Texas Hill Country Hunting Seasons 2018-2019

Dove

Regular Season:

September 1 – November 4, 2018
December 21, 2018 – January 14, 2019

Daily Limit: 15 white-winged, mourning and white-tipped doves in the aggregate, to include no more than 2 white-tipped

Possession Limit: Three times the daily bag limit.

Falconry:

November 17 – December 3, 2018

Daily Bag Limit: 3 in the aggregate

Possession Limit: Three times the daily bag limit

Duck

Youth Only:

November 3 – 4, 2018

Regular Season:

November 10 – 25, 2018
December 1, 2018 – January 27, 2019

“Dusky” Duck:

November 15 – 25, 2018
December 1, 2018 – Jan. 27, 2019

Duck Daily Bag Limit with Gun: 6 in the aggregate. Including no more than: 5 mallards (only two may be hens), 3 wood ducks, 3 scaup, 2 redheads, 1 pintail, 2 canvasback, and 1 “dusky” duck (Mottled duck, Mexican like duck, black duck and their hybrids). For all other species not listed, the bag limit shall be 6. The season for “dusky” ducks is closed the first five days of the season in each zone. Merganser Daily Bag Limit: 5 in the aggregate, to include no more than 2 hooded mergansers. Coot Daily Bag Limit: 15 birds. Possession Limit with Gun: Three times the daily bag limit

Falconry:

January 28 – February 11, 2019

Daily Bag Limit by Falconry: 3 migratory game birds, singly or in the aggregate.

Possession Limit by Falconry: 9 migratory game birds, singly or in the aggregate.

Goose

Light & Dark Geese:

November 3, 2018 – February 3, 2019

Daily Bag Limit: 5 dark geese, to include no more than two white-fronted geese, 20 light geese in the aggregate.Possession Limit Dark geese three times the daily bag limit. Light geese: no possession limit.

Light Geese (Conservation Order):

Feb. 4 – Mar. 17, 2019

Light Geese (Conservation Order) Only: No bag limit, no possession limit.

Quail

Regular Season:

October 27, 2018 – February 24, 2019

Daily Bag Limit: 15

Possession Limit: 45

Mearns’ (Montezuma) Quail: No open season

Turkey

Fall:

Archery Only:

September 29 – November 2, 2018

Youth-Only:

October 27 – 28, 2018
January 7 – 20, 2019

Fall Season:

November 3, 2018 – January 6, 2019

Bag Composition: Either sex

Bag Limit: The annual bag limit for turkey, in the aggregate for all counties, is four (4), no more than one of which may be an Eastern turkey.

Spring:

Youth-Only:

March 9 – 10, 2019
May 4 – 5, 2019

Spring Season:

March 16 – April 28, 2019

Bag Composition: Gobblers or Bearded Hens

Bag Limit: The annual bag limit for turkey, in the aggregate for all counties, is four (4), no more than one of which may be an Eastern turkey.

White-tailed Deer

Archery Only:

September 29 – November 2, 2018

General Season:

November 3, 2018 – January 6, 2019

Youth-Only:

Early Youth-Only Season-

October 27 – 28, 2018

Late Youth-Only Season-

January 7 – 20, 2019

Special Late:

January 7 – 20, 2019

Special Late Season: During the Special Late Season, harvest is restricted to antlerless deer and unbranched antlered bucks. An unbranched antlered buck is any buck deer with an antler having no more than one point.

Bag Limit: 5 deer, no more than 2 bucks, all seasons combined.

MLDP: If MLDP buck tags have been issued for a property, harvest is by MLDP tag only and all bucks must be tagged with a MLDP tag. If MLDP antlerless tags have been issued for a property, harvest is by MLDP tag only and all antlerless deer must be tagged with a MLDP antlerless tag. The landowner or designated agent are responsible for providing MLDP tags to the hunters on MLDP properties.