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TITLE 31NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION
PART 2TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT
CHAPTER 65WILDLIFE
SUBCHAPTER ASTATEWIDE HUNTING PROCLAMATION
DIVISION 2OPEN SEASONS AND BAG LIMITS
RULE §65.42Deer

    (G) Antlerless deer may be taken on USFS lands during special youth-only deer seasons.

(c) Mule deer. The open seasons and bag limits for mule deer shall be as follows:

  (1) In Armstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Coke, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crosby, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hutchinson, Kent, King, Knox, Lipscomb, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Potter, Randall, Roberts, Scurry, Sherman, Stonewall, Swisher, and Wheeler counties:

    (A) the Saturday before Thanksgiving for 16 consecutive days;

    (B) bag limit: one buck; and

    (C) antlerless deer may be taken only by Antlerless Mule Deer permit or MLDP tag.

    (D) In Briscoe, Childress, Cottle, Floyd, Hall, and Motley counties, no person may harvest a buck deer with an outside spread of the main beams of less than 20 inches.

  (2) In Crane, Crockett, Culberson, Ector, El Paso, Hudspeth, Jeff Davis, Loving, Midland, Presidio, Reagan, Reeves, Upton, Val Verde, Ward, and Winkler counties:

    (A) the Friday immediately following Thanksgiving for 17 consecutive days;

    (B) bag limit: one buck; and

    (C) antlerless deer may be taken only by antlerless mule deer permit or MLDP tag.

  (3) In Brewster, Pecos, and Terrell counties:

    (A) the Friday immediately following Thanksgiving for 17 consecutive days;

    (B) bag limit: two deer, no more than one buck.

  (4) In Andrews, Bailey, Castro, Cochran, Dawson, Gaines, Hale, Hockley, Lamb, Lubbock, Lynn, Martin, Parmer, Terry, and Yoakum counties:

    (A) the Saturday before Thanksgiving for nine consecutive days;

    (B) bag limit: one buck; and

    (C) antlerless deer may be taken by antlerless mule deer permit or MLDP tag only.

    (D) In Lynn County, no person may harvest a buck deer with an outside spread of the main beams of less than 20 inches.

  (5) In all other counties, there is no general open season for mule deer.

  (6) Archery-only open seasons and bag and possession limits shall be as follows.

    (A) In Armstrong, Borden, Briscoe, Carson, Childress, Coke, Collingsworth, Cottle, Crane, Crockett, Crosby, Culberson, Dallam, Deaf Smith, Dickens, Donley, Ector, El Paso, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Gray, Hall, Hansford, Hardeman, Hartley, Hemphill, Hudspeth, Hutchinson, Jeff Davis, Kent, King, Knox, Lipscomb, Loving, Midland, Moore, Motley, Ochiltree, Oldham, Potter, Presidio, Randall, Reagan, Reeves, Roberts, Scurry, Sherman, Stonewall, Swisher, Upton, Val Verde, Ward, Wheeler, and Winkler counties:

      (i) from the Saturday closest to September 30 for 35 consecutive days; and

      (ii) bag limit: one buck.

    (B) In Brewster, Pecos, and Terrell counties:

      (i) from the Saturday closest to September 30 for 35 consecutive days.

      (ii) bag limit: two deer, no more than one buck. Antlerless deer may be harvested without a permit unless MLDP antlerless tags have been issued for the property.

    (C) In all other counties, there is no archery-only open season for mule deer.


Source Note: The provisions of this §65.42 adopted to be effective July 9, 2017, 42 TexReg 3397; amended to be effective September 1, 2018, 43 TexReg 3609; amended to be effective September 1, 2019, 44 TexReg 4050

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