Texas Hunting Seasons for Cooke County
(County seat: Gainesville)
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.Special Late General Season, for the take of antlerless and spike-buck deer only: January 4-17, 2010.
On USFS, Corps of Engineers, and river authority lands, the take of antlerless deer shall be by permit only.
On all other tracts of land, no permit is required to hunt antlerless deer unless MLDP antlerless permits have been issued for the tract of land.
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.
Squirrel:
No closed season. No bag limit.
Turkey
The annual bag limit for Rio Grande and Eastern turkey, in the aggregate for all counties, is four (4), no more than one of which may be an Eastern turkey. For counties that have an Eastern Turkey spring season, there is no fall season.
- Fall:
Open season: November 7, 2009-January 3, 2010 (either sex).
Archery Only: October 3-November 6, 2009.
Special youth-only (general) fall turkey season: October 31-November 1, 2009, and January 16-17, 2010. Only licensed hunters 16 years of age or younger may hunt turkey during this season. Bag limit as specified by the general fall turkey season. - Spring:
Rio Grande turkey: Open season: April 3-May 16, 2010 (gobblers only).
Special Youth-Only (Rio Grande turkey): Open season: March 27-28 and May 22-23, 2010.
Quail:
Statewide: Open season: October 31, 2009-February 28, 2010. Daily bag limit: 15 Possession limit: 45