(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: one buck; and
(C) antlerless deer may be taken by antlerless mule
deer permit or MLDP tag only.
(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.
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