Texas Hunting Seasons for Chambers County

(County seat: Anahuac)

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Note: Please read the Advisories and notes on the previous page.

White-tailed Deer

Special Antler Restrictions

Archery Only: October 3-November 6, 2009. No permit required to hunt antlerless deer unless MLD permits have been issued for the property.
Bag Limit: 4 deer, no more than 2 bucks, and no more than 2 antlerless, all seasons combined.
General Season: November 7, 2009-January 3, 2010. On United States Forest Service, Corps of Engineers, and river authority lands, the take of antlerless deer shall be by permit only. On other tracts of land, antlerless deer may be taken without permits from opening day through the Sunday immediately following Thanksgiving Day (November 7-29, 2009). From the Monday following Thanksgiving Day until the end of the season, antlerless deer may be taken by antlerless MLDP permit or LAMPS permit only. On tracts of land for which LAMPS permits have been issued, no LAMPS permit is required during the archery-only or muzzleloader-only open season.
Special Youth-Only Season: Early open season: October 31-November 1, 2009. Late open season: January 4-17, 2010.
Bag limits, provision for the take of antlerless deer, and special requirements of the county, shall be as specified for the first 2 days of the general open season.

Licensed hunters 16 years of age or younger may hunt deer by any lawful means during this season.
Muzzleloader-Only Open Season: January 4-17, 2010. Bag Limit: As specified for the general open season. All restrictions established for the take of buck deer during the general open season remain in effect.

No permit required for the take of antlerless deer, except on properties for which MLD permits have been issued.

Squirrel:

Open Season: October 1, 2009-February 7, 2010 and May 1-31. Daily Bag Limit: 10.

Special youth-only season: September 26-27, 2009.

Turkey

No open season.

Pheasant:

Open season: October 31, 2009-February 28, 2010. Bag Limit: three cocks. Possession limit: six cocks.

Quail:

Statewide: Open season: October 31, 2009-February 28, 2010. Daily bag limit: 15 Possession limit: 45

Dove:

The area south of IH 10 is in the South Zone.

The remainder of the county is in the Central Zone.

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