams, Mussels and Other Molluscan Shellfish taken from public salt waters may be taken only
from waters approved by the Texas Department of State Health Services (TDSHS). (Maps identifying
approved areas may be obtained from the TDSHS, Seafood and Aquatic Life Group (512) 834-6757.
Additional information concerning area closures may be obtained 24 hours a day, 7 days a week by
calling (800) 685-0361.
•
Consumption of Clams and Mussels taken from public fresh waters is prohibited by the TDSHS.
•
No more than 25 pounds of whole mussels and clams, or 12 pounds of mussel and clam shells may be
taken per day for personal use and consumption only.
•
Mussels and clams may only be taken by hand.
•
Freshwater mussels of the following species may be taken only when they will not pass through a ring
with an inside diameter (I.D.) specified for that species.


Species Ring I.D. in inches

Washboard 4.00
Threeridges and roundlakes 2.75
Mapleleafs and pimplebacks 2.75
Tampico pearlymussel 2.75
Bleufer 2.75
All Other Species of Freshwater Mussels 2.50

• More information on harvesting freshwater mussels and clams, including areas closed to harvest, can be
obtained by calling TPWD in Austin at (512) 389-4444.

Fish Consumption Bans and Advisories

Fish and shellfish can be a source of high quality protein in your diet. Fish and shellfish, however, can
accumulate contaminants from the waters in which they live. The Texas Department of State Health
Services (TDSHS) monitors fish in the state for the presence of environmental contaminants and alerts
the public through bans (closures) and advisories when a threat to human health may occur from the consumption
of contaminated fish.

Typically, fish and shellfish do not contain levels of contaminants high enough to cause an imminent threat
to health even after a few meals. Health risks may increase for people who regularly consume larger fish
and predatory fish from one area of contaminated water over a long period of time. To reduce health risks
in areas of contamination, people should consume fish from a variety of water bodies and should generally
eat smaller fish. Following TDSHS guidelines and recommendations will significantly decrease health risks
and allow a maximum level of protection for persons consuming fish from areas of known contamination.

Consumption bans and advisories are updated by the TDSHS as needed. In waters with consumption
bans (see below), possession and consumption of fish and/or shellfish is prohibited. Catch and release
fishing from these areas is allowed. A consumption advisory is a recommendation to limit consumption to
specified quantities, species, and sizes of fish. For additional information, a listing of all consumption
advisories or a listing of areas tested where no bans or advisories were issued, call the TDSHS at

(800) 685-0361 (shellfish) or (512) 834-6757 (fish) or visit: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/seafood

Fish Consumption Bans

The possession of all species of fish and crabs is prohibited from the following areas. Catch and release
of fish and crabs from these areas is lawful.

•
Portions of upper Lavaca Bay in Calhoun County.
•
The Donna Irrigation System in Hidalgo County.
•
Trinity River from the 7th Street Bridge in Fort Worth, downstream to the Texas 34 Bridge in
Kaufman and Ellis counties southeast of Dallas.
•
Mountain Creek Lake in Dallas County.
•
Echo Lake in Tarrant County.


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Boating Regulations
and Safe Boating Tips

NOTICE:The following laws and guidelines
are designed to help keep your on-thewater
experience safe and enjoyable.

If you use a boat:

•
STATE LAW REQUIRES a wearable-type life jacket
(Types I, II, or III) for each person on board. Life jackets
must be U.S. Coast Guard approved.
•
Children under 13 years of age must wear a life jacket
on a Class A or Class 1 motorboat while underway. It is
recommended that non-swimmers always wear a life
jacket on the water. In addition, a Type IV throwable-type
life jacket is required on boats 16 feet in length and longer.
•
STATE LAW PROHIBITS intoxicated persons
(.08% BAC) from operating a boat.
•
CHECK THE WEATHER and give a “float plan” to
a friend before departing.
•
See the Texas Water Safety Act Digest available
on the TPWD Web site for details on specific
required and recommended safety equipment needed
on various types of vessels.


Anglers:

•
DISTRIBUTE and secure your gear properly, and
avoid overloading your boat.
•
USE CARE when moving; keep weight as low as
possible and distributed evenly.
•
REMAIN SEATED as much as possible to avoid
capsizing and falls overboard.
•
NEVER anchor from the stern of your boat.


Hunters:

•
SECURE FIREARMS and ammo low in the boat to
increase stability and to avoid falls.
•
REMAIN SEATED, if possible, while shooting and
retrieving migratory game birds.
•
ASSIGN “SHOOTING ZONES” for each hunter to
avoid shooting accidents.


Each year, over 90 percent of all sportsmen
who die in the water were not wearing a life
jacket. WEAR YOUR LIFE JACKET! The life
you save may be your own.


When you leave a body of water:

•
Remove any visible mud, plants, fish
or animals before transporting
equipment.
•
Eliminate water from equipment
before transporting.
•
Clean and dry anything that comes
into contact with water (boats, trailers,
equipment, clothing, dogs, etc.).
•
Never release plants, fish or animals
into a body of water unless they
came out of that body of water.


Tick-Borne Diseases
in Texas

Each year,Texans contract tick-borne
diseases such as Lyme Disease, Rocky
Mountain Spotted Fever, Ehrlichiosis and
Relapsing Fever. If detected early, these
diseases can almost always be cured.
For more information on tick-borne
diseases in Texas, contact the Texas
Department of State Health Services
or visit http://www.TickTexas.org

Texas’ Wildlife Crime-Stoppers Program
Reward Hotline
800-792-GAME

You can make a difference by reporting poaching, pollution and dumping, arson
in state parks and intoxicated boaters! Up to $1,000 may be paid for information leading to arrest
and conviction of a person for a violation of our state’s wildlife and fisheries laws, as well as for
certain laws related to environmental crime, arson and intoxicated boaters.

Operation Game Thief is privately funded. Please consider supporting efforts to protect our precious natural
resources and keep our waterways safe by sending your tax deductible donation to Operation Game Thief,
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department, 4200 Smith School Road,Austin,Texas 78744. You may also call

(512) 389-4381 to make a donation by credit card.


AN ETHICAL
HUNTER…
Is responsible, careful, considerate, capable and courteous.
Is mindful of the non-hunting public.
Properly tags and transports game appropriately.
Takes safe, considerate and non-offensive photos.
Written laws tell us what we can and cannot do. Unwritten laws (ethics) tell us what we should and should not do.
SUMMARY OF 2008-2009 HUNTING REGULATIONS


Definitions

Annual Bag Limit for Alligator, Deer, Antelope, Turkey or Javelina: The maximum number of
these species that may be lawfully taken by a hunter during a license year.

Antler Point: A projection that extends at least one inch from the edge of a main beam or another tine.
The tip of a main beam is also a point (see illustrations, pg. 65).

Bait: Minerals, vegetative material, or any other food substance placed to lure any wildlife resource.

Daily Bag Limit: The maximum number of a game species (quail, pheasant, squirrel, etc.) that may be
lawfully taken by a hunter during the legal shooting hours in one day.

Day: A 24-hour period of time that begins at midnight and ends at midnight.

Final Destination for all Pronghorn Antelope, Deer, and Turkey means: Finally processed (see
below) at the permanent residence of the person who takes the antelope, deer, or turkey; the permanent
residence of the person who receives the antelope, deer, or turkey or part of the antelope, deer, or turkey;
or a cold storage/processing facility.

Finally Processed: Deer and pronghorn antelope: processing by more than quartering (see A quartered
carcass is, pg. 62). All wildlife resources are considered to be finally processed when they are
cleaned for cooking or storage.

Hunt: To capture, trap, take, or kill, and includes any attempt to capture, trap, take, or kill.

Permanent Residence: One’s principal or ordinary home or dwelling place. This does not include one’s
temporary abode or dwelling such as a hunting/fishing club, or any club house, cabin, tent, car, truck, or
trailer house used as a hunting/fishing club, or any hotel, motel, or rooming house used during a hunting,
fishing, pleasure, or business trip.

Possession Limit: The maximum number of a species that lawfully may be in one person’s possession at
any time after the first day of a hunting season, except for deer, antelope, and turkey. On the first day of
any open season, the possession limit is the same as the daily bag limit. After the first day, the possession
limit becomes twice the daily bag limit (except for quail and some migratory birds). For all wildlife
resources taken for personal consumption and for which there is a possession limit, the possession limit
shall not apply after the wildlife resource has reached the possessor’s permanent residence and has been
finally processed.

Wildlife Resources: Any wild animal, wild bird, and aquatic life.

Youth: For the purposes of participation in Youth-Only hunting seasons for deer, turkey, and squirrel, is
any person 16 years of age or younger. For youth duck seasons, it is any person 15 years of age or younger
(see the Waterfowl Digest for season dates).

Hunting General Information

•
Closed Season: For any species, the period of time, if any, when hunting that species is not permitted.
•
Hunter Orange: No hunter orange is required while hunting on private property, but it is recommended.
Public hunting lands require 400 square inches of daylight florescent orange with 144 square
inches appearing on both chest and back, and daylight florescent orange headwear must be worn (see
Public Hunting Lands booklet).
•
Legal Shooting Hours for all Game Animals and Nonmigratory Game Birds: from one-half
hour before sunrise to one-half hour after sunset. For information on sunrise/sunset hours, please look
at: http://www.sunrisesunset.com/usa/Texas.asp


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•
Open Seasons: Dates shown are opening and closing dates for the open season. The open season
includes both dates and all days between. Unless otherwise specified, the open season is a “general”
season and all legal means, as specified in this guide, may be used in taking the species. Where the open
season is designated as “archery,” only legal archery equipment/crossbow as specified below may be
used. Where the open season is designated as “muzzleloader only,” only muzzleloaders as defined
below may be used. When a season is designated as a “youth-only,” special regulations apply (see
pgs. 65–67). See definition of “youth” (pg. 53).
•
No open season for any wild animal, wild bird, or exotic animal on public roads or the right-of-way of
public roads.


HUNTING REGULATIONS
Means and Methods

Firearms

•
Game animals and game birds may be hunted with any legal firearm, EXCEPT:
•
white-tailed deer, mule deer, desert bighorn sheep, and pronghorn antelope may NOT be hunted with
rimfire ammunition of any caliber.
•
shotguns are the only legal firearm that may be used to hunt Eastern turkey during the spring
Eastern turkey season (see County Listings). Rifles and handguns may not be used to hunt
Eastern turkey.
•
pellet guns and other air guns are NOT LEGAL.
•
fully automatic firearms are NOT LEGAL.
•
firearms equipped with silencers or sound-suppressing devices are NOT LEGAL.
•
a shotgun is the only legal firearm for hunting migratory game birds and lesser prairie chicken (see
Definitions - Legal Shotgun, pg. 69).
•
Nongame Animals (Non-Protected): Any lawful firearm, pellet gun, or other air gun is legal.
•
Magazine Capacity (number of shells/cartridges allowed): There are no restrictions on the
number of shells or cartridges a legal firearm may hold when hunting game animals or game birds (except
migratory game birds, see Legal Shotgun, pg. 69).
•
Muzzleloader: Any firearm that is loaded only through the muzzle. Note: A cap and ball firearm in
which the powder and ball are loaded into a cylinder is not a muzzleloader. Muzzleloader deer seasons
are restricted to muzzleloading firearms only.
•
Possession of firearms by felons: A convicted felon, regardless of where the conviction occurred, may not
possess or use a firearm (as defined by Penal Code, §46.01) to hunt in this state. Under Penal Code, §46.01,
a muzzleloading firearm is lawful if it is an antique or curio firearm manufactured before 1899 or a replica of
an antique or curio firearm manufactured before 1899 that does not use rimfire or centerfire ammunition.


Archery and Crossbows (see Artificial light in Restricted Methods section)

•
Only the archery and crossbow equipment prescribed in this section may be used for taking game
animals or game birds. Crossbows are not lawful for taking migratory game birds. The prescribed
archery and crossbow equipment may be used during any general open season. Archery and crossbow
equipment may not be used to hunt deer during the Muzzleloader-Only Deer Season. It is unlawful to
be in possession of a firearm while hunting with a broadhead HUNTING point during the
Archery-Only season, except a person licensed to carry a concealed handgun in Texas may
carry a concealed handgun. NOTE: A firearm may be possessed in camp, in a motor vehicle, or
while hunting lawful game other than whitetail or mule deer and turkey (e.g., exotics, feral hogs, squirrels).
•
Nongame Animals: Archery and crossbows are lawful for non-protected nongame animals.
•
Longbows, compound bows, or recurved bows:
•
there is no minimum draw requirement.
•
devices that allow a bow to be locked at full or partial draw are lawful during any season when
lawful archery equipment may be used.
•
Crossbow
•
Any person may use a crossbow to hunt game animals or game birds (except migratory game birds)
during a general open season or Eastern spring turkey season. Telescopic sights are lawful.
•
ONLY a person with an upper-limb disability may use a crossbow to hunt deer and turkey
during the Archery Only Open Season, provided the person, while hunting, has in their immediate
possession a physician’s statement certifying the extent of the disability.
•
An upper-limb disability is a permanent loss of the use of fingers, hand, or arm in a manner that
renders the person incapable of using lawful archery equipment.
•
A crossbow is lawful for game animals and game birds (except migratory game birds and as provided above),
provided:
(1)
the crossbow has a minimum pull of 125 pounds;
(2)
the crossbow has a mechanical safety; and
(3)
the crossbow stock is not less than 25 inches in length.






