31 Tex. Admin. Code § 65.64 - Turkey
(a) The annual bag limit for turkey (all
subspecies), in the aggregate, is four, only one of which may be from a county
listed in subsection (b)(3)(D) of this section.
(b) The open seasons and bag limits for
turkey shall be as follows.
(1) Fall seasons
and bag limits:
(A) The counties listed in
this subparagraph are in the Fall South Zone. In Aransas, Atascosa, Bee,
Calhoun, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Goliad, Gonzales, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim
Wells, Karnes, Kinney (south of U.S. Highway 90), LaSalle, Live Oak, Maverick,
McMullen, Medina (south of U.S. Highway 90), Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio,
Starr, Uvalde (south of U.S. Highway 90), Val Verde (south of a line beginning
at the International Bridge and proceeding along Spur 239 to U.S. Hwy. 90 and
thence to the Kinney County line), Webb, Wilson, Zapata, and Zavala counties,
there is a fall general open season.
(i) Open
season: first Saturday in November through the third Sunday in
January.
(ii) Bag limit: four
turkeys, gobblers or bearded hens.
(B) In Brooks, Kenedy, Kleberg, and Willacy
counties, there is a fall general open season.
(i) Open season: first Saturday in November
through the last Sunday in February.
(ii) Bag limit: four turkeys, either
sex.
(C) The counties and
portions of counties listed in this subparagraph are in the Fall North Zone. In
Archer, Armstrong, Bandera, Baylor, Bell (west of Interstate Highway 35),
Bexar, Blanco, Borden, Bosque, Briscoe, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Carson,
Childress, Clay, Coke, Coleman, Collingsworth, Comal (west of Interstate
Highway 35), Comanche, Concho, Cooke, Coryell, Cottle, Crane, Crockett, Crosby,
Dawson, Denton, Dickens, Donley, Eastland, Ector, Edwards, Erath, Fisher,
Floyd, Foard, Garza, Gillespie, Glasscock, Gray, Hall, Hamilton, Hardeman,
Hartley, Haskell, Hays (west of Interstate Highway 35), Hemphill, Hill (west of
Interstate Highway 35), Hood, Howard, Hutchinson, Irion, Jack, Johnson, Jones,
Kendall, Kent, Kerr, Kimble, King, Kinney (north of U.S. Highway 90), Knox,
Lampasas, Lipscomb, Llano, Lynn, Martin, Mason, McCulloch, McLennan (west of
Interstate Highway 35), Medina (north of U.S. Highway 90), Menard, Midland,
Mills, Mitchell, Montague, Moore, Motley, Nolan, Ochiltree, Oldham, Palo Pinto,
Parker, Potter, Randall, Reagan, Real, Roberts, Runnels, San Saba, Schleicher,
Scurry, Shackelford, Somervell, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Swisher,
Tarrant, Taylor, Throckmorton, Tom Green, Travis (west of Interstate Highway
35), Upton, Uvalde (north of U.S. Highway 90), Val Verde (north of a line
beginning at the International Bridge and proceeding along Spur 239 to U.S.
Hwy. 90 and thence to the Kinney County line), Ward, Wheeler, Wichita,
Wilbarger, Williamson (west of Interstate Highway 35), Wise, and Young
counties, there is a fall general open season.
(i) Open season: first Saturday in November
through the first Sunday in January.
(ii) Bag limit: four turkeys, either
sex.
(2)
Archery-only season and bag limits. In all counties where there is a general
fall season for turkey there is an open season during which turkey may be taken
only as provided for in §
65.11(2) and (3)
of this title (relating to Lawful Means).
(A)
Open season: from the Saturday closest to September 30 for 35 consecutive
days.
(B) Bag limit: in any given
county, the annual bag limit is as provided by this section for the fall
general season in that county.
(3) Spring season and bag limits.
(A) The counties and portions of counties
listed in this subparagraph are in the Spring North Zone. In Archer, Armstrong,
Bandera, Baylor, Bell (west of Interstate Highway 35), Bexar, Blanco, Borden,
Bosque, Briscoe, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Carson, Childress, Clay, Coke,
Coleman, Collingsworth, Comal (west of Interstate Highway 35), Comanche,
Concho, Cooke, Coryell, Cottle, Crane, Crockett, Crosby, Dawson, Denton,
Dickens, Donley, Eastland, Ector, Edwards, Ellis (west of Interstate Hwy. 35),
Erath, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Gillespie, Glasscock, Gray, Guadalupe
(south of Interstate Highway 10), Hall, Hamilton, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell,
Hays (west of Interstate Highway 35), Hemphill, Hill (west of Interstate
Highway 35), Hood, Howard, Hutchinson, Irion, Jack, Johnson, Jones, Kendall,
Kent, Kerr, Kimble, King, Kinney (north of U.S. Hwy. 90), Knox, Lampasas,
Lipscomb, Llano, Lynn, Martin, Mason, McCulloch, McLennan (west of Interstate
Highway 35), Medina (north of U.S. Hwy. 90), Menard, Midland, Mills, Mitchell,
Montague, Moore, Motley, Nolan, Ochiltree, Oldham, Palo Pinto, Parker, Potter,
Randall, Reagan, Real, Roberts, Runnels, San Saba, Schleicher, Scurry,
Shackelford, Somervell, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Swisher,
Tarrant, Taylor, Throckmorton, Tom Green, Travis (west of Interstate Highway
35), Upton, Uvalde (north of U.S. Hwy. 90), Val Verde (north of a line
beginning at the International Bridge and proceeding along Spur 239 to U.S.
