Texas

Species

102 tracked · 87 with rules on at least one public property

Waterfowl (29)

Species	Scientific name	Status in Texas	Public properties
American Wigeon	Mareca americana	huntable	90
Black-bellied Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna autumnalis	huntable	90
Blue-winged Teal	Spatula discors	huntable	93
Bufflehead	Bucephala albeola	huntable	90
Cackling Goose	Branta hutchinsii	huntable	89
Canada Goose	Branta canadensis	huntable	89
Canvasback	Aythya valisineria	huntable	90
Cinnamon Teal	Spatula cyanoptera	huntable	93
Common Goldeneye	Bucephala clangula	huntable	90
Common Merganser	Mergus merganser	huntable	90
Fulvous Whistling-Duck	Dendrocygna bicolor	huntable	90
Gadwall	Mareca strepera	huntable	90
Greater Scaup	Aythya marila	huntable	90
Greater White-fronted Goose	Anser albifrons	huntable	89
Green-winged Teal	Anas crecca	huntable	93
Hooded Merganser	Lophodytes cucullatus	huntable	90
Lesser Scaup	Aythya affinis	huntable	90
Mallard	Anas platyrhynchos	huntable	90
Mexican Duck	Anas diazi	huntable	90
Mottled Duck	Anas fulvigula	huntable	90
Northern Pintail	Anas acuta	huntable	90
Northern Shoveler	Spatula clypeata	huntable	90
Red-breasted Merganser	Mergus serrator	huntable	90
Redhead	Aythya americana	huntable	90
Ring-necked Duck	Aythya collaris	huntable	90
Ross's Goose	Anser rossii	huntable	89
Ruddy Duck	Oxyura jamaicensis	huntable	90
Snow Goose	Anser caerulescens	huntable	89
Wood Duck	Aix sponsa	huntable	90

Species	Scientific name	Status in Texas	Public properties
Aoudad	Ammotragus lervia	huntable	10
Axis Deer	Axis axis	huntable	8
Blackbuck Antelope	Antilope cervicapra	huntable	1
Catalina Goat	Capra hircus	huntable	—
Corsican Sheep	Ovis aries	huntable	—
Eurasian Collared-Dove	Streptopelia decaocto	huntable	68
Fallow Deer	Dama dama	huntable	1
Feral Hog	Sus scrofa	huntable	106
Gemsbok Oryx	Oryx gazella	huntable	1
Nilgai Antelope	Boselaphus tragocamelus	huntable	2
Red Deer	Cervus elaphus	huntable	1
Rock Dove (Feral Pigeon)	Columba livia	huntable	21
Rocky Mountain Elk	Cervus canadensis nelsoni	huntable	2
Sambar Deer	Rusa unicolor	huntable	2
Scimitar-horned Oryx	Oryx dammah	huntable	1
Sika Deer	Cervus nippon	huntable	3
Warthog	Phacochoerus africanus	huntable	—
Waterbuck	Kobus ellipsiprymnus	huntable	—

Species	Scientific name	Status in Texas	Public properties
American Coot	Fulica americana	huntable	2
American Woodcock	Scolopax minor	huntable	43
Clapper Rail	Rallus crepitans	huntable	42
Common Gallinule	Gallinula galeata	huntable	43
King Rail	Rallus elegans	huntable	42
Mourning Dove	Zenaida macroura	huntable	134
Purple Gallinule	Porphyrio martinicus	huntable	43
Sandhill Crane	Antigone canadensis	huntable	35
Sora	Porzana carolina	huntable	42
Virginia Rail	Rallus limicola	huntable	42
White-tipped Dove	Leptotila verreauxi	huntable	43
White-winged Dove	Zenaida asiatica	huntable	134
Wilson's Snipe	Gallinago delicata	huntable	50

Species	Scientific name	Status in Texas	Public properties
American Bullfrog	Lithobates catesbeianus	huntable	17
Black-tailed Jackrabbit	Lepus californicus	huntable	104
Black-tailed Prairie Dog	Cynomys ludovicianus	huntable	—
Bobcat	Lynx rufus	huntable	15
Coyote	Canis latrans	huntable	69
Desert Cottontail	Sylvilagus audubonii	huntable	104
Eastern Cottontail	Sylvilagus floridanus	huntable	104
Mountain Lion	Puma concolor	huntable	—
Nine-banded Armadillo	Dasypus novemcinctus	huntable	—
North American Porcupine	Erethizon dorsatum	huntable	—
Rock Squirrel	Otospermophilus variegatus	huntable	—
Swamp Rabbit	Sylvilagus aquaticus	huntable	104

Species	Scientific name	Status in Texas	Public properties
Badger	Taxidea taxus	huntable	16
Beaver	Castor canadensis	huntable	17
Gray Fox	Urocyon cinereoargenteus	huntable	16
Mink	Neovison vison	huntable	16
Muskrat	Ondatra zibethicus	huntable	17
Nutria	Myocastor coypus	huntable	17
Opossum	Didelphis virginiana	huntable	17
Raccoon	Procyon lotor	huntable	22
Red Fox	Vulpes vulpes	huntable	16
Ringtail	Bassariscus astutus	huntable	16
River Otter	Lontra canadensis	huntable	16
Striped Skunk	Mephitis mephitis	huntable	17

Species	Scientific name	Status in Texas	Public properties
Gambel's Quail	Callipepla gambelii	huntable	33
Montezuma Quail	Cyrtonyx montezumae	no_open_season	—
Northern Bobwhite	Colinus virginianus	huntable	33
Plain Chachalaca	Ortalis vetula	huntable	1
Ring-necked Pheasant	Phasianus colchicus	huntable	28
Scaled Quail	Callipepla squamata	huntable	33

Species	Scientific name	Status in Texas	Public properties
Desert Bighorn Sheep	Ovis canadensis	huntable	—
Javelina	Pecari tajacu	huntable	13
Mule Deer	Odocoileus hemionus	huntable	9
Pronghorn	Antilocapra americana	huntable	—
White-tailed Deer	Odocoileus virginianus	huntable	92

Species	Scientific name	Status in Texas	Public properties
Manitoban Elk	Cervus canadensis manitobensis	—	—
Roosevelt Elk	Cervus canadensis roosevelti	—	—
Tule Elk	Cervus canadensis nannodes	—	—

Species	Scientific name	Status in Texas	Public properties
Eastern Gray Squirrel	Sciurus carolinensis	huntable	42
Fox Squirrel	Sciurus niger	huntable	42

Species	Scientific name	Status in Texas	Public properties
Eastern Wild Turkey	Meleagris gallopavo silvestris	huntable	4
Rio Grande Wild Turkey	Meleagris gallopavo intermedia	huntable	13

Season dates and bag limits change. Always check the current Texas Parks & Wildlife regulations before you hunt.