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•
Projectiles (Arrows)
•
While hunting game animals and game birds, a projectile may not be poisoned, drugged, or explosive.
•
When used to hunt turkey and all game animals other than squirrels, a projectile must be equipped
with a broadhead hunting point that is at least 7/8-inch in width (upon impact) and has a minimum of
two cutting edges. A mechanical broadhead must begin to open upon impact and, when open, must
be a minimum of 7/8-inch in width.
•
An archer may have arrows with field, target, or judo points in the quiver with the broadhead hunting
points.


Falconry

For information on permitting or hunting regulations for falconry, call (800) 792-1112 (menu 7) or

(512) 389-4481.

Restricted Methods

•
It is unlawful for any person, while hunting or engaging in recreational shooting, to knowingly discharge
a firearm in such a fashion as to cause a projectile to cross a property line, unless the person owns the
property on both sides of the property line or has obtained written permission from the owner of any
land crossed by the projectile.
•
Remote-controlled Hunting: A person may not engage in computer-assisted remote hunting of any
animal or bird or provide or operate facilities for computer-assisted remote hunting if the animal or bird
being hunted is located in Texas.
•
Artificial light of any form that casts or reflects a beam of light onto or otherwise illuminates a game
animal or bird may not be used as an aid to hunt, except battery-powered scoping devices that project
a light or dot only inside the scope, pin sight lights on archery equipment, or laser sighting devices used
by legally blind hunters (legal blindness is: no more than 20/200 of visual acuity in the better eye with
correcting lenses or visual acuity greater than 20/200, but with a limitation in the field of vision such that
the widest diameter of the visual field subtends an angle no greater than 20 degrees). Blind hunters must
be assisted by a licensed hunter at least 13 years of age who is not legally blind. Blind hunters must possess
a physician’s signed statement attesting to legal blindness. Hunter education requirements apply.
•
Non-protected nongame animals and fur-bearing animals may be hunted at night with the aid of an
artificial light on private property. If hunting at night, please make a courtesy telephone call to your
local game warden.
•
Traps may not be used to hunt game birds or game animals.
•
Dogs may not be used to hunt deer in this state.
•
A person is prohibited from using a dog to hunt or pursue deer in this state. A person who violates
this law is subject to a fine of $500-$4,000 and/or a year in jail. Additionally, a person’s hunting and
fishing licenses may be revoked or suspended. In addition, no person may possess a shotgun and
buckshot or slugs while in the field with dogs on another person’s land during an open deer season
in Angelina, Hardin, Harris, Harrison, Houston, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Montgomery, Nacogdoches,
Newton, Orange, Panola, Polk, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto, Shelby, Trinity, Tyler, and
Walker counties.
•
It is unlawful to use dogs to trail a wounded deer in the counties listed above.
•
Not more than two dogs may be used to trail a wounded deer in counties not listed above.
A “wounded deer” is a deer leaving a blood trail.
•
Pheasant may not be hunted by means of a cable, chain, or rope connected to or between a moving
object or objects.
•
Aircraft may not be used to hunt any animal or bird unless authorized by the department.
•
See County Listings for additional regulations (pgs. 73–95).


Legal Methods

•
Animals and game birds not classified as migratory may be hunted from a motor vehicle, powerboat,
sailboat, or from any other floating device within the boundaries of private property or upon private
water. Migratory game birds under certain circumstances may be hunted from a boat on public water.
See the migratory game bird section for the exceptions (pg. 69, Lawful Hunting Means and Methods).
•
Calling devices (including manual and mouth-operated), recordings, and electrically amplified calls may
be used to hunt game animals and game birds, except electronic calls may not be used to hunt migratory
game birds, unless allowed by special regulation.
•
Decoys may be used to hunt game animals and game birds, except that no person may use live decoys
when hunting migratory birds.
•
Baiting for game animals, nongame animals, and game birds is lawful on private property, except for
turkey in certain East Texas counties (see pg. 67) and migratory game birds statewide.
•
Trapping may be used for nongame/exotic animals (e.g., feral hogs, rabbits, etc.) on private property.
•
Dogs may be used to aid in the hunting of any game bird.


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Restricted Areas in Counties

It is against the law to:

•
possess a deer or any part of a deer that has been hit by a motor vehicle.
•
discharge a firearm on or across a public road or hunt game animals, game birds, exotic animals or
fur-bearing animals on public roads.
•
hunt any wild animal or wild bird, including exotic animals, on foot or from a vehicle on any public road
or road right-of-way, or a boat on public water, except that migratory waterfowl may be hunted from a
boat or any floating craft (except a sinkbox) under certain conditions. (See Migratory Game Bird section,
pgs. 68–71.)
•
possess, shoot or hunt with a firearm, bow and arrow, or crossbow on all land area and water in the
Aransas and Poesta rivers in BEE County; on all of the land area and public water in the state-owned
riverbeds of LA SALLE or MCMULLEN counties; and on all of the land area and public water in
the state-owned riverbeds of the Nueces, Frio and Atascosa rivers in LIVE OAK County; except for
waterfowl hunting on any reservoir (existing or to be constructed) owned, operated, or maintained by
a government entity.
•
discharge a firearm or shoot an arrow in or on the bed or bank of a navigable stream in DIMMIT,
EDWARDS, FRIO, KENEDY, LLANO, MAVERICK, REAL, UVALDE, or ZAVALA counties, or
discharge or shoot an arrow that could physically contact the bed or bank of a navigable stream in these
counties. This law does not apply to shotguns loaded with shot, including buckshot. A shotgun slug is
prohibited.
•
hunt on water of Stillhouse Reservoir or land adjacent to the reservoir owned by the federal government
in BELL County, except for game birds hunted with a shotgun. A hunter must be 600 feet from
the nearest private property line.
•
discharge any firearm or shoot any crossbow or bow and arrow on, along, or across the waters of Oyster
Bayou in CHAMBERS County from State Hwy. 65 south to the mouth of Oyster Bayou in the East Bay.
•
discharge a pistol or rifle in, on, along, or across: Lake Baird in CALLAHAN County; Lake Texarkana
in CASS County; the water of the Trinity River,Wallisville Reservoir, and Lake Anahuac in CHAMBERS
County; the water of the Trinity River or Wallisville Reservoir in LIBERTY County; Lake Lavon in
COLLIN County; Caddo Lake in HARRISON and MARION counties; and Lakes Daingerfield and
Texarkana in MORRIS County; except that a person may hunt migratory waterfowl on these waters
with a shotgun during an open season.
•
possess or shoot a rifle or pistol on or across the water of Murvaul Lake in PANOLA County.
•
hunt wild animals or wild birds or target shoot on land in HARRIS County owned by another without
having in immediate possession written consent of the landowner of that land. The written consent
must contain the hunter’s name, identify the land on which hunting or target shooting is permitted, be
signed by the landowner or legal agent for the owner, and must show the address and phone number of
the person signing consent. The owner or agent and any person hunting or target shooting with the
owner or agent on public or private shooting ranges are exempt from this special regulation.
•
use a boat or any other type of floating device to hunt or to access land to hunt any wild bird or wild
animal on any portion of Big Sandy Creek in WOOD County that is east of F.M. Road 2869 and within


2.18 miles of F.M. Road 2869 or between F.M. Road 2869 and F.M. Road 49. (Class A Parks and Wildlife
Code misdemeanor: $500-$4,000 and/or one year in jail.)

•
hunt on Public Hunting Areas without the required permits.
•
hunt in a subdivision with lots 10 acres or less in an unincorporated area of a county if the commissioners
court, by order, prohibits the discharge of a firearm or the use of archery equipment in such subdivisions.
(Contact local county clerk and ask about 235.022, Local Government Code.)
•
hunt on any area named as a wildlife sanctuary, nesting, or propagation area.
•
hunt in state or federal parks or refuges except as may be provided by special state or federal policies.
•
hunt anywhere that hunting has been prohibited by county or city ordinance.
•
hunt any wild animal or wild bird on or over privately owned land that is submerged under public fresh
water due to seasonal or occasional inundation or submerged under salt water above the mean high tide
line. The property must be posted to indicate that hunting is prohibited. (Class C Parks and Wildlife
Code misdemeanor: $25-$500 fine only.)


Processing Carcass in Camp

If there is a cold storage or processing facility (record book required, see pg. 62) established on property
where hunting occurs, a person may process a deer or antelope beyond quarters. If there is not a facility,
a deer or antelope may not be cut into smaller portions than a quartered carcass as defined below before
the carcass reaches its final destination.

You are allowed to prepare for immediate consumption and eat all or a part of a properly tagged wildlife
resource while in camp; however, all tagging and proof of sex regulations apply to remaining parts.

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A quartered carcass is:

•
not more than two forequarters, leg portion (down to the
knee) attached to the shoulder blade;
•
two hindquarters (leg bones down to the hock must
remain attached); and
•
two backstraps/trimmings from neck and rib cage (the
boned-out neck and rib cage may be discarded).



Notice: It is unlawful to possess a deer, pronghorn antelope, pheasant, or turkey (turkey taken in a county
where the bag composition is restricted to gobblers and/or bearded hens or taken during any spring turkey season)
with proof of sex removed. The following is considered proof of sex and must accompany the carcass
until it reaches its final destination and is finally processed:

•
the head (skinned or unskinned) of a buck deer with antlers attached;
•
the head (skinned or unskinned) of an antlerless deer;
•
the unskinned head of a pronghorn antelope;
•
a completed Managed Lands Deer Permit, Landowner Assisted Management Permit, Antlerless Mule Deer
Permit, Special Wildlife Management Area or State Park Drawn Public Hunting Permit, or Antlerless and Spike-
buck Control Permit;
• one leg, including the spur, attached to the pheasant carcass or the entire plumage attached to the pheasant
carcass;


•
Eastern gobblers, see Turkey Special Regulations pg. 67;
•
for turkeys in counties where the bag composition is restricted to gobblers and/or bearded hens, a male turkey
is required to have one leg, including the spur, attached to the bird; or the bird, accompanied by a patch of
skin with breast feathers and beard attached. A female turkey taken during the fall season must be accompanied
by a patch of skin with breast feathers and beard attached.
EXCEPTION: Instead of proof of sex, the hunter may obtain a receipt from a taxidermist or a signed
statement from the landowner or the landowner’s agent containing the following information:


•
Name of person who killed the wildlife resource;
•
Date the wildlife resource was killed; and
•
One of the following, as applicable: whether the deer was antlered or antlerless; the sex of the antelope; the
sex of the turkey and whether a beard was attached; or the sex of the pheasant.


Cold Storage or Processing Facility

A cold storage or processing facility may be established anywhere, including on property where hunting is
conducted. It must be a stationary facility designed and constructed for the purpose of processing and/or
storing game animals and game birds. A person may place and maintain, or possess, in a cold storage or
processing facility, lawfully killed game birds and game animals not in excess of the number permitted to be
possessed by law, if:

•
the owner, operator, or lessee of the cold storage or processing facility maintains the record book as
required by law with the name of all persons placing game animals or game birds in storage, the number and
species of all game animals and game birds in storage, and the date each game animal or game bird was
placed in storage (information must be entered into the record book before game is placed in storage); and
•
tags or permits, when applicable, remain attached to the carcass until the carcass is finally processed. If
a portion of a carcass is delivered to a cold storage or processing facility, the portion of the carcass must
be accompanied by a wildlife resource document unless the wildlife resource has already reached a final
destination and has been finally processed (see NOTE: SAVE YOUR TAG below).


NOTE: The Cold Storage or Processing Facility record book is not required for a private,
noncommercial, family-owned cold storage or processing facilities.

Game birds or game animals may be stored indefinitely, provided they are maintained in an edible condition.
It is unlawful for a hunter or angler, the cold storage facility owner, operator, or lessee, or any other
person to store or receive for storage wildlife resources in numbers greater than the legal possession limits
or that were not lawfully taken. Free Cold Storage Record Books are available at TPWD Law
Enforcement offices.

NOTE: SAVE YOUR TAG and/or PERMIT. After a wildlife resource reaches its final destination and
is finally processed, tagging requirements cease. However, to prevent delay or problems (cold storage or
processor refusing to accept meat, etc.) when taking portions of game (meat/head/hide) that you have
processed at your home to a commercial processor or taxidermist, simply attach the appropriate hunting
license tag and/or permit or a wildlife resource document to the portion of game.

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Taxidermist

Hunters who give any part of a game animal or game bird to a taxidermist for mounting must attach a
wildlife resource document (not the tag from the hunting license or permit) to the part. In return, for deer,
pronghorn antelope, turkey and pheasant, the taxidermist must give the hunter a receipt as prescribed in
“EXCEPTION” (see above). The taxidermist “proof of sex” receipt for the part must accompany the
tagged carcass until it reaches its final destination and is finally processed. If the taxidermist places any
game animal or game bird in cold storage, then the cold storage or processing facility record book is
required by law. Without the appropriate record book and a wildlife resource document accompanying the
game animal or game bird, a taxidermist may be exceeding the prescribed possession limits for game animals
and game birds. Taxidermy information packets may be obtained by calling (800) 792-1112 (menu 0),
ext. 4381 or (512) 389-4381.

