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ALLIGATOR
22 counties & special properties (by permit only) Sept. 10-30
Remainder of the state Apr. 1-June 30
PRONGHORN ANTELOPE
35 counties (by permit only) Sept. 29-Oct. 7
DOVE
North Zone: Sept. 1-Oct. 30
Daily Bag Limit: 15 mourning, white-winged, and white-tipped doves in the aggregate, to include not more than two whitetips.
Central Zone: Sept. 1-Oct. 30, Dec. 26-Jan. 4
Daily Bag Limit: 12 mourning, white-winged, and white-tipped doves in the aggregate, to include not more than two whitetips
South Zone: Sept. 21-Nov. 11, Dec. 26-Jan. 12
Daily Bag Limit: 12 mourning, white-winged and white-tipped doves in the aggregate, to include not more than two whitetips.
Special South Texas Zone: Sept. 1, 2, 8 & 9
Daily Bag Limit: 12 white-winged, mourning and white-tipped doves in the aggregate, to include not more than 4 mourning doves and 2 whitetips
Sept. 21-Nov. 11, Dec. 26-Jan. 8
Daily Bag Limit: 12 mourning, white-winged and white-tipped doves in the aggregate, to include not more than two whitetips.
Possession Limit (All Zones): twice the daily bag limit
EARLY TEAL-ONLY
High Plains Mallard Management Unit Sept. 15-23
Remainder of the state Sept. 15-30
Daily Bag Limit: 4 Possession Limit: 8
WHITE-TAILED DEER
Archery-Only Season: Sept. 29-Nov. 2
General Season:
• Special Youth Season: Oct. 27-28, Jan. 19-20
North Texas (200 counties) Nov. 3-Jan. 6
Panhandle (6 counties) Nov. 17-Dec. 2
South Texas (30 counties) Nov. 3-Jan. 20
Late Antlerless and Spike
Edwards Plateau (39 counties) Jan. 7-20
South Texas (30 counties) Jan. 21-Feb. 3
Muzzleloader (23 counties) Jan. 12-20
MULE DEER
Archery-Only Season: Sept. 29-Nov. 2
General Season:
Panhandle (36 counties) Nov. 17-Dec. 2
SW Panhandle (7 counties) Nov. 17-25
Trans-Pecos (19 counties) Nov. 24-Dec. 9
JAVELINA
(Approximately 43 counties) Oct. 1-Feb. 24
(Approximately 50 counties) Sept. 1-Aug. 31
PHEASANT
Chambers, Jefferson & Liberty counties Nov. 3-Feb. 24
Panhandle (37 counties) Dec. 1-30
Daily Bag Limit: 3 cocks, Possession Limit: 6 cocks
QUAIL
Statewide (all counties): Oct. 27-Feb. 24
Dail Bag Limit: 15 Possession Limit: 45
RIO GRANDE TURKEY
Archery-Only Season: Sept. 29-Nov. 2
Fall Season:
• Special Youth Season: Oct. 27-28, Jan. 19-20
North Zone (122 counties): Nov. 3-Jan. 6
South Zone (26 counties): Nov. 3-Jan. 20
Brooks, Kenedy, Kleberg, & Willacy counties Nov. 3-Feb. 24
Spring Season:
North Zone (101 counties): Mar. 29-May 11
• Special Youth Season: Mar. 22-23, May 17-18
South Zone (54 counties): Mar. 15-Apr. 27
• Special Youth Season: Mar. 8-9, May 3-4
1-Turkey Bag Limit (11 counties) Apr. 1-30
EASTERN TURKEY
Spring-Only Season
East Texas (43 counties) Apr. 1-30
DUCK
High Plains Mallard Management Unit
Youth October 13-14
Regular Gun October 20-21 and October 26-January 27
North Zone
Youth October 27-28
Regular Gun November 3-25 and December 8-January 27
South Zone
Youth October 27-28
Regular Gun November 3-25 and December 8-January 27
DUCK DAILY BAG LIMIT:
The daily bag limit shall be 5 ducks with the following species and sex restrictions - two scaup, two redhead, and two wood duck; only one from the following aggregate bag: one hen mallard, or one pintail, or one canvasback, or one "dusky duck" (mottled duck, Mexican-like duck, black duck, and their hybrids); all other ducks not listed - five.
MERGANSER DAILY BAG LIMIT:
Five in the aggregate, to include no more than two hooded mergansers.
COOT DAILY BAG LIMIT:
15
POSSESSION LIMIT:
The possession limit for ducks, coots and mergansers is twice the daily bag limit.
GOOSE
West
Light and Dark Geese November 3-February 5
Light Geese (Conservation Order) February 6-March 30
East
Light Geese November 3-January 27
White-fronted Geese November 3-January 13
Canada Geese November 3-January 27
Light Geese (Conservation Order) January 28-March 30
Bag Limit:
• Western Zone Daily Bag Limit:
◦ Light Geese - 20 in the aggregate;
◦ Dark Geese - 3 Canada and 1 white-fronted goose.
• Eastern Zone Daily Bag Limit:
◦ Light Geese - 20 in the aggregate; 3 Canada geese and 2 White-fronted geese.
Possession Limit: Twice the daily bag limit for dark geese, no possession limit for light geese.
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