Powderhorn WMA: Hunting

Hunting

Wildlife Management Areas have rules and regulations for hunting not required on private property. Hunters must possess a valid hunting license, the appropriate tags and stamps, as well as the proper public hunting permit. Permits include: Annual Public Hunting Permit (APH), computer drawn Special Permits, and the Regular Permit, which allows daily small game hunting on some areas. Hunters 16 years of age and younger are not required to have a hunting permit, but must have a hunting license and be supervised by a licensed, permitted adult, 18 years of age or older. Hunters and non-hunters must wear hunter orange during daylight hours at any time when firearm hunting for any species is authorized on the unit (except turkeys, waterfowl, and dove). For more details see the rules page for this WMA, the Summary of Fishing and Hunting Regulations and Public Hunting Lands Information and Maps.

Hunting on Powderhorn WMA

Big Game youth and adult Public Drawn Hunts occur in the fall and winter and are conducted by the Texas Public Dawn Hunts System. If there is hunter vacancies for Drawn Hunts, standby drawings will be held. All WMA rules and regulations must be adhered to unless superseded by hunting regulations. Hunters must have a valid Texas Hunting License as required by statue. Hunters 17 years of age or older must have a valid I.D. Texas hunters born on or after September 2, 1971, must have a Hunter Safety Education certificate.

• Disturbance or removal of plants, rocks, artifacts or other objects on the WMA is prohibited.
• Alcohol is prohibited on the WMA.
• Camping is not available on the WMA.
• For accommodation for hunters with disabilities on public hunt sites, please contact the WMA manager at least 2 weeks in advance of your hunt dates. Please call (361) 205-1510 for more hunting information.
• Hunters must wear a minimum of 400 square inches of daylight fluorescent orange material, with at least 144 square inches appearing on both the chest and back and wear orange headwear.
• Permitted hunters who have accepted their hunts and standby hunters, must report to the WMA Information Station on the first day of their assigned hunt date by 10:30 a.m. to complete the application process. Standby hunters will be drawn at 11:00 a.m.
• Hunters must contact the WMA as soon as possible if they are unable to attend their accepted hunt or not able to arrive on the first day for orientation.
• Following a brief orientation, Texas Parks and Wildlife personnel will direct hunters to their hunting compartments.
• Hunters will provide their own transportation to and from their hunting blind and must stay within their assigned area. A four-wheel drive vehicle is recommended but is not necessary to take part in the hunt.
• Baiting is allowed and encouraged for deer and exotic hunts. Bait corn must be certified for livestock and wildlife consumption and aflatoxin free.
• Hunters will handle the care and butchering of their game after harvest. Facilities for cleaning and skinning deer and hogs are available on the WMA.