A taxidermist who accepts a deer or turkey shall retain the wildlife resource document or tag accompanying
each deer or turkey for a period of two years following the return of the resource to the owner
or the sale of the deer or turkey mount to recover taxidermy cost.

Sale of Deer Antlers and Other Parts

The law prohibits the sale of any game animal, game bird, or protected bird or any part thereof EXCEPT
that DEER ANTLERS, HIDES, BONES, SINEW, and OTHER INEDIBLE PARTS may be sold.

Tagging Deer or Turkey

For additional information, see Deer, pg. 64;Turkey, pg. 67.

Filling Out the Tag for Attaching to Deer or Turkey

If required, the tag from the hunting license of the person who killed the deer or turkey must be correctly
and legibly completed (including name of property and county) and must:

•
be used on a specific type of deer or turkey (for example, buck tags must be used only on buck deer,
antlerless tags on antlerless deer, etc.).
•
have the month and date of kill CUT OUT.
•
be attached immediately to the deer or turkey carcass until it reaches its final destination and is
finally processed (see Definitions, pg. 53).
It is against the law to use:


•
a tag taken from the license of another person or allow your tag to be used by another person.
•
a tag more than one time (or on more than one deer or turkey).
•
an incorrect tag on a deer or turkey (example: mule deer tag used on a white-tailed deer, etc.).


Where to Attach Tag to Deer or Turkey

The hunting license tag may be attached anywhere on a deer or turkey so that it is not damaged, defaced,
or lost in transporting or handling. For deer and turkey, the appropriate tag or applicable permit must
remain attached to the deer or turkey until the deer or turkey reaches its final destination and is finally
processed. If the animal is a deer and the head is severed from the carcass (body), then the appropriate tag
or applicable permit must remain attached to the carcass. See proof of sex in the section below on Processing
Carcass in Camp. If the head does not accompany the carcass, then the head must be accompanied
by a Wildlife Resource Document (WRD). See Transfer of Wildlife Resources, pg. 27.

TIP: Remember that if the head and the carcass are separated, the tag goes with the carcass and the head
must be accompanied by a WRD.

Game Animals

White-tailed deer Pronghorn antelope Red or fox squirrel
Mule deer Gray or cat squirrel Collared peccary or javelina
Desert bighorn sheep

PRONGHORN ANTELOPE (by permit only)

Antelope permits are issued only to the landowner or landowner’s agent in selected areas of Trans-Pecos,
Permian Basin, and Panhandle counties (see County Listings). The landowner-issued antelope permit
must be properly and completely filled out and may be attached anywhere on the antelope. See processing
and proof of sex, pgs. 61–62.

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DESERT BIGHORN SHEEP (Brewster, Culberson, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis and Presidio counties by permit only)

NOTE: As of Sept. 1, 2003, no person may possess a desert bighorn ram skull obtained on or after
Sept. 1, 2003 unless it has either been marked with a department identification plug by a department
employee or the person in possession of the skull also possesses proof that the skull was legally acquired
in another state or country. Ram skulls found in the wild may be possessed, provided the person in
possession did not cause or participate in the death of the ram, the landowner of the property where the
skull was found signs an affidavit attesting to the date and place that the skull was found, and the skull is
plugged by a department employee within 48 hours of being found. Individual horns, as well as skulls
without horns may be possessed without any identification or documentation.

DEER (READ BELOW AND PGS. 64–66 VERY CAREFULLY)

•
A “buck deer” is a deer with a hardened antler protruding through the skin. A “spike buck deer”
is a BUCK with no antler having more than one point. ALL OTHER DEER ARE ANTLERLESS DEER.
A spike buck must be tagged with a buck deer tag from the hunter’s hunting license or applicable permit.
•
White-tailed Deer – The maximum statewide annual bag limit is five white-tailed deer, with no more than
three being bucks (all seasons combined). Bag limits in individual counties may be less (see County Listings).
•
Mule Deer – The annual bag limit is two mule deer with no more than one being a buck (all seasons
combined). See County Listings for antlerless permit requirements.


Except for deer killed by MLD permit, LAMPS permit, department special permit, U.S. Forest Service
antlerless permit, or Big Time Texas Hunt, all deer must be tagged IMMEDIATELY upon kill (see Tagging
Deer or Turkey, pg. 63), in a secure manner anywhere on the deer, with an appropriate license tag
with the month and date CUT OUT.

Tagging Options: There are tag numbers printed on each tag.

IMPORTANT: TAGS #7, #8, and #9 ARE FOR WHITE-TAILED BUCK OR ANTLERLESS DEER.
TAGS #5 and #6 ARE FOR WHITE-TAILED ANTLERLESS DEER ONLY. BUCK TAGS MAY
BE USED IN ANY COUNTY; HOWEVER, LACK OF CAREFUL PLANNING WITH TAGS #7, #8, and
#9 MAY REDUCE THE NUMBER OF WHITE-TAILED BUCK DEER YOU MAY LAWFULLY TAKE.

NOTICE: READ THE TAG USE DESCRIPTION ON YOUR LICENSE CAREFULLY BEFORE
ATTACHING TO HARVESTED DEER.

Tag Number USE ON WHITE-TAILED DEER ONLY:

5 White-tailed Deer – Antlerless ONLY

6 White-tailed Deer – Antlerless ONLY

7 White-tailed Deer – Buck or Antlerless Deer

8 White-tailed Deer – Buck or Antlerless Deer

9 White-tailed Deer – Buck or Antlerless Deer

NOTE: The white-tailed deer tags on the license may be used in any county during an open season for
white-tailed deer.

HUNTING LICENSE HARVEST LOG FOR WHITE-TAILED DEER (ON BACK OF LICENSE)

WHITE-TAILED DEER LOG (PRINT USING INK ONLY)
Whitetail Only
Antlerless Only
County Name DateProperty Name
Antlerless Only
BuckAntlerless
BuckAntlerless
BuckAntlerless
/ /
/ /
/ /
/ /
/ /
*Check this box ( ) above, in addition to the "buck" box, if the buck has a 13" or greater inside antler spread,
and was harvested in one of the antler restriction counties. See Outdoor Annual for county regulations.
Attach Federal
Waterfowl Stamp Here
NO REFUNDSSignature required
xCUT OUT TAG DATE
•
Immediately upon kill of a white-tailed deer the hunter must complete the log, in ink, on the
back of the hunting license. Failure to complete the log as required may result in a fine not to
exceed $500 for each deer improperly logged. New: Asterisks indicate bucks of at least 13 inches.
•
Completion of the log is not required for mule deer, or for white-tailed deer or mule deer
lawfully taken under a MLD permit, LAMPS permit,TPWD Special Drawn Public Hunt permit,
U.S. Forest Service antlerless permit, or on a Big Time Texas Hunt.


Tag Number USE ON MULE DEER ONLY:
10 Mule Deer – Antlerless Only
11 Mule Deer – Buck or Antlerless

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•
WHITE-TAILED DEER HARVEST RESTRICTIONS (as used in County Listings):
•
MANAGED LANDS DEER (MLD) PERMITS: Permits issued to landowners with a
TPWD-approved Wildlife Management Plan. MLD permits allow hunters, at the discretion of
the landowner or agent, to exceed the county bag limit and (in some cases) to hunt during an
extended season. All deer taken on a property for which MLD permits have been
issued must be tagged with the appropriate type of MLD permit. NOTE: No
license log entry or tag from a hunting license is required for deer killed under a
MLD permit (see license log requirement, above). For more information about Wildlife
Management Plans, landowners should call TPWD at (512) 389-4505.
•
LAMPS (Landowner Assisted Management Permit System): LAMPS permits
allow antlerless deer to be taken in counties where antlerless harvest is by permit only during
the entire season or portion of a season. For more information, landowners should
contact TPWD at (409) 489-0823 or visit http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/business/permits/land/
wildlife_management/lamps/. All antlerless deer taken on a LAMPS property must be
tagged with a LAMPS permit. This does not include antlerless deer taken during
the Archery Only Season or Muzzleloader Only Season. NOTE: No hunting
license log or hunting license tag is required for deer killed under a LAMPS permit.
•
For information about antlerless deer permits on National Forest lands, please call the U.S.
Forest Service in Lufkin at (936) 639-8501.
•
SPECIAL ANTLER RESTRICTIONS:
•
In Austin, Bastrop, Bell, Bosque, Bowie, Brazoria, Burleson, Caldwell, Camp, Cass, Cherokee,
Colorado, Comal (E. of I-35), Comanche, Coryell, Delta, DeWitt, Eastland, Erath, Fannin, Fayette,
Fort Bend, Franklin, Goliad, Gonzales, Gregg, Guadalupe, Hamilton, Harrison, Hays (E. of I-35),
Hopkins, Houston, Jackson, Karnes, Lamar, Lampasas, Lavaca, Lee, Leon, Marion, Matagorda,
Morris, Nacogdoches, Panola, Rains, Red River, Rusk, Sabine, San Augustine, Shelby, Somervell,
Titus, Travis (E.of I-35),Upshur,Victoria, Waller, Washington, Wharton, Williamson, Wilson,and
Wood counties, there are special regulations for buck deer. In these counties, the bag limit is
two legal bucks, but only ONE may have an inside spread of 13 inches or greater. A legal
buck deer is defined as having:
•
a hardened antler protruding through the skin AND;
•
at least one unbranched antler; OR
•
an inside spread measurement between main beams of 13 inches or greater.




•
To determine if a buck has an inside spread measurement of at least 13 inches, look at the distance
from ear-tip to ear-tip on a buck with ears in the alert position (see illustration). The 13inch
or greater inside spread requirement does not apply to any buck that has an unbranched
antler.


•
Definition of a point: A point is a projection that extends at least one
inch from the edge of a main beam or another tine. The tip of the main
beam is also a point.
•
Does not apply on Level 2 or 3 MLDP properties.



Ears in alert position
are approximately
13 inches apart and
may be used to judge
the inside spread.



Legal Point Not a Point


LEGAL LEGAL LEGAL ILLEGAL
at least one at least one inside spread of This buck meets
unbranched antler unbranched antler 13 inches or greater none of the criteria
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WHITE-TAILED DEER YOUTH-ONLY:
•
This does not apply to properties that have Level 3 MLD permits, or in counties where there is no
open general season for white-tailed deer
•
Age Restriction: In the applicable Special Youth-Only counties, only licensed hunters 16 years of
age or younger may hunt deer. Special Hunting License Required (Type 169).
•
October Special Youth-Only Season: Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 25–26, 2008. All legal hunting
means and methods are allowed, except Grayson County is archery only. All other deer hunting,
other than by youth hunters, shall be by means of lawful archery and crossbows (hunters with upper
limb disability) only.
•
January Special Youth-Only Season: Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 17–18, 2009. The season is open
in all counties where there is a general open season for white-tailed deer. All legal hunting means and
methods are allowed, except Grayson County is archery only.
•
October and January Special Youth-Only bag limit, take of antlerless deer, and special
requirements:
•
In Bowie, Brazos, Camp, Cherokee, Delta, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson, Gregg, Grimes, Hopkins,
Houston, Lamar, Madison, Morris, Red River, Robertson, Rusk,Titus, Upshur, and Wood counties,
the bag and permit requirements are the same as the period Nov. 27–30, 2008 for each respective
county (see County Listings); and
•
For the remainder of the state, the bag and permit requirements are the same as for the first two
days of the general season in the county (see County Listings).
•
In a county where antlerless deer may be taken only by permit, a permit is required to take antler-
less deer during the youth seasons.






JAVELINA (See County Listings)

•
North Texas Season: Oct. 1, 2008–Feb. 22, 2009. Bag limit of two and possession of two per year.
•
South Texas Season: Sept. 1, 2008–Aug. 31, 2009. Bag limit of two and possession of two per year.
•
All other counties are closed.


SQUIRREL YOUTH-ONLY – 16 years of age and under.

• September Special Youth-Only Season: Saturday and Sunday, Sept. 27–28, 2008 in all counties that
have an Oct. 1, 2008–Feb. 1, 2009 and May 1–31 open squirrel season (see County Listings). NOT the
same as youth hunts on wildlife management areas.

