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TITLE 31NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
PART 2TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 65WILDLIFE
SUBCHAPTER NMIGRATORY GAME BIRD PROCLAMATION
RULE §65.316Geese

(a) Zone boundaries.

  (1) Western Zone: that portion of Texas lying west of a line from the international toll bridge at Laredo, thence northward following IH 35 and 35W to Fort Worth, thence northwest along U.S. Highways 81 and 287 to Bowie, thence northward along U.S. Highway 81 to the Texas-Oklahoma state line.

  (2) Eastern Zone: the remainder of the state.

(b) Season dates and bag limits.

  (1) Western Zone.

    (A) Light geese: November 2, 2024 - February 2, 2025. The daily bag limit for light geese is five.

    (B) Dark geese: November 2, 2024 - February 2, 2025. The daily bag limit for dark geese is five.

  (2) Eastern Zone.

    (A) Light geese: November 2, 2024 - February, 14, 2025. The daily bag limit for light geese is five.

    (B) Dark geese:

      (i) Season: November 2, 2024 - January 26, 2025;

      (ii) Bag limit: The daily bag limit for dark geese is five, to include no more than two white-fronted geese.

(c) September Canada goose season. Canada geese may be hunted in the Eastern Zone during the season established by this subsection. The season is closed for all other species of geese during the season established by this subsection.

  (1) Season dates: September 14-29, 2024.

  (2) The daily bag limit is five.


Source Note: The provisions of this §65.316 adopted to be effective September 1, 2019, 44 TexReg 4063; amended to be effective September 1, 2020, 45 TexReg 5011; amended to be effective September 1, 2021, 46 TexReg 4170; amended to be effective September 1, 2022, 47 TexReg 4854; amended to be effective August 3, 2023, 48 TexReg 4123; amended to be effective September 1, 2024, 49 TexReg 6010

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