Hwy. 90 and thence to the Kinney County line), Ward, Wheeler, Wichita,
Wilbarger, Williamson (west of Interstate Highway 35), Wise, and Young
counties, there is a spring general open season.
(i) Open season: Saturday closest to April 1
for 44 consecutive days.
(ii) Bag
limit: four turkeys, gobblers or bearded hens.
(B) The counties and portions of counties
listed in this subparagraph are in the Spring South Zone. In Aransas, Atascosa,
Bee, Brooks, Calhoun, Cameron, DeWitt, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Goliad, Gonzales,
Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kinney (south of U.S. Hwy. 90),
Kleberg, LaSalle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina (south of U.S. Hwy. 90),
Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Starr, Uvalde (south of U.S. Hwy. 90), Val Verde
(south of a line beginning at the International Bridge and proceeding along
Spur 239 to U.S. Hwy. 90 and thence to the Kinney County line), Victoria, Webb,
Willacy, Wilson, Zapata, and Zavala counties, there is a spring general open
season.
(i) Open season: Saturday closest to
March 18 for 44 consecutive days.
(ii) Bag limit: four turkeys, gobblers or
bearded hens.
(C) In
Bastrop, Brewster, Caldwell, Colorado, Comal (east of Interstate Highway 35),
Fayette, Guadalupe (north of I-10), Hays (east of Interstate Highway 35), Hill
(east of Interstate Highway 35), Jackson, Jeff Davis, Lavaca, Lee, Matagorda,
McLennan (east of Interstate Highway 35), Pecos, Terrell, Travis (east of
Interstate Highway 35), and Wharton counties, there is a spring general open
season.
(i) Open season: from April 1 through
April 30.
(ii) Bag limit: one
turkey, gobblers only.
(D) The counties and portions of counties
listed in this subparagraph are in the East Zone. In Bowie (north of U.S. 82),
Cass, Fannin (north of U.S. 82), Grayson, Jasper (other than the Angelina
National Forest), Lamar (north of U.S. 82), Marion, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk,
Red River (north of U.S. 82), and Sabine counties, there is a spring general
open season.
(i) Open season: from April 22
through May 14.
(ii) Bag limit: one
turkey, gobbler only.
(iii) In the
counties listed in this subsection:
(I) it is
unlawful to hunt turkey by any means other than a shotgun or lawful archery
equipment; and
(II) it is unlawful
for any person to take or attempt to take turkeys by the aid of baiting, or on
or over a baited area.
(4) Special Youth-Only Seasons. Only licensed
hunters 16 years of age or younger may hunt during the seasons established by
this subsection.
(A) There shall be a special
youth-only fall general hunting season in all counties where there is a fall
general open season.
(i) open season: the
Friday, Saturday, and Sunday immediately preceding the first Saturday in
November and from the Monday immediately following the close of the general
open season for 14 consecutive days.
(ii) bag limit: as specified for individual
counties in paragraph (1) of this subsection.
(B) There shall be special youth-only spring
general open hunting seasons for turkey in the counties listed in paragraph
(3)(A) and (B) of this subsection.
(i) open
seasons:
(I) the weekend (Saturday and Sunday)
immediately preceding the first day of the general open spring season;
and
(II) the weekend (Saturday and
Sunday) immediately following the last day of the general open spring
season.
(ii) bag limit:
as specified for individual counties in paragraph (3) of this
subsection.
(c) Except as provided by §
65.10 of this title for turkeys
harvested under a digital license issued pursuant to §
53.3(a)(12) of
this title, a valid license with digital tags under §
53.4 of this title, or a valid
digital license under §
53.5(a)(3) of
this title, all harvested turkeys must be registered via the department's
internet or mobile application within 24 hours of the time of kill.
(d) In all counties or portions of counties
for which an open season is not provided under subsection (b) of this section,
the season is closed for hunting turkey.
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