Section 53.5 - Recreational Hunting Licenses, Stamps, and Tags(a) Hunting Licenses: (1) resident hunting--$25;(2) senior resident hunting--$7. Valid for residents who are 65 years of age or older on the date of license purchase;(3) youth hunting--$7. (A) Valid for any person under 17 years of age on the date of license purchase.(B) This license is available in a digital version that does not include the license log or the physical license tags found on the physical license.(4) general nonresident hunting--$315;(5) nonresident special hunting--$132;(6) nonresident five-day special hunting--$48;(7) nonresident spring turkey hunting--$126;(8) nonresident banded bird hunting--$27; and(9) Texas resident active duty military hunting package--$0. Package consists of a resident hunting license, an upland game bird stamp, a migratory game bird stamp, an archery stamp.(b) Replacement licenses. Except as otherwise provided in this subsection, the fee for replacement of any hunting license is $10. (1) senior resident hunting replacement--$6;(2) youth hunting replacement--$6; and(3) Texas resident active duty military hunting package replacement--$0.(c) Hunting stamps and tags: (1) upland game bird--$7;(2) migratory game bird--$7;(3) archery hunting--$7; and(4) Federal Migratory Bird Hunting and Conservation Stamp--all applicable federal fees, plus $2.00.(d) Managed Lands Deer Program (MLDP). The annual fees for participation in the Managed Lands Deer Program under § 65.29 of this title are as follows and are nonrefundable. (1) Properties enrolled in the Harvest Option (HO). (A) for each management unit within a property that is not part of an aggregate acreage - $30; and(B) for each aggregate acreage - $30.(2) Properties enrolled in the Conservation Option (CO). (A) Enrollment by management unit: (i) for the first management unit within a property - $300;(ii) for each additional management unit within a property - $30; and(iii) for each management unit within a wildlife management association or cooperative - $30.(B) Enrollment by aggregate acreage - $300.31 Tex. Admin. Code § 53.5
The provisions of this §53.5 adopted to be effective July 7, 2004, 29 TexReg 6309; amended to be effective October 18, 2005, 30 TexReg 6763; amended to be effective May 14, 2007, 32 TexReg 2659; amended to be effective October 9, 2007, 32 TexReg 7074; amended to be effective August 15, 2009, 34 TexReg 5381; amended to be effective May 9, 2013, 38 TexReg 2767; amended by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 06, February 6, 2015, TexReg 608, eff. 2/12/2015; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 37, September 11, 2015, TexReg 6132, eff. 9/15/2015; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 45, Number 24, June 12, 2020, TexReg 4044, eff. 6/15/2020; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 48, Number 30, July 28, 2023, TexReg 4120, eff. 8/15/2023