| (a) Zone Boundaries.
(1) High Plains Mallard Management Unit (HPMMU): that
portion of Texas lying west of a line from the international toll
bridge at Del Rio, thence northward following U.S. Highway 277 to
Abilene, State Highway 351 and State Highway 6 to Albany, and U.S.
Highway 283 from Albany to Vernon, thence eastward along U.S. Highway
183 to the Texas-Oklahoma state line.
(2) North Zone: that portion of Texas not in the High
Plains Mallard Management Unit but north of a line from the International
Toll Bridge in Del Rio; thence northeast along U.S. Highway 277 Spur
to U.S. Highway 90 in Del Rio; thence east along U.S. Highway 90 to
Interstate Highway 10 at San Antonio; thence east along Interstate
Highway 10 to the Texas-Louisiana State Line.
(3) South Zone: that part of the state not designated
as being in the HPMMU or the North Zone.
(4) The September teal-only special season is statewide.
(b) Season dates and bag limits.
(1) HPMMU.
(A) For all species other than "dusky ducks": October
28-29, 2023 and November 3, 2023 - January 28, 2024; and
(B) "dusky ducks": November 6, 2023 - January 28, 2024.
(2) North Zone.
(A) For all species other than "dusky ducks": November
11-26, 2023 and December 2, 2023 - January 28, 2024; and
(B) "dusky ducks": November 16-26, 2023 and December
2, 2023 - January 28, 2024.
(3) South Zone.
(A) For all species other than "dusky ducks": November
4-26, 2023 and December 9, 2023 - January 28, 2024; and
(B) "dusky ducks": November 9-26, 2023 and December
9, 2023 - January 28, 2024.
(4) September teal-only season.
(A) During the September teal-only special season,
the season is closed for all species of ducks other than teal ducks
(blue-winged, green-winged, and cinnamon).
(B) Dates: September 9-24, 2023.
(c) Bag limits.
(1) The daily bag limit for ducks and mergansers is
six in the aggregate, which may include no more than five mallards
(only two of which may be hens); three wood ducks; one scaup (lesser
scaup or greater scaup); two redheads; two canvasbacks; one pintail;
and one "dusky" duck (mottled duck, Mexican like duck, black duck
and their hybrids) during the seasons established for those species
in this section. For all species not listed, the daily bag limit shall
be six. The daily bag limit for coots is 15.
(2) The daily bag limit during the September teal-only
season is six in the aggregate.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §65.315 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 |