ALLIGATOR

•
Except when engaged in hunting, it is against the law to intentionally feed a free-ranging alligator.
•
Alligators may be taken under any resident or non-resident hunting license.
•
In Angelina, Brazoria, Calhoun, Chambers, Galveston, Hardin, Jackson, Jasper, Jefferson, Liberty, Matagorda,
Nacogdoches, Newton, Orange, Polk, Refugio, Sabine, San Augustine, San Jacinto,Trinity,Tyler, and Victoria counties
(“core” counties), and on properties in other counties for which TPWD has issued CITES tags to the
landowner, the open season for alligators is Sept. 10–30. In core counties and on special properties, no person
may hunt an alligator without possessing a valid CITES tag on their person. CITES tags in these counties
are issued to landowners following a site inspection and evaluation by TPWD. For information about tag
issuance and requirements, contact the J.D. Murphree Wildlife Management office at (409) 736-2551.
•
In all other counties (non-core counties):
•
Open season: April 1–June 30. Alligators may not be taken during this season on any property where
alligators were taken during the September season.
•
Bag Limit: One alligator per person per license year.
•
Alligators may be taken on private property ONLY. Alligators may be taken from public waters by all
lawful means EXCEPT FIREARMS; however, the person taking the alligator and the taking device
MUST be on private property.
•
Tagging: Upon killing an alligator, a person must:
•
IMMEDIATELY complete a Wildlife Resource Document (see pg. 96), which shall accompany the
alligator until it is permanently tagged with a CITES tag;
•
Complete an Alligator Harvest Report (see pg. 96) and mail it to TPWD Headquarters, 4200 Smith
School Rd,Austin, 78744, along with a $20 hide tag fee (check or money order only); and
•
Permanently tag the alligator with a CITES tag IMMEDIATELY upon receipt of the CITES tag in the mail
from TPWD.




•
Lawful hunting hours: From one-half hour before sunrise to sunset. Between sunset and one-half hour
before sunrise, no person shall set any baited line capable of taking an alligator, remove an alligator from a
line set, or use any means and methods other than line sets.
•
Means and Methods:


• Hook and line (line set). Line sets must be secured on private property. Hook-bearing lines may
not be set prior to the open season and shall be removed no later than sunset on the last day of the
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that contains the full name and current address of the person who set the line and the hunting license
number of the person who set the line. Line sets shall be inspected daily and alligators shall be killed,
documented, and removed IMMEDIATELY upon discovery.

•
Alligator gig
•
Hand-held snare with integral locking mechanism
•
Lawful archery equipment (with barbed arrow)
•
Lawful firearms. IMPORTANT NOTICE: FIREARMS MAY BE USED TOTAKE ALLIGATORS ONLY ON
PRIVATE PROPERTY. IT IS UNLAWFUL TOTAKE AN ALLIGATOR BY MEANS OF FIREARMS FROM, IN,
ON,ACROSS, OR OVER PUBLIC WATER. Centerfire ONLY; rimfire UNLAWFUL, except for dispatch.
•
An alligator captured on a taking device (line set, lawful archery equipment, gig, or snare) MUST be killed
IMMEDIATELY. An alligator, in public water, caught on a taking device lawfully attached to private property
may be dispatched with a firearm.
•
No person may employ more than ONE taking device at any time.
•
A line of at least 300-pound test must be securely attached to all taking devices other than firearms.
•
Hook-bearing lines must be attached to a stationary object, on private property, capable of maintaining
a portion of the line above water when an alligator is caught on the line.
•
A line attached to an arrow, snare, or gig must have a float attached to the line. The float shall be
no less than 6" X 6" X 8" or, if the float is spherical, no less than 8 inches in diameter.


• NOTE: Additional regulations apply and can be found in the department publication
entitled “Alligators in Texas,” available at all TPWD Regional Law Enforcement offices,
on-line at http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us, or by calling (800) 792-1112 (menu 5). Alligators
may be sold ONLY to a licensed wholesale dealer or alligator farmer.

Game Birds

All wild varieties of:

Bobwhite quail Migratory game birds (all species) Species with no open season:
Chachalaca Pheasants • Attwater’s prairie chicken
Gambel’s quail Scaled quail (blue) • Mearn’s (Montezuma) quail
Lesser prairie chicken Turkey • Partridge (includes chukar)

MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS

•
Dove, teal, gallinule, rail, snipe, and woodcock, see pg. 68.
•
Waterfowl and sandhill crane regulations are contained in a separate digest available in October
wherever licenses are sold.


PHEASANT

•
General Season:
•
Selected Panhandle counties: Dec. 6, 2008–Jan. 4, 2009. Bag limit: three cocks. Possession limit: six
cocks.
•
Selected coastal counties: Nov. 1, 2008–Feb. 22, 2009. Bag limit: three cocks. Possession limit: six cocks.
•
It is unlawful to hunt pheasant by the aid of dragging of a cable, chain, rope, or other device connected
to or between a moving object or objects.


PRAIRIE CHICKEN

•
General Season: Oct. 18–19, 2008
•
By permit only. Permits issued to landowners only.
•
Firearms restricted to shotgun only. Take by falconry is lawful.


QUAIL – Bobwhite, Scaled (blue) and Gambel’s

• General Season: Oct. 25, 2008–Feb. 22, 2009. Daily bag limit: 15. Possession limit: 45.

TURKEY

•
See County Listings for specific county regulations.
•
It is against the law to hunt roosting turkeys by any means at any time.
•
Special Requirements for Proof of Sex: see Processing Carcass in Camp, pgs. 61–62.
•
SPECIAL REGULATIONS for Eastern Spring Season in certain East Texas counties: Shotgun,
archery and crossbows only, no hunting over bait; all turkeys must be checked at a check station within 24
hours after they are killed; and harvested turkeys may be field dressed, but must otherwise remain intact.
See Turkey Check Stations at: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/hunt/season/stations/


All turkey must be tagged with a tag from the hunter’s license IMMEDIATELY upon kill, and in
a secure manner anywhere on the turkey.

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NOTICE: READ THE TAG USE DESCRIPTION ON YOUR LICENSE CAREFULLY BEFORE
ATTACHING TO HARVESTED TURKEY.

Tag Number USE ON TURKEY ONLY:

1 Rio Grande Turkey – Valid Only in a county for which the annual bag limit is four turkeys

2 Rio Grande Turkey – Valid Only in a county for which the annual bag limit is four turkeys

3 Eastern or Rio Grande Turkey – Valid in certain East Texas counties with an annual bag limit

of one (see County Listings) OR in any county with an annual bag limit of four turkeys

4 Rio Grande Turkey – Valid in any county for which the bag limit is four turkeys OR during

the Spring Season in Bastrop, Caldwell, Colorado, Fayette, Jackson, Lavaca, Lee, and Milam

counties (see County Listings)

•
TURKEY YOUTH-ONLY (all counties with a fall general season for Rio Grande turkey):
•
Age Restriction: In the applicable counties, only licensed hunters 16 years of age or younger may
hunt turkey.
•
October Special Youth-Only Season: Saturday and Sunday, Oct. 25–26, 2008. Firearms are lawful,
as well as the applicable archery-only legal means.
•
January Special Youth-Only Season: Saturday and Sunday, Jan. 17–18, 2009. All legal methods are
allowed.
•
Bag Limit: As specified for the county during the Fall Rio Grande Turkey season (see County Listings).
•
Youth-Only Spring Seasons (Rio Grande turkey only):


• All counties with a 4-Turkey bag limit: the Saturday and Sunday immediately preceding the opening
weekend of the spring general season, and the Saturday and Sunday immediately following the
last weekend of the Spring General Season.

Migratory Game Birds (Early Season)

Nothing in this publication authorizes any person to violate federal laws governing migratory
game birds.

A migratory game bird stamp is required to hunt any migratory game bird, including mourning
doves.

A free Federal Sandhill Crane Hunting Permit is required to hunt sandhill cranes.

Dove,Teal, Gallinule, Rail, Snipe, and Woodcock

NOTE: Duck, merganser, coot, sandhill crane, and goose hunting dates and bag limits have not been
finalized as of this printing. A separate digest containing general waterfowl regulations will be available
in October wherever licenses are sold.

Please Report Dove Bands

Please check doves you shoot for bands and report them. The bands are very small and easy to overlook.
Previous studies indicated two-thirds of banded doves taken by hunters were never reported. High
reporting rates maximize return on hunting license dollars spent for needed management information.

Please report bands to the toll-free telephone number (1-800-327-BAND [2263]) or on the Internet
at: http://www.reportband.gov

HIP Requirement for Migratory Game Bird Hunters

No person shall hunt migratory game birds in this state unless that person is certified in the Harvest
Information Program (HIP) in Texas. When you purchase a hunting license, indicate to the license clerk that
you intend to hunt migratory game birds during the 2008-2009 season and need to be HIP certified by
answering a few simple questions.

The letters “HIP” should appear on your license to indicate that you have been HIP certified.

DEFINITIONS

•
Aggregate Limit: A daily bag or possession limit composed of more than one species.
•
Bait: Salt, grain, or other feed, directly or indirectly placed, exposed, deposited, distributed, or scattered, that
could serve as a lure or attraction for migratory game birds to, on, or over any areas where hunters are
attempting to take them.
•
Baited Area: Any area on which bait has been placed, exposed, deposited, distributed, or scattered so as to
serve as a lure or attraction for migratory game birds to, on, or over areas where hunters are attempting to
take them. Any such area will remain a baited area for ten days following the complete removal of all bait.
•
Daily Bag Limit: The maximum number of birds as specified for each species which may be taken during
the legal shooting hours of any one day.


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Legal Shotgun: Shotguns not larger than 10 gauge, fired from the shoulder, and incapable of holding more than
three shells (shotguns capable of holding more than three shells must be plugged with a one-piece filler which is
incapable of removal without disassembling the gun, so the gun’s total capacity does not exceed three shells).
•
Manipulation: Alteration of natural vegetation or crops, including but not limited to mowing, shredding,
discing, rolling, chopping, trampling, flattening, burning, and herbicide treatments.
•
Migratory Game Birds: Includes all wild species of ducks, geese, coot, rail, gallinules, snipe, woodcock,
doves (mourning, white-winged, white-tipped or white-fronted) and sandhill cranes. Does not include exotic
collared-dove.
•
Natural Vegetation: Any non-agricultural, native, or naturalized plant species.
•
Normal Agricultural Planting, Harvesting, and Post-Harvest Manipulation: A planting or
harvesting undertaken for the purpose of producing and gathering a crop, or manipulation after such harvest
and removal of a crop, that is conducted in accordance with official recommendations of State Extension Specialists
of the Cooperative Extension Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
•
Possession Limit: The maximum number of migratory game birds that can be possessed at any time
(two times the daily bag limit after the first day of the season). Sora and Virginia rails are an exception, see pg. 70.
•
Sinkbox: A low floating device concealing a person below the surface of the water. UNLAWFUL!
•
Waterfowl: Includes ducks, geese, mergansers, and coots.


GENERAL RULES

NOTE: Hunters are responsible for knowing whether an area is baited or not.

•
Baiting (the following baiting rules have been established by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service):
•
A hunter MAY hunt any migratory game bird:
• over standing crops, standing flooded crops, and flooded harvested crops
•
at any time over natural vegetation that has been manipulated
•
where seeds or grains have been scattered as a result of normal agricultural planting, harvesting,
or post-harvest manipulation
• over crops or natural vegetation where grain has been inadvertently scattered as a result of
entering or leaving the field, placing decoys, or retrieving downed birds


•
using natural vegetation or crops to conceal a blind, provided that if crops are used, no grain or
other feed is exposed, deposited, distributed, or scattered in the process
•
except waterfowl and cranes where grain or other feed has been distributed or scattered as
the result of the manipulation of a crop or livestock feeding




•
A hunter MAY NOT:
•
hunt migratory birds with the aid of bait, or on or over any baited area
•
hunt over any baited area until 10 days after all baiting materials have been removed
•
hunt waterfowl or cranes over manipulated planted millet, unless the millet was planted more than
one year prior to hunting
•
hunt waterfowl or cranes over crops that have been manipulated, unless the manipulation is a
normal agricultural planting, harvesting, or post-harvest manipulation




•
Documentation: All harvested migratory game birds not in the immediate possession of the person
who killed them must be tagged with a wildlife resource document (see pg. 96) until the birds reach the
possessor’s personal residence and are finally processed. If a hunter’s personal birds have been finally
processed at a cold storage or processing facility and the hunter transports someone else’s birds, then
a WRD must accompany those birds until they reach the possessor’s permanent residence.
•
Emergency Rule Changes: These rules may be modified to make them consistent with federal regulations
or to protect the wildlife resource through emergency action by the TPWD executive director.
•
Lawful Hunting Means and Methods: Shotguns, archery equipment (except crossbows), falconry,
dogs, artificial decoys, and manual or mouth-operated bird calls are lawful. Hunting is permitted in the
open or from a blind or other type of concealment or from floating craft or boat provided that all
motion resulting from sail or motor has ceased. Sails must be furled and motor turned off before shooting
starts. A “sinkbox” is unlawful (see definition, above)
•
Nontoxic Shot: While waterfowl hunting, only nontoxic shot approved by the director of the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service may be possessed. Lead shot is unlawful!
•
Species Identification: Except for migratory game birds processed at a cold storage or processing
facility, or doves, one fully-feathered wing or the head must remain attached to migratory game birds
while the birds are being transported between the place where taken and the permanent residence of
the possessor. Note: Migratory game birds may be dressed for immediate cooking at a place other
than a permanent residence (e.g., hunting camp). This does not include placing dressed birds in a
cooler/refrigerator for later consumption while at a place other than a permanent residence. Hunters
are encouraged to leave plumage on all doves other than mourning dove, white-winged dove, and white-
tipped dove (e.g., exotic collared-dove) for species identification.
•
Transfer: A person may not transfer or give migratory game birds to another person while in the field.
After leaving the field, a person must have a wildlife resource document for any migratory game bird not
in the immediate possession of the person who killed them (see Daily Bag and Possession). Migratory
game birds may be shipped, provided a wildlife resource document accompanies the package. See above
for more information on documentation. A sample wildlife resource document is on pg. 96.


