Dallam 2024-2025 Hunting SeasonsCounty Seat: Dalhart

It is the responsibility of the hunter to be aware of restricted areas in counties

Species Info
Non-core
General Season
Apr. 1 - June 30, 2025

Bag Limit 1 per person per year
Species Info Migratory Game Bird Endorsement & HIP Certification Required
North Zone
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Regular Season
Sept. 1 - Nov. 10, 2024
Dec. 20, 2024 - Jan. 7, 2025

Daily Bag Limit 15 white-winged, mourning and white-tipped doves in the aggregate, to include no more than 2 white-tipped
Possession Limit Three times the daily bag limit
Legal Shooting Hours From one-half hour before sunrise to sunset.
Falconry
Nov. 15 - Dec. 1, 2024

Daily Bag Limit 3 in the aggregate
Possession Limit Three times the daily bag limit
Species Info Migratory Game Bird Endorsement, HIP Certification & Federal Duck Stamp Required
High Plains Mallard Management Unit
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Duck Daily Bag Limit with Gun 6 in the aggregate. Includes mergansers.

No more than:

  • 5 mallards (only two may be hens)
  • 3 wood ducks
  • 2 redheads
  • 2 canvasback
  • 1 scaup
  • 1 pintail
  • 1 "dusky" duck (mottled duck, Mexican-like duck, black duck and their hybrids are closed the first five days of the season in each zone)
  • All other species not listed: 6
Coot Daily Bag Limit 15 birds
Possession Limit with Gun Three times the daily bag limit
Youth-Only
Oct. 19 - 20, 2024

Veterans and Active Duty Military
Oct. 19 - 20, 2024

Regular Season
Oct. 26 - 27, 2024
Nov. 1, 2024 - Jan. 26, 2025

"Dusky" Duck
Nov. 4, 2024 - Jan. 26, 2025

Species Info Migratory Game Bird Endorsement, HIP Certification & Federal Duck Stamp Required
Western Zone
Zone Map
Daily Bag Limit 5 dark geese in the aggregate, 5 light geese in the aggregate.
Possession Limit Three times the daily bag limit.
Dark Geese
Nov. 2, 2024 - Feb. 2, 2025

Light Geese
Nov. 2, 2024 - Feb. 2, 2025

Species Info
No Open Season
Species Info
Panhandle
Note Mandatory check station rules may apply for deer (see www.tpwd.texas.gov/CWD).
Archery Only
Sept. 28 - Nov. 1, 2024

Bag Limit 1 buck all seasons combined.
General Season
Nov. 23 - Dec. 8, 2024

Bag Limit 1 buck all seasons combined.
Species Info Upland Game Bird Endorsement Required
Panhandle
General Season
Dec. 7, 2024 - Jan. 5, 2025

Daily Bag Limit 3 cocks
Possession Limit 9 cocks
Species Info Permit Required
Bag Limit 1 - by permit only
Note The harvest of pronghorn is by permit only. The permit must be completely filled out and attached to the pronghorn immediately following harvest. Permits are issued to landowners or their agents in areas where there are huntable populations (Trans-Pecos, Permian Basin and Panhandle). See more information about pronghorn permits.
It is the hunter’s responsibility to verify the permits are issued to the property where they are hunting
Regular Season
Sept. 28 - Oct. 13, 2024

Species Info Upland Game Bird Endorsement Required
Statewide
Regular Season
Oct. 26, 2024 - Feb. 23, 2025

Daily Bag Limit 15
Possession Limit 45
Mearns' (Montezuma) Quail No open season.
Species Info Migratory Game Bird Endorsement & HIP Certification Required
Statewide
Regular Season
Sept. 14 - 29, 2024
Nov. 2 - Dec. 25, 2024

Daily Bag Limit 15 King and Clapper Rails in the aggregate; 25 Sora and Virginia Rails in the aggregate; 15 Moorhens (Common Gallinules) and Purple Gallinules in the aggregate.
Possession Limit Three times the daily bag limit
Falconry
Jan. 27 - Feb. 10, 2025

Daily Bag Limit 3 in the aggregate
Possession Limit Three times the daily bag limit
Species Info Migratory Game Bird Endorsement, Federal Sandhill Crane Permit & HIP Certification Required
Zone A
Zone Map
Regular Season
Oct. 26, 2024 - Jan. 26, 2025

Daily Bag Limit 3
Possession Limit 9
Species Info
All Other Counties
General Season
Sept. 1, 2024 - Aug. 31, 2025

Species Info Migratory Game Bird Endorsement, HIP Certification & Federal Duck Stamp Required
Statewide
September Teal Only Season
Sept. 14 - 29, 2024

Daily Bag Limit 6 in the aggregate
Possession Limit Three times the daily bag limit
Species Info Archery Endorsement Required for Archery Hunting
North Zone
Bag Limit 3 deer, no more than 1 buck, and no more than 2 antlerless, all seasons combined.
Note Mandatory check station rules may apply for deer (see www.tpwd.texas.gov/CWD).
MLDP If MLDP buck tags have been issued for a property, harvest is by MLDP tag only and all bucks must be tagged with a MLDP tag. If MLDP antlerless tags have been issued for a property, harvest is by MLDP tag only and all antlerless deer must be tagged with a MLDP antlerless tag. The landowner or designated agent are responsible for providing MLDP tags to the hunters on MLDP properties. All hunters using MLDP tags are required to possess a Resident or Non-resident General hunting license.
Archery Only
Sept. 28 - Nov. 1, 2024

General Season
Nov. 2, 2024 - Jan. 5, 2025

Youth-Only
Early Youth-Only Season Oct. 25 - 27, 2024
Late Youth-Only Season Jan. 6 - 19, 2025

Species Info Migratory Game Bird Endorsement & HIP Certification Required
Statewide
Regular Season
Nov. 2, 2024 - Feb. 16, 2025

Daily Bag Limit 8
Possession Limit Three times the daily bag limit
Species Info Migratory Game Bird Endorsement & HIP Certification Required
Statewide
Regular Season
Dec. 18, 2024 - Jan. 31, 2025

Daily Bag Limit 3
Possession Limit Three times the daily bag limit
Falconry
Jan. 27 - Feb. 10, 2025

Daily Bag Limit 3
Possession Limit Three times the daily bag limit