2007 - 2008 Texas Hunting Season Dates, Grouped by Animal

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.

Texas Hunting Season Dates, Grouped by Animal
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Dove Zone Map Bag Limits	North Zone
	Regular	September 1 - October 30
	Central Zone
	Regular Season	September 1 - October 30 December 26 - January 4
	South Zone
	Regular	September 21-November 11 December 26 - January 12
	Special White-winged Dove Area Note: The dates are distinct from the rest of the South Zone
	Special Season (Legal shooting hours are from noon to sunset)	September 1, 2, 8, 9
	Regular Season	September 21-November 11 December 26 - January 8
	Falconry (entire state)	November 19 - December 25

Duck Zone Map Bag Limits	High Plains Mallard Management Unit
	Youth	October 13-14
	Regular Gun	October 20-21 and October 26-January 27
	Falconry	None
	North Zone
	Youth	October 27-28
	Regular Gun	November 3-25 and December 8-January 27
	Falconry	January 28-February 11
	South Zone
	Youth	October 27-28
	Regular Gun	November 3-25 and December 8-January 27
	Falconry	January 28-February 11
Goose Zone Map Bag and Possession Limits; Areas closed to Hunting	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
Sandhill Crane Zone Map Bag limits	Zone A	November 3-February 3
	Zone B	November 23-February 3
	Zone C	December 22-January 27
King and Clapper Rails	Regular	September 15 - 30 and November 3 - December 26, 2007
	Falconry	December 27, 2007-February 1, 2008

Sora and Virginia Rails	Regular	September 15 - 30 and November 3 - December 26, 2007
	Falconry	December 27, 2007-February 1, 2008
Moorhens (Common Gallinules) and Purple Gallinules	Regular	September 15 - 30 and November 3 - December 26, 2007
	Falconry	December 27, 2007-February 1, 2008
Woodcock	Regular	December 18, 2007-January 31, 2008
	Falconry	November 24-December 17, 2007
Wilson's Snipe (Common snipe or jacksnipe)	Regular	November 3, 2007-February 17, 2008
September Teal Only Season (Blue-winged, Green-winged and Cinnamon Teal):	High Plains Mallard Management Unit:	September 15-23
	Rest of state:	September 15-30
Alligator	22 Counties & special properties (by permit only)	September 10-30
	Remainder of state	April 1-June30
Pronghorn Antelope	35 counties (by permit only)	September 29 - October 7
White-tailed Deer	Archery	September 29 - November 2
	General:
	*Special Youth Season	October 27-28, January 19-20
	North Texas (200 counties)	November 3 - January 6
	Panhandle (6 counties)	November 17 - December 2
	South Texas (30 counties)	November 3-January 20
	Late Antlerless and Spike
	Edwards Plateau (39 counties)	January 7-20
	South Texas (30 counties)	January 21-February 3
	Muzzleloader (23 counties)	January 12-20
Mule deer	Archery	September 29 - November 2
	General:
	Panhandle (36 counties)	November 17 - December 2
	Southwestern Panhandle (7 counties)	November 17-25
	Trans-Pecos (19 counties)	November 24-December 9
Javelina	(Approximately 43 counties)	October 1 - February 24
	(Approximately 50 counties)	September 1 - August 31

Squirrel	% Special Youth Season	September 29-30
	East Texas (51 counties)	October 1 - February 3 May 1 - 31
	Other Open Counties (see County Listings)	September 1 - August 31
Lesser Prairie Chicken	By property	October 20-21 (by permit only)
Pheasant	Chambers, Jefferson and Liberty counties	November 3 - February 24
	Panhandle (37 counties)	December 1-30
Quail	Statewide (all counties)	October 27 - February 24
Rio Grande Turkey	Archery	September 29 - November 2
	Fall Season
	* Special Youth Season	October 27-28 January 19-20
	North Texas (122 counties)	November 3 - January 6
	South Texas (26 counties)	November 3 - January 20
	Brooks, Kenedy, Kleberg and Willacy counties	November 3 - February 24
	Spring Season
	North Zone (101 counties)	March 29 - May 11
	* Special Youth Season	March 22-23 May 17-18
	South Zone (54 counties)	March 15 - April 27
	* Special Youth Season	March 8-9 May 3-4
	1 - Turkey Bag Limit (11 counties)	April 1 - 30
	* No Special Youth Season
+ Eastern Turkey mandatory check stations	Spring Season Only
	East Texas (43 counties)	April 1 - 30
Chachalaca	Cameron, Hildago, Starr and Willacy counties	November 3 - February 24
Rabbits and Hares	Statewide	No closed season
* In all counties that have an open season for those species.
% In all counties that have an October 1-February 4 and May 1-31 Open Squirrel Season.
+ Rio Grande and Eastern Turkey may be hunted in these counties.

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