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•
Vehicles: It is unlawful to hunt from or by means of motor-driven vehicles and land conveyances or
aircraft of any kind, except paraplegics and single or double amputees of legs may hunt from stationary
motor-driven vehicles or land conveyances. It is unlawful to use motor-driven land, water, or air conveyances
or sailboats to concentrate, drive, rally, or stir up any migratory game bird.
•
There is no open season for migratory game birds on public roads or the right-of-way of public roads.
•
Federal Regulations: For more information on federal regulations, contact: U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, P.O. Box 329,Albuquerque, NM 87103. Phone (505) 248-7889 or visit: http://www.fws.gov/le/


HUNTING REGULATIONS
OPEN SEASONS, BAG AND POSSESSION LIMITS (Migratory Game Birds)

•
Daily Bag: No person shall possess more than one daily bag limit of birds while in the field or while
returning from the field to one’s hunting camp, automobile, or temporary lodging facility (see Documentation,
see above). For the first day of any season, the possession limit is the daily bag limit.
•
Possession: The possession limit shall apply at processing facilities and until the birds have reached the
personal residence of the possessor and are finally processed (cleaned for consumption).
•
Legal Shooting Hours: From one-half hour before sunrise to sunset. During the Special White-
winged Dove Season: noon to sunset. See http://www.sunrisesunset.com/usa/Texas.asp
•
Doves (please report leg bands to 1-800-327-BAND): Migratory game bird stamp endorsement
required to hunt any doves in any season. NOTE: There is no closed season or bag limit restrictions
for Eurasian collared-doves or common pigeons (rock doves); however, it is recommended that plumage
be left on these birds for identification purposes.
•
North Zone: Regular Season: Sept. 1–Oct. 30, 2008.
•
Daily Bag Limit: 15 mourning, white-winged, and white-tipped (white-fronted) doves in the aggregate,
to include not more than 2 whitetips.
•
Possession Limit: twice the daily bag limit.




•
Central Zone: Regular Season: Sept. 1–Oct. 30, 2008 and Dec. 26, 2008–Jan. 4, 2009.
•
Daily Bag Limit: 12 mourning, white-winged, and white-tipped (white-fronted) doves in the aggregate,
to include not more than 2 whitetips.
•
Possession Limit: twice the daily bag limit.




•
South Zone: Regular Season: Sept. 20–Nov. 9, 2008 and Dec. 26, 2008–Jan. 13, 2009.
•
Daily Bag Limit: 12 mourning, white-winged and white-tipped (white-fronted) doves in the aggregate,
to include not more than 2 whitetips.
•
Possession Limit: twice the daily bag limit.




•
Special White-winged Dove Area:
•
Special Season (shooting hours: noon to sunset): Sept. 6, 7, 13, 14, 2008.
•
Daily Bag Limit: 12 white-winged, mourning and white-tipped (white-fronted) doves in the
aggregate, to include not more than 4 mourning doves and 2 whitetips.
•
Possession Limit: twice the daily bag limit.




•
Regular Season: Sept. 20–Nov. 9, 2008 and Dec. 26, 2008–Jan. 9, 2009.
•
Daily Bag Limit: 12 mourning, white-winged and white-tipped (white-fronted) doves in the
aggregate, to include not more than 2 whitetips.
•
Possession Limit: twice the daily bag limit.








•
Falconry Season (Statewide): Dove: Nov. 19–Dec. 25, 2008.
•
Daily Bag Limit: 3 in the aggregate.
•
Possession Limit: 6 in the aggregate.




•
September Teal-Only Season (Blue-winged, Green-winged & Cinnamon Teal):
•
Statewide: Sept 13–28, 2008.
•
Daily Bag Limit: 4 in the aggregate.
•
Possession Limit: 8 in the aggregate.




•
King and Clapper Rails:
•
Regular Season: Sept. 13–28, 2008 and Nov. 1–Dec. 24, 2008.
•
Daily Bag Limit: 15 in the aggregate.
•
Possession Limit: 30 in the aggregate.




•
Falconry Season: Dec. 26, 2008–Jan. 31, 2009.
•
Daily Bag Limit: 3 in the aggregate.
•
Possession Limit: 6 in the aggregate.




•
Sora and Virginia Rails:
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Regular Season: Sept. 13–28, 2008 and Nov. 1–Dec. 24, 2008.
•
Daily Bag Limit: 25 in the aggregate.
•
Possession Limit: 25 in the aggregate.




•
Falconry Season: Dec. 26, 2008–Jan. 31, 2009.
•
Daily Bag Limit: 3 in the aggregate.
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Possession Limit: 6 in the aggregate.






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Moorhens (Common Gallinules) and Purple Gallinules:
•
Regular Season: Sept. 13–28, 2008 and Nov. 1–Dec. 24, 2008.
•
Daily Bag Limit: 15 in the aggregate.
•
Possession Limit: 30 in the aggregate.




•
Falconry Season: Dec. 26, 2008–Jan. 31, 2009.
• Daily Bag Limit: 3 in the aggregate. Possession Limit: 6 in the aggregate.


•
Woodcock:
•
Regular Season: Dec. 18, 2008–Jan. 31, 2009.
• Daily Bag Limit: 3 in the aggregate. Possession Limit: 6 in the aggregate.


•
Falconry Season: Nov. 24–Dec. 17, 2008.
•
Daily Bag Limit: 3 in the aggregate.
•
Possession Limit: 6 in the aggregate.




•
Wilson’s Snipe (Common snipe or jacksnipe):
•
Regular Season: Nov. 1, 2008–Feb. 15, 2009.
•
Daily Bag Limit: 8 in the aggregate.
•
Possession Limit: 16 in the aggregate.






Nongame and Other Species

NONGAME ANIMALS (Includes, but is not limited to the following):

Armadillos* Flying squirrels Mountain lions Rabbits
Bobcats* Frogs Porcupines Turtles
Coyotes* Ground squirrels Prairie dogs

•
Does not include feral hog (see Exotic Animals and Fowl).
•
No closed season. These animals may be hunted at any time by any lawful means or methods on private property.
Public hunting lands may have restrictions. A hunting license is required.
• *BOBCAT pelts sold, purchased, traded, transported or shipped out of state must have a pelt tag (CITES)
attached. A pelt tag must be attached prior to being transported or shipped out of this state. Pelt tags may
be obtained from any permitted bobcat pelt dealer, or offices listed on pg. 18. For additional information contact
TPWD (800) 792-1112, menu 7, option 9 or (512) 389-4481.


•
Live *COYOTES are currently under a statewide rabies quarantine that prohibits them from being
transported or sold in Texas (see exceptions on pg. 25). For information on the rabies quarantine, visit:
http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/idcu/health/zoonosis/default.asp
• *ARMADILLOS: Possession and sale of live armadillos is restricted.


•
No person may possess a diamondback terrapin at any time.
•
No person may hunt (capture, trap, take or kill) any wild animal or wild bird on a public road or the right-ofway
of public roads.


POSSESSION AND SALE OF NONGAME WILDLIFE

•
The take of ANY nongame species for commercial purposes (sale, offer for sale, barter, or exchange)
from PUBLIC lands or waters is UNLAWFUL.


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Provided the appropriate permit has been obtained, red-eared slider, common snapping turtle, and soft-
shell turtle may be taken from private water for commercial purposes; however, the take or possession
of any other species of turtle for commercial activity is UNLAWFUL.
•
Most species of nongame wildlife may be sold, offered for sale, bartered, or exchanged, provided the
proper nongame permit has been obtained from TPWD and all reporting and recordkeeping requirements
are met; however, the collection from the wild, sale, offer for sale, or exchange of certain species
of nongame wildlife is UNLAWFUL.
•
A landowner or landowner’s agent may kill any nongame wildlife other than protected birds and threatened
or endangered species (see Endangered, Threatened, and Other Protected Nongame
Species below) at any time in any number, provided the wildlife is not used in a commercial activity.


HUNTING REGULATIONS
For more information on nongame regulations, permit requirements, and lists of lawful and prohibited
species, contact TPWD at (800) 792-1112, menu 7 or (512) 389-4481 or go to Nongame Permits on the
TPWD Web site at: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/business/permits/land/wildlife/#nongame

“CANNED HUNTS” (DANGEROUS WILD ANIMALS)

No person may kill or attempt to injure a dangerous wild animal (African or Asiatic lion, tiger, leopard,
cheetah, hyena, bear, elephant, wolf, or rhinoceros, or any subspecies or hybrid of these animals) that is held
in captivity in this state or that is released from captivity in this state for the purpose of being killed, nor
may any person conduct, promote, advertise, or assist in the hunting of a dangerous wild animal.

EXOTIC ANIMALS AND FOWL

Exotic animal refers to grass-eating or plant-eating, single-hoofed or cloven-hoofed mammals that are
not indigenous or native to Texas and are known as ungulates, including animals from the deer and antelope
families that landowners have introduced into this state. Includes, but is not limited to feral hog, Aoudad
sheep,Axis deer, Elk, Sika deer, Fallow deer, Blackbuck antelope, Nilgai antelope, and Russian boar. Exotic
fowl refers to any avian species that is not indigenous to this state, including ratites (emu, ostrich, rhea,
cassowary, etc.).

There are no state bag or possession limits or closed seasons on exotic animals or fowl on private property.

It is against the law to:

•
Hunt an exotic without a valid hunting license.
•
Hunt an exotic on a public road or right-of-way.
•
Hunt an exotic without the landowner’s permission.
•
Possess an exotic or the carcass of an exotic without the owner’s consent.
Penalty: A person who violates these laws commits an offense that is a Class A Parks and Wildlife
Code misdemeanor ($500-$4,000 and/or up to one year in jail).


The Texas Animal Health Commission (TAHC) regulates the movement of feral swine for disease-
control purposes. For more information please call TAHC at (800) 550-8242 or see www.tahc.state.tx.us

FUR-BEARING ANIMALS

Badger Mink Opossum Ring-tailed cat
Beaver Muskrat Otter Skunk
Fox Nutria Raccoon

•
A trapper’s license is required to take or attempt to take fur-bearing animals, except that a
person who possesses a hunting license may take and possess a fur-bearing animal, provided the
furbearer (or any part thereof) is not to be sold.
•
A department-issued CITES tag is required to be attached to all otters taken and possessed in this state.
•
A landowner on their own land or their authorized agent is not required to have a trapper’s or hunting
license if these nuisance animals are taken while causing loss or damage to agricultural crops, livestock,
poultry, or personal property. However, such animals or their pelts may not be possessed or sold.
Note: All laws and regulations governing hunter education still apply.
•
Seasons, legal means of taking, and rules about fur-bearing animals or their pelts are covered in another
guide called Fur-bearing Animal Digest. Fur-bearing animals may be hunted at night on private property
with the aid of an artificial light.


ENDANGERED,THREATENED,AND OTHER PROTECTED NONGAME SPECIES

It is unlawful for any person to hunt (see Definitions - Hunt, pg. 53) threatened, endangered, or protected
nongame species. To sell or purchase goods made from threatened or endangered species, proper documentation
must accompany the goods. For a complete list of threatened and endangered species, and regulations
relating to breeding threatened and endangered species, please call (800) 792-1112 (menu 5).

• Protected Birds: Hawks, owls, eagles, and all other nongame birds and songbirds (except for the few
unprotected birds listed below) are protected by various state and federal laws and may not be killed,
taken from the nest, picked up, or possessed for any reason, and their feathers may not be possessed or
sold. Arts and crafts may not include these protected species under any circumstances.

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Unprotected Birds:
•
The only birds not protected by any state or federal law are European starlings, English sparrows, feral
rock doves (common pigeon -Columba livia), and Eurasian collared-doves; these species may be killed at
any time, their nests or eggs destroyed, and their feathers may be possessed.
•
Yellow-headed, red-winged, rusty, or Brewer’s blackbirds and all grackles, cowbirds (does not include cattle
egret), crows, or magpies may be controlled without a federal or state depredation permit when found
committing or about to commit depredations on ornamental or shade trees, agricultural crops, livestock,
or wildlife, or when concentrated in numbers and in a manner that constitutes a health hazard
or other nuisance.
•
Bats: May not be hunted, killed, possessed, purchased or sold; however, bats may be moved, trapped, or
killed if inside or on a building occupied by people. A person may transport a bat for the purpose of
laboratory testing if there is a rabies concern.


BLACK BEARS and MOUNTAIN LIONS

Black bears are protected and cannot be hunted or killed. Mountain lions are not protected and can
be harvested at any time. Please report black bear sightings or mortalities, and mountain lion sightings,
harvests or mortalities to (512) 389-8047.

