Texas Administrative Code › Title 31 - NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION › Part 2 - TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT › Chapter 65 - WILDLIFE › Subchapter H - PUBLIC HUNTING PROCLAMATION › Section 65.190 - Application

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a) This subchapter applies to all activities
				  subject to department regulation on lands designated by the department as
				  public hunting lands, regardless of the presence or absence of boundary
				  markers. Public hunting lands are acquired by lease or license, management
				  agreements, trade, gift, and purchase. Records of such acquisition are on file
				  at the Department's central repository.
(b) On U.S. Forest Service Lands designated
				  as public hunting lands (Alabama Creek, Bannister, Caddo National Grasslands,
				  Moore Plantation, Sam Houston National Forest WMAs, and Lake McClellan
				  Recreation Area) or any portion of Units 902 and 903, persons other than
				  hunters are exempt from the provisions of this subchapter, except for the
				  provisions of §
										65.199(c)(15)
				  of this title (relating to General Rules of Conduct).
(c) On U.S. Army Corps of Engineer Lands
				  designated as public hunting lands (Cooper, Dam B, Pat Mayse, and White Oak
				  Creek WMAs; Granger, Somerville and Ray Roberts PHLs), persons other than
				  hunters and equestrian users are exempt from requirements for an access
				  permit.
(d) On state park lands
				  designated as public hunting lands, access for fishing and recreational use is
				  governed by state park regulations.
(e) Public hunting lands include, but are not
				  limited to, the following:
(1) Alabama Creek
				  WMA (Unit 904);
(2) Alazan Bayou
				  WMA (Unit 747);
(3) Atkinson Island
				  WMA;
(4) Bannister WMA (Unit
				  903);
(5) Big Lake Bottom WMA (Unit
				  733);
(6) Black Gap WMA (Unit
				  701);
(7) Blue Elbow Swamp-Tony
				  Houseman WMA/SP;
(8) Caddo Lake WMA
				  (Unit 730);
(9) Caddo National
				  Grasslands WMA (Unit 901);
(10)
				  Candy Abshier WMA;
(11) Cedar Creek
				  Islands WMA (includes Big Island, Bird Island, and Telfair Island
				  Units);
(12) Chaparral WMA (Unit
				  700);
(13) Cooper WMA (Unit
				  731);
(14) D.R. Wintermann
				  WMA;
(15) Dam B WMA--includes
				  Angelina-Neches Scientific Area (Unit 707);
(16) Designated Units of the Las Palomas
				  WMA;
(17) Designated Units of
				  Public Hunting Lands Under Short-Term Lease;
(18) Designated Units of the Playa Lakes
				  WMA;
(19) Designated Units of the
				  State Park System;
(20) East Texas
				  Conservation Center (Unit 780);
(21) Elephant Mountain WMA (Unit
				  725);
(22) Gene Howe WMA (Unit
				  755)--includes Pat Murphy Unit (Unit 706);
(23) Granger (Unit 709);
(24) Guadalupe Delta WMA (Unit 729)--includes Mission
				  Lake Unit (720), Guadalupe River Unit (723), Hynes Bay Unit (724), and San
				  Antonio River Unit (760);
(25) Gus
				  Engeling WMA (Unit 754);
(26) James
				  Daughtrey WMA (Unit 713);
(27) J.D.
				  Murphree WMA (Unit 783);
(28)
				  Justin Hurst WMA (Unit 721);
(29)
				  Keechi Creek WMA (Unit 726);
(30)
				  Kerr WMA (Unit 756);
(31) Lake
				  McClellan Recreation Area (Unit 906);
(32) Lower Neches WMA (Unit 728)--includes
				  Old River Unit and Nelda Stark Unit;
(33) Mad Island WMA (Unit 729);
(34) Mason Mountain WMA (Unit 749);
(35) Matador WMA (Unit 702);
(36) Matagorda Island WMA (Unit
				  722);
(37) McGillvray and Leona
				  McKie Muse WMA (Unit 750);
(38)
				  M.O. Neasloney WMA;
(39) Moore
				  Plantation WMA (Unit 902);
(40)
				  Nannie Stringfellow WMA (Unit 716);
(41) North Toledo Bend WMA (Unit
				  615);
(42) Old Sabine Bottom WMA
				  (Unit 732);
(43) Pat Mayse WMA
				  (Unit 705);
(44) Ray Roberts (Unit
				  501);
(45) Redhead Pond
				  WMA;
(46) Richland Creek WMA (Unit
				  703);
(47) Roger Fawcett WMA (Unit
				  781);
(48) Sam Houston National
				  Forest WMA (Unit 905);
(49) Sierra
				  Diablo WMA (Unit 767);
(50)
				  Somerville (Unit 711);
(51)
				  Tawakoni WMA (Unit 708);
(52) The
				  Nature Center (Unit 021);
(53)
				  Welder Flats WMA;
(54) White Oak
				  Creek WMA (Unit 727);
(55) Yoakum
				  Dunes WMA (Unit 752); and
(56)
				  Other numbered units of public hunting lands.