Terry 2024-2025 Hunting SeasonsCounty Seat: Brownfield

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

Alligator

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

Bag Limit 1 per person per year

Dove

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Species Info Migratory Game Bird Endorsement & HIP Certification Required
North Zone
Zone Map
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

Duck

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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

Note Learn More about Youth Only Seasons
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

Goose

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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

Javelina

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Species Info
Northern
Regular Season
Oct. 1, 2024 - Feb. 23, 2025

Bag Limit 2 per license year.
Possession Limit 2

Mule Deer

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Species Info
Panhandle
Antler Restrictions A legal buck deer is defined as a buck with an outside spread 20 inches or greater. Any buck for which the outside spread of the main beams is less than 20 inches is NOT legal to harvest. Any buck with at least one unbranched antler (e.g., spike) is NOT legal to harvest, unless the outside spread of the main beams is at least 20 inches in width.
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.

Pronghorn

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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

Quail

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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.

Rails, Gallinules and Moorhens

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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

Sandhill Crane

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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

Squirrel

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Species Info
All Other Counties
General Season
Sept. 1, 2024 - Aug. 31, 2025

Teal

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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

White-tailed Deer

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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.
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

Wilson's Snipe (Common Snipe or Jacksnipe)

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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

Woodcock

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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