Texas Parks and Wildlife Newsletter
Start planning your hunts – season dates for 2024-25 have been set, including:
- Dove: 9/1 all zones, including South Zone’s Special White-winged Dove Days
- Teal: 9/14
- Pronghorn: 9/28
- Archery: 9/28
- Quail: 10/26
- White-tailed deer: 11/2
- Wild turkey: 11/2
Regulation updates that begin Sept. 1 include:
- Specific references to Rio Grande and Eastern wild turkey will be replaced with “wild turkey” in regulations.
- Statewide harvest reporting will be required for all wild turkeys during all seasons and in all counties.
Find more regulation updates in our press release TPW Commission Approves 2024-25 Statewide Hunting, Migratory Game Bird Regulations.
NEW CWD-related regulation updates that begin Sept. 1:
- CWD check station requirements will be replaced with voluntary testing measures in some containment and surveillance zones. For more on CWD updates see our press release Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Approves Reduction of Chronic Wasting Disease Containment and Surveillance Zones.
- Hunters will be allowed to debone a deer carcass at the site of harvest. Find more information, including disposal options, in our press release Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission Approves Statewide Deer Carcass Disposal Regulations.
Access all the new season dates and regulations in the Outdoor Annual online or in the free app beginning Aug. 15. If you have the app, it will automatically update in mid-August (requires internet access).