Game birds include Rio Grande and Eastern turkeys, quail, and pheasants. Migratory game birds include geese, ducks, white-winged and mourning doves, sandhill cranes, rails, moorhens, gallinules, woodcock and snipe. Alligators, squirrels, rabbits and various fur-bearing animals are also hunted, giving hunters in Texas many diverse opportunities. Texas private lands dominate the Texas landscape, and landowners offer day, sesonal and year round lease opportunities to resident and non-resident hunters. For information regarding private lands in Texas, there are several commercial hunting lease directories and hunters can also contact local chambers of commerce.
Many local towns depend on hunting dollars to support their communities.
There are extended seasons in January and early February in South Texas. There is also a late muzzleloader season in January in Central Texas. Mule deer can be taken during the Archery Season and in a general season that extends several weeks in late November to early December. Antelope opportunities are limited and generally occur in early October. Javelinas may be hunted from October through February or year-round depending on the county.