(a) The annual bag limit for turkey (all subspecies), in the aggregate, is four, only one of which may be from a county listed in subsection (b)(3)(D) of this section.(b) The open seasons and bag limits for turkey shall be as follows.(1) Fall seasons and bag limits:(A) The counties listed in this subparagraph are in the Fall South Zone. In Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Calhoun, Cameron, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Goliad, Gonzales, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kinney (south of U.S. Highway 90), LaSalle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina (south of U.S. Highway 90), Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Starr, Uvalde (south of U.S. Highway 90), Val Verde (south of a line beginning at the International Bridge and proceeding along Spur 239 to U.S. Hwy. 90 and thence to the Kinney County line), Webb, Wilson, Zapata, and Zavala counties, there is a fall general open season.(i) Open season: first Saturday in November through the third Sunday in January.(ii) Bag limit: four turkeys, gobblers or bearded hens.(B) In Brooks, Kenedy, Kleberg, and Willacy counties, there is a fall general open season. (i) Open season: first Saturday in November through the last Sunday in February.(ii) Bag limit: four turkeys, either sex.(C) The counties and portions of counties listed in this subparagraph are in the Fall North Zone. In Archer, Armstrong, Bandera, Baylor, Bell (west of Interstate Highway 35), Bexar, Blanco, Borden, Bosque, Briscoe, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Carson, Childress, Clay, Coke, Coleman, Collingsworth, Comal (west of Interstate Highway 35), Comanche, Concho, Cooke, Coryell, Cottle, Crane, Crockett, Crosby, Dawson, Denton, Dickens, Donley, Eastland, Ector, Edwards, Erath, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Gillespie, Glasscock, Gray, Hall, Hamilton, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell, Hays (west of Interstate Highway 35), Hemphill, Hill (west of Interstate Highway 35), Hood, Howard, Hutchinson, Irion, Jack, Johnson, Jones, Kendall, Kent, Kerr, Kimble, King, Kinney (north of U.S. Highway 90), Knox, Lampasas, Lipscomb, Llano, Lynn, Martin, Mason, McCulloch, McLennan (west of Interstate Highway 35), Medina (north of U.S. Highway 90), Menard, Midland, Mills, Mitchell, Montague, Moore, Motley, Nolan, Ochiltree, Oldham, Palo Pinto, Parker, Potter, Randall, Reagan, Real, Roberts, Runnels, San Saba, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Somervell, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Swisher, Tarrant, Taylor, Throckmorton, Tom Green, Travis (west of Interstate Highway 35), Upton, Uvalde (north of U.S. Highway 90), Val Verde (north of a line beginning at the International Bridge and proceeding along Spur 239 to U.S. Hwy. 90 and thence to the Kinney County line), Ward, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Williamson (west of Interstate Highway 35), Wise, and Young counties, there is a fall general open season. (i) Open season: first Saturday in November through the first Sunday in January.(ii) Bag limit: four turkeys, either sex.(2) Archery-only season and bag limits. In all counties where there is a general fall season for turkey there is an open season during which turkey may be taken only as provided for in § 65.11(2) and (3) of this title (relating to Lawful Means).(A) Open season: from the Saturday closest to September 30 for 35 consecutive days.(B) Bag limit: in any given county, the annual bag limit is as provided by this section for the fall general season in that county.(3) Spring season and bag limits. (A) The counties and portions of counties listed in this subparagraph are in the Spring North Zone. In Archer, Armstrong, Bandera, Baylor, Bell (west of Interstate Highway 35), Bexar, Blanco, Borden, Bosque, Briscoe, Brown, Burnet, Callahan, Carson, Childress, Clay, Coke, Coleman, Collingsworth, Comal (west of Interstate Highway 35), Comanche, Concho, Cooke, Coryell, Cottle, Crane, Crockett, Crosby, Dawson, Denton, Dickens, Donley, Eastland, Ector, Edwards, Ellis (west of Interstate Hwy. 35), Erath, Fisher, Floyd, Foard, Garza, Gillespie, Glasscock, Gray, Guadalupe (south of Interstate Highway 10), Hall, Hamilton, Hardeman, Hartley, Haskell, Hays (west of Interstate Highway 35), Hemphill, Hill (west of Interstate Highway 35), Hood, Howard, Hutchinson, Irion, Jack, Johnson, Jones, Kendall, Kent, Kerr, Kimble, King, Kinney (north of U.S. Hwy. 90), Knox, Lampasas, Lipscomb, Llano, Lynn, Martin, Mason, McCulloch, McLennan (west of Interstate Highway 35), Medina (north of U.S. Hwy. 90), Menard, Midland, Mills, Mitchell, Montague, Moore, Motley, Nolan, Ochiltree, Oldham, Palo Pinto, Parker, Potter, Randall, Reagan, Real, Roberts, Runnels, San Saba, Schleicher, Scurry, Shackelford, Somervell, Stephens, Sterling, Stonewall, Sutton, Swisher, Tarrant, Taylor, Throckmorton, Tom Green, Travis (west of Interstate Highway 35), Upton, Uvalde (north of U.S. Hwy. 90), Val Verde (north of a line beginning at the International Bridge and proceeding along Spur 239 to U.S. Hwy. 90 and thence to the Kinney County line), Ward, Wheeler, Wichita, Wilbarger, Williamson (west of Interstate Highway 35), Wise, and Young counties, there is a spring general open season. (i) Open season: Saturday closest to April 1 for 44 consecutive days.