CONTROLLED EXOTIC SNAKES

It is UNLAWFUL (Class C misdemeanor) for any person, regardless of age, to possess certain non-
indigenous snakes for commercial (Type 581) or recreational (Type 580) purposes if that person has
not obtained a TPWD controlled exotic snake permit for that purpose. A controlled exotic snake is
any species of venomous snakes not indigenous to Texas;African rock python (Python sebae); Asiatic rock
python (Python molurus); green anaconda (Eunectes murinus); reticulated python (Python reticulatus);
southern African python (Python natalensis), and includes ANY hybrid of these species. Permits may be
purchased anywhere hunting and fishing licenses are sold. In addition, it is UNLAWFUL (Class A misdemeanor)
to intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence release or allow the release
from captivity of any of these snakes. Snakes possessed without the necessary permit may be seized,
removed, and disposed of at the cost pf the person possessing the snakes. Controlled exotic snakes are
regulated under Parks and Wildlife Code, Chapter 43, Subchapter V, which may be enforced by any licensed
Texas peace officer. For further information, call (800) 792-1112 (menu 7) or visit the TPWD Web site at:
http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/faq/business/permits/nonindigenous_snakes/index.phtm

County Listings

ADVISORY: It is the responsibility of the hunter to be aware of applicable federal regulations on
federal lands (Forest Service, National Recreation Areas, etc.). The Corps of Engineers (COE) allows hunting
on some, but not all, COE properties. For more information, including information on area-specific permit
requirements, contact the COE District Office in Fort Worth or Galveston or visit www.swd.usace.army.mil/
and click on the appropriate district office.

SPECIAL NOTES:

•
WHITE-TAILED DEER: On properties where Level 2 or Level 3 MLD permits have been issued, a
MLD permit is required to hunt any white-tailed deer. On Level 1 MLD properties, a MLD permit is
required ONLY for antlerless deer.
•
On properties for which MLD permits have been issued, ALL deer harvested during ANY open season
MUST be tagged with an appropriate completed MLD tag furnished by the landowner.
•
EASTERN TURKEY: In counties with an Eastern turkey spring season, there is no fall turkey season.
•
ALLIGATOR: Alligator regulations vary by county, see pg. 66.


ANDERSON (Palestine) wide); Muzzleloader Season: Jan. 10-18 (antlerless and
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General spike bucks only, antlerless permit required only on MLD
Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit only). Bag property). Bag limit: 4 (no more than 2 bucks and 2 antler-
limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined). less, all seasons combined).All dogs prohibited.

SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10. SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
ANDREWS (Andrews) (gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.
MULE DEER—General Season Only: Nov. 22-30 (antlerless
by permit only). Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck).

ARANSAS (Rockport)

JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.

WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Sea


son: Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19WT
DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General

ANGELINA (Lufkin)

Feb. 1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-30, no antlerless permit

more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
required except on National Forest, LAMPS or MLD prop-JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
erty; Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only – county-SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.

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COUNTY LISTINGS
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Spring Season: Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).

ARCHER (Archer City)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

ARMSTRONG (Claude)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

ATASCOSA (Jourdanton)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General
Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Spring Season: Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined) per license year.

AUSTIN (Bellville)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by MLD permit only). Bag
limit: 4 (2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
Special Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.

BAILEY (Muleshoe)
MULE DEER—General Season Only: Nov. 22-30 (antlerless
by permit only). Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck).
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.

BANDERA (Bandera)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

BASTROP (Bastrop)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by MLD permit only). Bag
limit: 4 (2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
Special Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Rio Grande Spring Season only: Apr. 1-30. Bag
limit: 1 (gobblers only).

BAYLOR (Seymour)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

BEE (Beeville)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Spring Season: Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).

BELL (Belton)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. East of IH 35: antlerless by permit
only. West of IH 35: no antlerless permit required
except on MLD property. Countywide bag limit: 4 (2 buck
and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined). Special Antler
Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

BEXAR (San Antonio)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

BLANCO (Johnson City)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.


TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

BORDEN (Gail)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

BOSQUE (Meridian)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined). Special Antler Restrictions: see
pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

BOWIE (New Boston)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 27-30, no antlerless permit
required except on LAMPS or MLD property; Nov. 1-26
and Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only – countywide).
Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
Special Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

BRAZORIA (Angleton)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-30, no antlerless permit required
except on MLD property; Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by MLD
permit only – countywide). Bag limit: 4 (2 bucks and 2
antlerless, all seasons combined). Special Antler
Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limits.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

BRAZOS (Bryan)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 27-30, no antlerless permit
required except on LAMPS or MLD property; Nov. 1-26
and Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 3
(1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. Daily bag limit: 10.

BREWSTER (Alpine)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Muzzleloader Season: Jan. 10-18 (antlerless
and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 4 (no more than 2
bucks, all seasons combined).

MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (no antlerless
permit required except on MLD properties); General Season:
Nov. 29-Dec. 14 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 2
(no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).

JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
TURKEY—Spring Season only: Mar. 21-May 3. Bag limit: 4
(gobblers only).
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

BRISCOE (Silverton)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

BROOKS (Falfurrias)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Feb. 22 (either sex); Spring Season:
Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

BROWN (Brownwood)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

BURLESON (Caldwell)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 4
(2 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined). Special
Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. Daily bag limit: 10.

BURNET (Burnet)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

CALDWELL (Lockhart)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by MLD permit only). Bag
limit: 4 (2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
Special Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.

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COUNTY LISTINGS
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Rio Grande Spring Season only: Apr. 1-30. Bag

limit: 1 (gobblers only).

CALHOUN (Port Lavaca)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Spring Season: Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).

CALLAHAN (Baird)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

CAMERON (Brownsville)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Spring Season: Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).
CHACHALACA—Nov. 1-Feb. 22. Daily bag limit: 5.

CAMP (Pittsburg)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 27-30, no antlerless permit
required except on LAMPS or MLD property; Nov. 1-26
and Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only – countywide).
Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
Special Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

CARSON (Panhandle)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

CASS (Linden)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-16, no antlerless permit required
except on LAMPS or MLD property; Nov. 17-Jan. 4, antler-
less by permit only – countywide). Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and
2 antlerless, all seasons combined). Special Antler
Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

CASTRO (Dimmitt)

PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.

CHAMBERS (Anahuac)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-30, no antlerless permit required
except on LAMPS or MLD property; Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antler-
less by permit only – countywide); Muzzleloader Season:
Jan. 10-18 (antlerless and spike bucks only, antlerless permit
required only on MLD property). Bag limit: 4 (no more
than 2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
PHEASANT—Nov. 1-Feb. 22. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.

CHEROKEE (Rusk)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 27-30, no antlerless permit
required except on LAMPS or MLD property; Nov. 1-26
and Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only – countywide).
Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
Special Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

CHILDRESS (Childress)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

CLAY (Henrietta)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

COCHRAN (Morton)

MULE DEER—General Season Only: Nov. 22-30 (antlerless

by permit only). Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck).
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.


COKE (Robert Lee)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

COLEMAN (Coleman)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex). Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

COLLIN (McKinney)

SQUIRREL—No closed season. Daily bag limit: 10.

COLLINGSWORTH (Wellington)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

COLORADO (Columbus)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by MLD permit only). Bag
limit: 4 (2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
Special Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Rio Grande Spring Season only: Apr. 1-30. Bag
limit: 1 (gobblers only).

COMAL (New Braunfels)
WT DEER—Archery Season: (countywide) Sept. 27-Oct. 31;
General Season: (countywide) Nov. 1-Jan. 4; East of
IH 35: antlerless by permit only, bag limit 4 (2 buck and 2
antlerless, all seasons combined) Special Antler
Restrictions: see pg. 65. West of IH 35: bag limit 5 (no
more than 2 bucks, all seasons combined); Special Late
General Season: Jan. 5-18 (antlerless and spike bucks only).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

COMANCHE (Comanche)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined). Special Antler Restrictions: see
pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

CONCHO (Paint Rock)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

COOKE (Gainesville)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-30, no antlerless permit required
except on MLD property; Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit
only). Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons
combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

CORYELL (Gatesville)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined). Special Antler Restrictions: see
pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

COTTLE (Paducah)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

CRANE (Crane)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 3
(1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 29-Dec. 14 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).

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COUNTY LISTINGS
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.

TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex). Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

CROCKETT (Ozona)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 29-Dec. 14 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

CROSBY (Crosbyton)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

CULBERSON (Van Horn)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Muzzleloader Season: Jan. 10-18 (antlerless
and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 4 (no more than 2
bucks, all seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 29-Dec. 14 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

DALLAM (Dalhart)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit:
3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

DALLAS (Dallas)

SQUIRREL—No closed season. Daily bag limit: 10.

DAWSON (Lamesa)
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

DEAF SMITH (Hereford)
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).

PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

DELTA (Cooper)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 27-30, no antlerless permit
required except on LAMPS or MLD property; Nov. 1-26
and Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 4 (2
buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined). Special
Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only) . Special Regulations: pg. 67.

DENTON (Denton)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General
Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-16, no antlerless permit
required except on MLD property; Nov. 17-Jan. 4, antler-
less by permit only). Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless,
all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

DEWITT (Cuero)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by MLD permit only). Bag
limit: 4 (2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
Special Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Rio Grande Spring Season only: Mar. 21-May 3.
Bag limit: 4 (gobblers only).

DICKENS (Dickens)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

DIMMIT (Carrizo Springs)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Spring Season: Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).

DONLEY (Clarendon)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).


MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).

SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);

Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

DUVAL (San Diego)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Spring Season: Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).

EASTLAND (Eastland)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined). Special Antler Restrictions: see
pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

ECTOR (Odessa)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 3 (1
buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 29-Dec. 14 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

EDWARDS (Rocksprings)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

ELLIS (Waxahachie)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 3
(1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Rio Grande Spring Season only: Apr. 4-May 17.
Bag limit: 4 (gobblers only).

EL PASO (El Paso)
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 29-Dec. 14 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.

ERATH (Stephenville)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined). Special Antler Restrictions: see
pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

FALLS (Marlin)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 3 (1
buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. Daily bag limit: 10.

FANNIN (Bonham)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 27-30, no antlerless permit
required except on USFS, LAMPS, or MLD property;
Nov. 1-26 and Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only). Bag
limit: 4 (2 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
Special Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

FAYETTE (La Grange)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by MLD permit only). Bag
limit: 4 (2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
Special Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Rio Grande Spring Season only: Apr. 1-30. Bag
limit: 1 (gobblers only).

FISHER (Roby)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

FLOYD (Floydada)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

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COUNTY LISTINGS
FOARD (Crowell)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

FORT BEND (Richmond)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-30, no antlerless permit required
except on MLD property; Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by MLD
permit only). Bag limit: 4 (2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined). Special Antler Restrictions: see
pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

FRANKLIN (Mount Vernon)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 27-30, no antlerless permit
required except on LAMPS or MLD property; Nov. 1-26
and Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 4
(2 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined). Special
Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

FREESTONE (Fairfield)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 3
(1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.

FRIO (Pearsall)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Spring Season: Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).

GAINES (Seminole)
MULE DEER—General Season Only: Nov. 22-30 (antlerless
by permit only). Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck).

GALVESTON (Galveston)

SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.

GARZA (Post)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).

SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.

TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

GILLESPIE (Fredericksburg)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

GLASSCOCK (Garden City)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

GOLIAD (Goliad)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
(countywide) Nov. 1-Jan. 4. North of Hwy. 59:
(antlerless by MLD permit only). South of Hwy. 59:
Nov. 1-30 (no antlerless permit required except on MLD
property); Dec. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit only). Countywide
bag limit: 4 (2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons
combined). Special Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

GONZALES (Gonzales)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by MLD permit only). Bag
limit: 4 (2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
Special Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

GRAY (Pampa)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.


TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

GRAYSON (Sherman)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
(lawful archery equipment and crossbows only,
including MLD property) Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 27-30, no
antlerless permit required, except on MLD property and
the Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge; Nov. 1-26 and
Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 3 (1 buck
and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

GREGG (Longview)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 27-30, no antlerless permit
required except on LAMPS or MLD property; Nov. 1-26
and Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only – countywide).
Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
Special Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

GRIMES (Anderson)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 27-30, no antlerless permit
required except on LAMPS or MLD property; Nov. 1-26
and Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 3 (1
buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. Daily bag limit: 10.

GUADALUPE (Seguin)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 4
(2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined). Special
Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Rio Grande Spring Season only: Mar. 21-May 3.
Bag limit: 4 (gobblers only).

HALE (Plainview)

PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.

HALL (Memphis)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

HAMILTON (Hamilton)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and 2 antlerless, all

seasons combined). Special Antler Restrictions: see

pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);

Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

HANSFORD (Spearman)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit)

HARDEMAN (Quanah)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-30, no antlerless permit required
except on MLD property; Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit
only). Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons
combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

HARDIN (Kountze)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-30, no antlerless permit required
except on LAMPS or MLD property; Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antler-
less by permit only – countywide); Muzzleloader Season:
Jan. 10-18 (antlerless and spike bucks only, antlerless permit
required only on MLD property). Bag limit: 4 (no more
than 2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined). All
dogs prohibited.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

HARRIS (Houston)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-30, permits required only on
LAMPS or MLD properties; Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit
only). Muzzleloader Season: Jan. 10-18 (antlerless and
spike bucks only, antlerless permit required only on MLD
property). Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons
combined).All dogs prohibited.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.

