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Season Open Dates

Teal

Texas received a 16-day early teal season to run Sept. 11-26 with a daily bag limit of four birds.

Ducks

South Zone

All species other than “dusky ducks”: Oct. 30 – Nov. 28, 2010 and Dec. 11, 2010 — Jan. 23, 2011; “Dusky ducks”: Nov. 4, 2010 – Nov. 28 — Dec. 11, 2010 – Jan. 23, 2011; Youth-only Season: Oct. 23-24, 2010

The daily bag limit for ducks is six, to include no more than five mallards of which only 2 may be hens; three wood ducks; two scaup; two redheads; two pintails; one canvasback; and one “dusky” duck.  Dusky ducks include: mottled ducks, Mexican-like duck, black duck and their hybrids. For all other species not listed, the bag limit is six. The daily bag limit for coots is 15. The daily bag limit for mergansers is five, which may include no more than two hooded mergansers.

Geese

Eastern Zone

Light geese: Oct. 30, 2010 – Jan. 23, 2011, the daily bag limit for light geese is 20 and no possession limit.

Dark geese: white-fronted geese: Oct. 30, 2010 – Jan. 9, 2011, daily bag limit is two;

Canada geese: Oct. 30, 2010 – Jan. 23, 2011, daily bag limit is three.

Light Goose Conservation Order

Eastern Zone

Jan. 24 — Mar. 27, 2011, no bag or possession limits.

 Sandhill Crane

Zone C

Dec. 18, 2010 — Jan. 23, 2011, daily bag limit is two and possession limit is four.

Extended Falconry Season

Ducks, coots, and mergansers:

South Duck Zone

Jan. 24 — Feb. 7, 2011

For all zones the daily bag limit is three and possession limit is six.

Federal Sandhill Crane Hunting Permit (Type 590): FREE
This permit is required to hunt sandhill cranes. The permit can be obtained in person ONLY at TPWD Law Enforcement offices and TPWD headquarters in Austin, but also is available by phone at (800) 792-1112 (option 5, menu 2) or (512) 389-4820, 8 a.m. – 5 p.m., Monday through Friday or online any time. For phone and online orders, a confirmation number will be issued in lieu of a permit. A $5 transaction fee will be charged for online orders. Permittees should keep a record of hunting activities because 26% of crane hunters are chosen for a federal harvest survey.