(ii) Bag limit: four turkeys, gobblers or bearded hens.(B) The counties and portions of counties listed in this subparagraph are in the Spring South Zone. In Aransas, Atascosa, Bee, Brooks, Calhoun, Cameron, DeWitt, Dimmit, Duval, Frio, Goliad, Gonzales, Hidalgo, Jim Hogg, Jim Wells, Karnes, Kenedy, Kinney (south of U.S. Hwy. 90), Kleberg, LaSalle, Live Oak, Maverick, McMullen, Medina (south of U.S. Hwy. 90), Nueces, Refugio, San Patricio, Starr, Uvalde (south of U.S. Hwy. 90), Val Verde (south of a line beginning at the International Bridge and proceeding along Spur 239 to U.S. Hwy. 90 and thence to the Kinney County line), Victoria, Webb, Willacy, Wilson, Zapata, and Zavala counties, there is a spring general open season.(i) Open season: Saturday closest to March 18 for 44 consecutive days.(ii) Bag limit: four turkeys, gobblers or bearded hens.(C) In Bastrop, Brewster, Caldwell, Colorado, Comal (east of Interstate Highway 35), Fayette, Guadalupe (north of I-10), Hays (east of Interstate Highway 35), Hill (east of Interstate Highway 35), Jackson, Jeff Davis, Lavaca, Lee, Matagorda, McLennan (east of Interstate Highway 35), Pecos, Terrell, Travis (east of Interstate Highway 35), and Wharton counties, there is a spring general open season.(i) Open season: from April 1 through April 30.(ii) Bag limit: one turkey, gobblers only.(D) The counties and portions of counties listed in this subparagraph are in the East Zone. In Bowie (north of U.S. 82), Cass, Fannin (north of U.S. 82), Grayson, Jasper (other than the Angelina National Forest), Lamar (north of U.S. 82), Marion, Nacogdoches, Newton, Polk, Red River (north of U.S. 82), and Sabine counties, there is a spring general open season.(i) Open season: from April 22 through May 14.(ii) Bag limit: one turkey, gobbler only.(iii) In the counties listed in this subsection:(I) it is unlawful to hunt turkey by any means other than a shotgun or lawful archery equipment; and(II) it is unlawful for any person to take or attempt to take turkeys by the aid of baiting, or on or over a baited area.(4) Special Youth-Only Seasons. Only licensed hunters 16 years of age or younger may hunt during the seasons established by this subsection.(A) There shall be a special youth-only fall general hunting season in all counties where there is a fall general open season.(i) open season: the Friday, Saturday, and Sunday immediately preceding the first Saturday in November and from the Monday immediately following the close of the general open season for 14 consecutive days.(ii) bag limit: as specified for individual counties in paragraph (1) of this subsection.(B) There shall be special youth-only spring general open hunting seasons for turkey in the counties listed in paragraph (3)(A) and (B) of this subsection.(i) open seasons:(I) the weekend (Saturday and Sunday) immediately preceding the first day of the general open spring season; and(II) the weekend (Saturday and Sunday) immediately following the last day of the general open spring season.(ii) bag limit: as specified for individual counties in paragraph (3) of this subsection.(c) Except as provided by § 65.10 of this title for turkeys harvested under a digital license issued pursuant to § 53.3(a)(12) of this title, a valid license with digital tags under § 53.4 of this title, or a valid digital license under § 53.5(a)(3) of this title, all harvested turkeys must be registered via the department's internet or mobile application within 24 hours of the time of kill.(d) In all counties or portions of counties for which an open season is not provided under subsection (b) of this section, the season is closed for hunting turkey.31 Tex. Admin. Code § 65.64
The provisions of this §65.64 adopted to be effective July 14, 1997, 22 TexReg 6308; amended to be effective October 2, 1997, 22 TexReg 9687; amended to be effective August 16, 1999, 24 TexReg 6305; amended to be effective July 13, 2000, 25 TexReg 6545; amended to be effective July 26, 2001, 26 TexReg 5422; amended to be effective June 3, 2002, 27 TexReg 4712; amended to be effective July 11, 2004, 29 TexReg 6330; amended to be effective July 10, 2005, 30 TexReg 3997; amended to be effective September 1, 2006, 31 TexReg 5342; amended to be effective July 18, 2007, 32 TexReg 4421; amended to be effective August 23, 2009, 34TexReg5701; amended to be effective September 1, 2011, 36 TexReg 3332; amended to be effective July 15, 2014, 39 TexReg 5417; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 40, Number 29, July 17, 2015, TexReg 4700, eff. 9/1/2015; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 42, Number 26, June 30, 2017, TexReg 3402, eff. 9/1/2017; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 43, Number 22, June 1, 2018, TexReg 3609, eff. 9/1/2018; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 46, Number 28, July 9, 2021, TexReg 4169, eff. 9/1/2021; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 02, January 14, 2022, TexReg 0100, eff. 1/18/2022; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 47, Number 33, August 19, 2022, TexReg 4997, eff. 9/1/2022; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 48, Number 30, July 28, 2023, TexReg 4122, eff. 8/15/2023; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 49, Number 32, August 9, 2024, TexReg 6006, eff. 8/11/2024