How many bucks can you kill in texas

Print Thread. Joined: Oct We are having a heated argument with some fellow hunters about how many bucks you can kill on this years license. I hunt in two different counties, one is a one buck county and the other is a two buck county. I say I can kill three bucks but the other hunters say that I'm wrong and I can only kill two. The Outdoor Annual makes it sound like I can kill three but they say it is misleading. So which is it; Two or Three? Thanks in advance. Joined: Mar Denton, Young, Blanco counties.

You can take 3, that's one reason there is a log on the back of the license. Joined: Nov Rustler is correct. It has changed at some point. As long as you don't exceed the bag limit in either county, you can kill 3. Two in one county and one in the other or even 3 bucks all in different counties. A mature buck might be a deer, but you can bet it's a totally different animal. Joined: Aug Fritch texas. From there you must follow individual rules for each county.

So you can take 1 buck in three diffrent 1 buck counties. Tx Panhandle. That 2 buck county gives you the extra. Your buddies would be right if all you hunted was 1 buck counties. Even if you were able to hunt in 3 or more 1 buck counties, I believe you can only shoot 2 bucks in all 1 buck counties combined but someone correct me if I'm mistaken.

In these counties, a legal buck deer is defined as a buck deer with:. It is unlawful to take more than one buck with an inside spread of 13 inches or greater or having two branched antlers i. If the inside spread extends past the ears, it is likely to be at least 13 inches. Definition of a point: a projection that extends at least one inch from the edge of a main beam or another tine. The tip of the main beam is also a point. Find your county to determine if there are antler restrictions.

To determine if a buck has an inside spread measurement of at least 13 inches, look at the distance from ear-tip to ear-tip on a buck with ears in the "alert" position. A projection that extends at least one inch from the edge of a main beam or another tine. CWD is a fatal disease that has been discovered in white-tailed deer, mule deer, elk, and red deer in localized portions of Texas.

To detect and manage this disease, the department has designated CWD Zones. Hunters who harvest mule deer, white-tailed deer, elk, or other exotic CWD-susceptible species within the CWD Zones are required to bring their animals to a TPWD check station within 48 hours of harvest.

Hunters must check each animal harvested and receive a CWD receipt before taking any part of that animal from the CWD Zone, including any meat or quartered parts. Additional regulations may apply and additional zones may be established without prior notice anywhere in the state upon discovery of CWD. The department will make every effort to publicize the designation and location of CWD Zones and check stations, as well as any special regulations that may be adopted following the publication of this notice.

For the latest updates, call A tag from the hunting license of the person who killed the deer must be correctly and legibly completed including name of property and county and immediately attached to the animal exception is properties with issued tags such as MLDP tags.

See how to properly tag a deer. The tag may be attached anywhere on a deer so that it is not damaged, defaced, or lost in transporting or handling. For deer, the appropriate tag or permit must remain attached until the deer reaches its final destination and is quartered. If the head does not accompany the carcass, then the head must be accompanied by a Wildlife Resource Document.

TIP: Remember that if the head and the carcass are separated, the tag from the hunting license goes with the meat and the WRD goes with the head. In counties with a Special Late Season, harvest is restricted to antlerless and unbranched antlered deer a buck with at least one antler that has no more than one point.

These county-based regs works to the benefit of a hunter that may hunt white-tailed deer in several counties within the state. A hunter can shoot up to 5 whitetail in any number of counties as long as he or she does not exceed the bag limit for any one county. Basically, a hunter can shoot up to 3 bucks with an inside spread between the main beams of greater than 13 inches in 3 different antler restriction counties within the same hunting season.

The fact that this option exists is why there is a harvest log on the back of a deer hunting license in Texas. The log allows a hunter to record up to 3 harvested bucks and denote whether the deer were taken in antler restriction counties or not, as well as if the bucks were greater than 13 inches. The white-tailed deer log found on the back of a hunting license is also used by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department TPWD game wardens for compliance with county bag limits for white-tailed deer.

Note: If you shoot even a single deer in Texas you DO want to complete the harvest log. If you get checked by a game warden, even while out fishing later in the year and you have deer tags missing, they will refer to that log on the back. Get new Buck Manager articles by email it's free! I hunt in Edwards County, a non antler restricted county in Texas. Does this mean I can take any buck with antlers regardless of the inside spread?

Mike, the white-tailed deer bag limit in Edwards County is 5 deer, no more than 2 bucks. Yes, any deer with antlers is a legal buck in your county regardless of antler size, points or inside spread. Kenny, the answer to your question is yes. You can shoot a buck with an inside spread of 13 inches or greater is 2 counties… actually, in 3 counties.

An annual hunting license includes 3 tags that can be used on buck or antlerless deer. Bob, the best strategy in the field is to use the ear tip to ear tip spread as a guide. From my experience, this is generally a good rule of thumb on year old bucks.