| (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.
(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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