HARRISON (Marshall)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-16, no antlerless permit required
except on LAMPS or MLD property; Nov. 17-Jan. 4, antler-
less by permit only – countywide). Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and
2 antlerless, all seasons combined). Special Antler
Restrictions: see pg. 65.All dogs prohibited.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

COUNTY LISTINGS

COUNTY LISTINGS
HARTLEY (Channing)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit:
3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

HASKELL (Haskell)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

HAYS (San Marcos)
WT DEER—Archery Season: (countywide) Sept. 27-Oct. 31;
General Season: (countywide) Nov. 1-Jan. 4. East of
IH 35: antlerless by permit only. Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and
2 antlerless, all seasons combined). Special Antler
Restrictions: see pg. 65. West of IH 35: bag limit 5 (no
more than 2 bucks, all seasons combined). Special Late
General Season: Jan. 5-18 (antlerless and spike bucks only).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

HEMPHILL (Canadian)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit)

HENDERSON (Athens)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 3
(1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.

HIDALGO (Edinburg)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.

SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.

TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Spring Season: Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).

CHACHALACA—Nov. 1-Feb. 22. Daily bag limit: 5.

HILL (Hillsboro)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-30, no antlerless permit required
except on MLD property; Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit
only). Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons
combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

HOCKLEY (Levelland)
MULE DEER—General Season Only: Nov. 22-30 (antlerless
by permit only). Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck).
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.

HOOD (Granbury)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

HOPKINS (Sulphur Springs)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 27-30, no antlerless permit
required except on LAMPS or MLD property; Nov. 1-26
and Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 4 (2
buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined). Special
Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

HOUSTON (Crockett)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 27-30, no antlerless permit
required except on National Forest, LAMPS, or MLD
property; Nov. 1-26 and Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit
only – countywide). Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and 2 antlerless,
all seasons combined). Special Antler Restrictions: see
pg. 65.All dogs prohibited.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

HOWARD (Big Spring)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).


HUDSPETH (Sierra Blanca)
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 29-Dec. 14 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

HUNT (Greenville)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 3
(1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

HUTCHINSON (Stinnett) – FEDERAL regulations
apply on Lake Meredith National Recreation Area.
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

IRION (Mertzon)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

JACK (Jacksboro)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

JACKSON (Edna)
WT DEER—Archery Season: (countywide) Sept. 27-Oct. 31;
General Season: (countywide) Nov. 1-Jan. 4. North of
Hwy. 59: (antlerless by MLD permit only). South of
Hwy. 59: Nov. 1-30 (no antlerless permit required except
on MLD property); Dec. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit
only). Bag limit: 4 (2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons
combined). Special Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Rio Grande Spring Season only: Apr. 1-30. Bag
limit: 1 (gobblers only).

JASPER (Jasper)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-30, no antlerless permit required
except on National Forest, LAMPS or MLD property;
Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only – countywide);
Muzzleloader Season: Jan. 10-18 (antlerless and spike
bucks only, antlerless permit required only on MLD property).
Bag limit: 4 (no more than 2 bucks and 2 antlerless,
all seasons combined).All dogs prohibited.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

JEFF DAVIS (Fort Davis)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Muzzleloader Season: Jan. 10-18 (antlerless
and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 4 (no more than 2
bucks, all seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 29-Dec. 14 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
TURKEY—Rio Grande Spring Season only: Mar. 21-May 3.
Bag limit: 4. (gobblers only).
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

JEFFERSON (Beaumont)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General
Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-30, no antlerless permit
required except on LAMPS or MLD property; Dec. 1Jan.
4, antlerless by permit only – countywide); Muzzle-
loader Season: Jan. 10-18 (antlerless and spike bucks only,
antlerless permit required only on MLD property). Bag
limit: 4 (no more than 2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons
combined).All dogs prohibited.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
PHEASANT—Nov. 1-Feb. 22. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.

JIM HOGG (Hebbronville)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Spring Season: Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).

JIM WELLS (Alice)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or
bearded hens). Spring Season: Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).

JOHNSON (Cleburne)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-30, no antlerless permit required
except on MLD property; Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by per-

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mit only). Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons

combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);

Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

JONES (Anson)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

KARNES (Karnes City)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 4
(2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined). Special
Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

KAUFMAN (Kaufman)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 3
(1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. Daily bag limit: 10.

KENDALL (Boerne)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

KENEDY (Sarita)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Feb. 22 (either sex); Spring Season:
Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

KENT (Jayton)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).

SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.

TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

KERR (Kerrville)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

KIMBLE (Junction)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

KING (Guthrie)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

KINNEY (Brackettville)
WT DEER—Archery Season: (countywide) Sept. 27-Oct. 31;
North of U.S. Hwy. 90: General Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4;
Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18 (antlerless and spike
bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more than 2 bucks, all seasons
combined). South of U.S. Hwy. 90: General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19-Feb. 1
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (North of

U.S. Hwy. 90: either-sex; South of U.S. Hwy. 90: gobblers
or bearded hens); Fall Season: North of U.S.
Hwy. 90: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); South of U.S.
Hwy. 90: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or bearded hens);
Spring Season: (countywide) Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).

KLEBERG (Kingsville)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).


JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);

Fall Season: Nov. 1-Feb. 22 (either sex); Spring Season:
Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

KNOX (Benjamin)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

LAMAR (Paris)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 27-30, no antlerless permit
required except on LAMPS or MLD property; Nov. 1-26
and Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 4 (2
buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined). Special
Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

LAMB (Littlefield)
MULE DEER—General Season Only: Nov. 22-30 (antlerless
by permit only). Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck).
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.

LAMPASAS (Lampasas)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined). Special Antler Restrictions: see
pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

LASALLE (Cotulla)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Spring Season: Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).

LAVACA (Hallettsville)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by MLD permit only). Bag
limit: 4 (2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
Special Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Rio Grande Spring Season only: Apr. 1-30. Bag
limit: 1 (gobblers only).

LEE (Giddings)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by MLD permit only). Bag
limit: 4 (2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
Special Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Rio Grande Spring Season only: Apr. 1-30. Bag
limit: 1 (gobblers only).

LEON (Centerville)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 4
(2 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined). Special
Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.

LIBERTY (Liberty)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-30, no antlerless permit required
except on Corps of Engineers, Trinity River Authority,
LAMPS or MLD property; Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit
only – countywide); Muzzleloader Season: Jan. 10-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only, antlerless permit required
only on MLD property). Bag limit: 4 (no more than 2 bucks
and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).All dogs prohibited.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
PHEASANT—Nov. 1-Feb. 22. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

LIMESTONE (Groesbeck)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 3
(1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10

.

LIPSCOMB (Lipscomb)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

LIVE OAK (George West)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Spring Season: Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).

LLANO (Llano)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18

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COUNTY LISTINGS
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more

than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);

Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

LOVING (Mentone)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 3
(1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 29-Dec. 14 (antlerless by permit
only). Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons
combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.

LUBBOCK (Lubbock)

PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.

LYNN (Tahoka)
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

MADISON (Madisonville)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 27-30, no antlerless permit
required except on LAMPS or MLD property; Nov. 1-26
and Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 3
(1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. Daily bag limit: 10.

MARION (Jefferson)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-16, no antlerless permit required
except on LAMPS or MLD property; Nov. 17-Jan. 4, antler-
less by permit only – countywide). Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and
2 antlerless, all seasons combined). Special Antler
Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

MARTIN (Stanton)

MULE DEER—General Season Only: Nov. 22-30 (antlerless

by permit only). Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);

Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

MASON (Mason)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:

Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

MATAGORDA (Bay City)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-30, no antlerless permit required
except on MLD property; Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by MLD
permit only). Bag limit: 4 (2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined). Special Antler Restrictions: see
pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

MAVERICK (Eagle Pass)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Spring Season: Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).

McCULLOCH (Brady)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

McLENNAN (Waco)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

McMULLEN (Tilden)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Spring Season: Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).

MEDINA (Hondo)
WT DEER—Archery Season: (countywide) Sept. 27-Oct. 31;
North of U.S. Hwy. 90: General Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4;
Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18 (antlerless and spike
bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more than 2 bucks, all seasons
combined). South of U.S. Hwy. 90: General Season:


Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19-Feb. 1
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).

JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (North of

U.S. Hwy. 90: either sex; South of U.S. Hwy. 90:
gobblers or bearded hens); Fall Season: North of U.S.
Hwy. 90: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); South of U.S.
Hwy. 90: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or bearded hens).
Spring Season (countywide): Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).

MENARD (Menard)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

MIDLAND (Midland)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 3
(1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 29-Dec. 14 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

MILAM (Cameron)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 3 (1
buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Rio Grande Spring Season only: Apr. 1-30. Bag
limit: 1 (gobblers only).

MILLS (Goldthwaite)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

MITCHELL (Colorado City)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:

Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

MONTAGUE (Montague)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

MONTGOMERY (Conroe) – Annual Public Hunting
Permit is required for all hunting in the Sam
Houston National Forest.
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-30, no antlerless permit required
except on National Forest, LAMPS or MLD property;
Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only – countywide);
Muzzleloader Season: Jan. 10-18 (antlerless and spike
bucks only, antlerless permit required only on MLD property).
Bag limit: 4 (no more than 2 bucks and 2 antlerless,
all seasons combined).All dogs prohibited.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

MOORE (Dumas) – FEDERAL regulations apply on
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area.
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit:
3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

MORRIS (Daingerfield)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 27-30, no antlerless permit
required except on LAMPS or MLD property; Nov. 1-26
and Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only – countywide).
Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
Special Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

MOTLEY (Matador)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

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COUNTY LISTINGS
NACOGDOCHES (Nacogdoches)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-16, no antlerless permit required
except on National Forest Service, Sabine River Authority,
LAMPS, or MLD property; Nov. 17-Jan. 4, antlerless by
permit only – countywide). Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and 2
antlerless, all seasons combined). Special Antler
Restrictions: see pg. 65.All dogs prohibited.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

NAVARRO (Corsicana)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 3
(1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.

NEWTON (Newton)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-30, no antlerless permit required
except on National Forest, Sabine River Authority, LAMPS,
or MLD property; Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only –
countywide); Muzzleloader Season: Jan. 10-18 (antlerless
and spike bucks only, antlerless permit required only on
MLD property). Bag limit: 4 (no more than 2 bucks and 2
antlerless, all seasons combined).All dogs prohibited.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

NOLAN (Sweetwater)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

NUECES (Corpus Christi)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Spring Season: Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).

OCHILTREE (Perryton)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).

SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);

Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

OLDHAM (Vega)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit:
3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

ORANGE (Orange)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General
Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-30, no antlerless permit
required except on LAMPS or MLD property; Dec. 1Jan.
4, antlerless by permit only – countywide); Muzzle-
loader Season: Jan. 10-18 (antlerless and spike bucks only,
antlerless permit required only on MLD property). Bag
limit: 4 (no more than 2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons
combined).All dogs prohibited.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.

PALO PINTO (Palo Pinto)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

PANOLA (Carthage)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-16, no antlerless permit required
except on National Forest Service, Sabine River Authority,
LAMPS, or MLD property; Nov. 17-Jan. 4, antlerless by
permit only – countywide). Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and 2
antlerless, all seasons combined). Special Antler
Restrictions: see pg. 65.All dogs prohibited.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

PARKER (Weatherford)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).


PARMER (Farwell)

PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.

PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

PECOS (Fort Stockton)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Muzzleloader Season: Jan. 10-18 (antlerless
and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 4 (no more than 2
bucks, all seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (no antlerless
permit required except on MLD properties); General Season:
Nov. 29-Dec. 14 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 2
(no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

POLK (Livingston)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-30, no antlerless permit required
except on LAMPS or MLD property; Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antler-
less by permit only – countywide); Muzzleloader Season:
Jan. 10-18 (antlerless and spike bucks only, antlerless permit
required only on MLD property). Bag limit: 4 (no more
than 2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined). All
dogs prohibited.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

POTTER (Amarillo) – FEDERAL regulations apply on
Lake Meredith National Recreation Area.
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit:
3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

PRESIDIO (Marfa)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Muzzleloader Season: Jan. 10-18 (antlerless
and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 4 (no more than 2
bucks, all seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 29-Dec. 14 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

RAINS (Emory)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 4

(2 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined). Special

Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1

(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

RANDALL (Canyon)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

REAGAN (Big Lake)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 29-Dec. 14 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

REAL (Leakey)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

RED RIVER (Clarksville)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 27-30, no antlerless permit
required except on LAMPS or MLD property; Nov. 1-26
and Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 4 (2
buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined). Special
Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

REEVES (Pecos)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Muzzleloader Season: Jan. 10-18 (antlerless
and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 4 (no more than 2
bucks, all seasons combined).

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COUNTY LISTINGS
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 29-Dec. 14 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).

JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

REFUGIO (Refugio)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Spring Season: Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).

