Las Palomas WMA: Hunting
Phone: (956) 498-4791
Address:
154-B Lakeview Drive
Weslaco, TX 78596
Contact:
Jimmy Stout
Dates Open:
The Las Palomas Wildlife Management Area (WMA) units are open year-round for daytime biking, hiking, wildlife viewing activities and public hunting activities. During public hunting activities, the WMA units are closed for other activities. To enter the WMA Units, visitors 17 years of age and older must have an Annual Public Hunting (APH) or Limited Public Use (LPU) Permit. Visit the Information Stations at the WMA units and use the kiosks to see closure dates. Visitors and Hunters must register each day when they enter and leave the WMA units using eOSR on the Texas Hunt and Fish App.
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 Las Palomas WMA
APH Permit Walkin Hunts
In the Fall and Spring, there are small game Walk-in Hunts on the Las Palomas WMA units for hunters with an APH. See the following Annual Public Hunting Lands Maps for dates, legal game, means, etc.:
- Las Palomas WMA Anacua Unit hunting map
- Las Palomas WMA Arroyo Colorado Unit hunting map
- Las Palomas WMA Carricitos Unit hunting map
- Las Palomas WMA Ebony Unit hunting map
- Las Palomas WMA Longoria Unit hunting map
- Las Palomas WMA Tucker Unit hunting map
- Las Palomas WMA Baird, Chapote and Taormina Units hunting map
Special Permit Drawn Hunts
In the Winter, there are big game Special Permit drawn hunts on Las Palomas Arroyo Colorado and Longoria Units. Drawings for the Special permits are conducted by the Texas Public Hunt System. Hunters with a Special Permit, do not need to have an APH permit. See the following webpages for dates, legal game, means, etc. for Special Permit drawn hunts on the WMA: