Hunting in Texas
Official agency resources
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department
- Buy a license ↗
https://tpwd.texas.gov/business/licenses/online_sales/
- Hunting regulations ↗
https://tpwd.texas.gov/regulations/outdoor-annual/hunting/
- Draw / lottery applications ↗
https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/hunt/public/public_hunt_drawing/
- GMU map ↗
https://tpwd.texas.gov/huntwild/hunt/wma/find_a_wma/
- Harvest reporting ↗
https://apps.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntharvest/
- Hunter education ↗
https://tpwd.texas.gov/education/hunter-education
Authoritative source
For season dates, bag limits, draw deadlines, license costs, and unit-specific rules in Texas, go straight to the issuing agency.
Texas Parks and Wildlife DepartmentGame species in Texas
See all species →Click any species to see every state where it's on the books.
Wild Turkey
Upland Birds
Waterfowl
Small Game
Migratory
Unit boundaries
Game management unit boundaries for Texas are being verified against the state agency source. Outdoors won't publish them until the source has been hand-checked.
In the meantime, use the agency link above for the official unit maps and the parks below for huntable public land in Texas.
Huntable public lands in Texas
Wilderness areas, wildlife refuges, and state forest preserves where hunting is permitted.
Angelina National Forest
National Forest
153,179 acres
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
National Recreation Area
Aransas National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
117,004.9 acres
Attwater Prairie Chicken National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
11,164.8 acres
Balcones Canyonlands National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
27,465 acres
Big Thicket National Preserve
Preserve
114,062.2 acres
Brazoria National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
47,691.3 acres
Caddo Lake National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
9,288.1 acres
Caddo National Grassland
National Forest
68,479.55 acres
Davy Crockett National Forest
National Forest
160,647 acres
Jocelyn Nungaray National Wildlife Refuge
National Wildlife Refuge
39,237.5 acres
Laguna Atascosa National Wildlife Refuge
National Recreation Area