ROBERTS (Miami)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

ROBERTSON (Franklin)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 27-30, no antlerless permit
required except on LAMPS or MLD property; Nov. 1-26
and Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 3 (1
buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.

ROCKWALL (Rockwall)

SQUIRREL—No closed season. Daily bag limit: 10.

RUNNELS (Ballinger)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

RUSK (Henderson)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 27-30, no antlerless permit required
except on LAMPS or MLD property; Nov. 1-26 and Dec. 1Jan.
4, antlerless by permit only – countywide). Bag limit: 4
(2 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined). Special
Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.All dogs prohibited.

SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

SABINE (Hemphill)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-16, no antlerless permit required
except on National Forest Service, Sabine River
Authority, LAMPS or MLD property; Nov. 17-Jan. 4,
antlerless by permit only – countywide). Bag limit: 4 (2
buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined). Special
Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.All dogs prohibited.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

SAN AUGUSTINE (San Augustine)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-16, no antlerless permit required
except on National Forest, LAMPS or MLD property;
Nov. 17-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only – countywide). Bag
limit: 4 (2 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined). Special
Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.All dogs prohibited.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

SAN JACINTO (Coldspring) – Annual Public Hunting
Permit is required for all hunting in the Sam
Houston National Forest.
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-30, no antlerless permit required
except on National Forest, LAMPS or MLD property;
Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only – countywide).
Muzzleloader Season: Jan. 10-18 (antlerless and spike
bucks only, antlerless by permit only on MLD property).
Bag limit: 4 (no more than 2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons
combined).All dogs prohibited.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

SAN PATRICIO (Sinton)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Spring Season: Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).

SAN SABA (San Saba)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).


SCHLEICHER (Eldorado)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

SCURRY (Snyder)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

SHACKELFORD (Albany)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

SHELBY (Center)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-16, no antlerless permit required
except on National Forest Service, Sabine River Authority,
LAMPS or MLD property; Nov. 17-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit
only – countywide). Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and 2 antler-
less, all seasons combined). All dogs prohibited. Special
Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

SHERMAN (Stratford)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit:
3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

SMITH (Tyler)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 3
(1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

SOMERVELL (Glen Rose)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined). Special Antler Restrictions: see
pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

STARR (Rio Grande City)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Spring Season: Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).
CHACHALACA—Nov. 1-Feb. 22. Daily bag limit: 5

STEPHENS (Breckenridge)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

STERLING (Sterling City)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

STONEWALL (Aspermont)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

SUTTON (Sonora)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.

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COUNTY LISTINGS
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.

TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

SWISHER (Tulia)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 22-Dec. 7 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

TARRANT (Fort Worth)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-16, no antlerless permit required
except on MLD property; Nov. 17-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit
only). Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons
combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

TAYLOR (Abilene)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

TERRELL (Sanderson)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Muzzleloader Season: Jan. 10-18 (antlerless
and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 4 (no more than 2
bucks, all seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (no antlerless
permit required except on MLD properties); General Season:
Nov. 29-Dec. 14 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 2
(no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

TERRY (Brownfield)
MULE DEER—General Season Only: Nov. 22-30 (antlerless
by permit only). Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck).

THROCKMORTON (Throckmorton)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).

SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.

TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

TITUS (Mt. Pleasant)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 27-30, no antlerless permit
required except on LAMPS or MLD property; Nov. 1-26
and Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 4 (2
buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined). Special
Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

TOM GREEN (San Angelo)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

TRAVIS (Austin)
WT DEER—Archery Season: (countywide) Sept. 27-Oct. 31;
General Season: (countywide) Nov. 1-Jan. 4. East of
IH 35: antlerless by permit only. Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and 2
antlerless, all seasons combined) Special Antler
Restrictions: see pg. 65. West of IH 35: bag limit 5 (no
more than 2 bucks, all seasons combined); Special Late
General Season: Jan. 5-18 (antlerless and spike bucks only).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

TRINITY (Groveton)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-30, no antlerless permit required
except on National Forest, LAMPS or MLD property;
Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only – countywide).
Muzzleloader Season: Jan. 10-18 (antlerless and spike
bucks only, antlerless permit required only on MLD property).
Bag limit: 4 (no more than 2 bucks and 2 antlerless,
all seasons combined).All dogs prohibited.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

TYLER (Woodville)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-30, no antlerless permit required
except on Corps of Engineers, LAMPS or MLD property;
Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only – countywide);
Muzzleloader Season: Jan. 10-18 (antlerless and spike
bucks only, antlerless permit required only on MLD property).
Bag limit: 4 (no more than 2 bucks and 2 antlerless,
all seasons combined).All dogs prohibited.


SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

UPSHUR (Gilmer)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 27-30, no antlerless permit
required except on LAMPS or MLD property; Nov. 1-26
and Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only – countywide).
Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
Special Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

UPTON (Rankin)
WT DEER—Archery Season: (countywide) Sept. 27-Oct. 31;
General Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Muzzleloader Season:
Jan. 10-18 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 4 (no
more than 2 bucks, all seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 29-Dec. 14 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

UVALDE (Uvalde)
WT DEER—Archery Season: (countywide) Sept. 27-Oct. 31.
North of U.S. Hwy. 90: General Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4;
Special Late General Season: Jan. 5-18 (antlerless and spike
bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more than 2 bucks, all seasons
combined). South of U.S. Hwy. 90: General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19-Feb. 1
(antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no more
than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (North of

U.S. Hwy. 90: either-sex; South of U.S. Hwy. 90:
(gobblers or bearded hens); Fall Season: North of U.S.
Hwy. 90: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex). South of U.S.
Hwy. 90: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or bearded hens);
Spring Season: (countywide) Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).

VAL VERDE (Del Rio)

WT DEER—Archery Season: (countywide) Sept. 27-Oct. 31.

North of U.S. Hwy. 90 and that portion located both
south of U.S. Hwy. 90 and west of Spur 239/277 S:

General Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4; Special Late General Season:
Jan. 5-18 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 2 bucks, all seasons combined). Remainder of
the county: Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season:
Jan. 19-Feb. 1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5
(no more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).

MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 29-Dec. 14 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).

JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.

TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (North of

U.S. Hwy. 90 and that portion located south of U.S.
Hwy. 90 and west of Spur 239/277 S: either sex.
Remainder of county: gobblers or bearded hens;
Fall Season: North of U.S. Hwy. 90 and that portion
located south of U.S. Hwy. 90 and west of
Spur 239/277 S: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex). Remainder
of the county: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or bearded hens).
Spring Season: (countywide) Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).

VAN ZANDT (Canton)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 3
(1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.

VICTORIA (Victoria)
WT DEER—Archery Season: (countywide) Sept. 27-Oct. 31;
General Season: (countywide) Nov. 1-Jan. 4. North
Hwy. 59: (antlerless by MLD permit only). South Hwy.

59: Nov. 1-30 (no antlerless permit required except on
MLD property); Dec. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by MLD permit
only). Bag limit: 4 (2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons
combined). Special Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.

JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Rio Grande Spring Season only: Mar. 21-May 3.

Bag limit: 4 (gobblers only).

WALKER (Huntsville) – Annual Public Hunting Permit
is required for all hunting in the Sam Houston
National Forest.
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. (Nov. 1-30, no antlerless permit
required except on National Forest, LAMPS or MLD property;
Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit only – county-
wide). Muzzleloader Season: Jan. 10-18 (antlerless and
spike bucks only, antlerless by permit only on MLD property).
Bag limit: 4 (no more than 2 bucks and 2 antlerless,
all seasons combined).All dogs prohibited.
SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

WALLER (Hempstead)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by MLD permit only). Bag
limit: 4 (2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
Special Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.

WARD (Monahans)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 3
(1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 29-Dec. 14 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

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COUNTY LISTINGS
WASHINGTON (Brenham)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by MLD permit only). Bag
limit: 4 (2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
Special Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.

WEBB (Laredo)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Spring Season: Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).

WHARTON (Wharton)
WT DEER—Archery Season: (countywide) Sept. 27-Oct. 31;
General Season: (countywide) Nov. 1-Jan. 4. North of
Hwy. 59 (antlerless by MLD permit only). South of
Hwy. 59: Nov. 1-30 (no antlerless permit required except
on MLD property; Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by MLD permit
only). Bag limit: 4 (2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons
combined). Special Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

WHEELER (Wheeler)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

WICHITA (Wichita Falls)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-30, no antlerless permit required
except on MLD property; Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit
only). Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons
combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

WILBARGER (Vernon)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 1-30, no antlerless permit required
except on MLD property; Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit
only). Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons
combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.

PHEASANT—Dec. 6-Jan. 4. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.

TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

WILLACY (Raymondville)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Feb. 22 (either sex); Spring Season:
Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).
CHACHALACA—Nov. 1-Feb. 22. Daily bag limit: 5.

WILLIAMSON (Georgetown)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. East of IH 35: antlerless by permit
only. West of IH 35: no antlerless permit required
except on MLD property. Countywide bag limit: 4 (2 buck
and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined). Special Antler
Restrictions: see pg. 65.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

WILSON (Floresville)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (antlerless by permit only). Bag limit: 4
(2 bucks and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined). Special
Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

WINKLER (Kermit)
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 29-Dec. 14 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—Oct. 1-Feb. 22. Bag limit: 2 per season.

WISE (Decatur)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31. General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

U.S. Forest Service antlerless permits required on LBJ
National Grasslands only during the general season. Call

(940) 627-5475.

WOOD (Quitman)


WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (Nov. 27-30, no antlerless permit
required except on Sabine River Authority, LAMPS, or MLD
property; Nov. 1-26 and Dec. 1-Jan. 4, antlerless by permit
only). Bag limit: 4 (2 buck and 2 antlerless, all seasons combined).
Special Antler Restrictions: see pg. 65.

SQUIRREL—Oct. 1-Feb. 1 and May 1-31. Daily bag limit: 10.
TURKEY—Eastern Spring Season: Apr. 1-30. Bag limit: 1
(gobblers only). Special Regulations: pg. 67.

YOAKUM (Plains)
MULE DEER—General Season Only: Nov. 22-30 (antlerless
by permit only). Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck).
PRONGHORN—Oct. 4-12. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

YOUNG (Graham)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 4. Bag limit: 3 (1 buck and 2 antlerless, all
seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (either sex);
Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 4 (either sex); Spring Season:
Apr. 4-May 17 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons
combined).

ZAPATA (Zapata)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Spring Season: Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).

ZAVALA (Crystal City)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31; General Season:
Nov. 1-Jan. 18; Special Late General Season: Jan. 19Feb.
1 (antlerless and spike bucks only). Bag limit: 5 (no
more than 3 bucks, all seasons combined).
JAVELINA—No closed season. Bag limit: 2 per license year.
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Sept. 27-Oct. 31 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Fall Season: Nov. 1-Jan. 18 (gobblers or
bearded hens); Spring Season: Mar. 21-May 3 (gobblers
only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).

Texas Big Game Awards Program

Texas Big Game Awards program exists to recognize the harvest of quality game animals in Texas. The
program includes pronghorn antelope, mule deer, and white-tailed deer. Entries must be scored by a TBGA
certified scorer. For further information, entry forms, or to contact a certified scorer, call Texas Wildlife
Association at (210) 826-2904 or log on to: http://www.texasbiggameawards.com/

COUNTY LISTINGS
How to determine the sex of an alligator: This method is reliable for alligators over three feet.
Locate the cloacal opening, which is on the bellyside of the alligator as noted in the drawing.
This area is probed, males are verified if a penis is present, otherwise your report should note the
harvest of a female. Your accurate documentation of measurements and other harvest data is essential
for biological tracking. Do not assume that any alligator over eight feet is a male. This is not always
the case.

The length of the alligator should be measured on the belly side. Measure down the
center of the animal, from the tip of the top jaw to the tip of the tail.

tip of
top jaw
tip of
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WILDLIFE RESOURCE DOCUMENT

Wildlife Resource Document

Refer to Outdoor Annual sections on Transfer of Wildlife Resources, Cold Storage/Processing Facility, and Taxidermist for
an explanation of requirements to complete and possess this document.

I, ____________________________________________________, ______________________________

(1) Name (2) Phone

_________________________________________, ______________________, ________, __________

(3) Address City State Zip

give, donate, leave the wildlife resource(s) or parts thereof, listed below to: (complete Sections 4 thru 12),
OR possess the wildlife resource(s) or parts thereof, listed below, without other applicable licenses, stamps,
tags, or permits (complete Sections 6 thru 12):

(4) Receiver’s Name

_________________________________________, ______________________, ________, __________

(5) Address City State Zip

(6) Number and Type of Species or Parts

which was killed or caught on ____________________________________________ at the following location:

(7) Date

(8) Name of Ranch, Area, Lake, Bay, or Stream and County, State, or Country

___________________________________________________________________________, ________

(9) Hunt and/or Fish License of person who killed or caught the wildlife resource described in Section 6 (10) State

(11) Signature (12) Date

Note: Reproduction of this information is allowed, in any form, including a legible hand written version. Form also
available at: http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/annual/general/transfer/

96 TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE OUTDOOR ANNUAL 2008-2009 REGULATIONS SUMMARY