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.
Big Game
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.