Just picked up the TPWD Reg Book.....HELP!!!

[alien77721]

I need some clarification. Just picked the book up and I am not sure if I am reading it right. I live and hunt in Jackson County. Am I allowed to harvest any does in archery season?

[DaveS903]

I read it as yes...maybe. Noth of 59 you must have an MLD permit (in other words, you can only take a doe on an MLD property). South of 59 no permit is needed unless your property is an MLD property. If it is an MLD property, you will need an MLD anterless permit.

[Luck_of_the_Draw]

Open Season (south of U.S. Highway 59): November 3-January 6. Buck bag limit: 2, to include no more than one with an inside spread of 13 inches or greater. Antlerless bag limit: 2. A legal buck deer is a deer having at least one unbranched antler, or an inside spread of 13 inches or greater. The inside spread requirement does not apply to to any buck having an unbranched antler. These provisions do not apply on properties for which Level 2 or Level 3 MLDPs have been issued.

From opening day through the Sunday immediately following Thanksgiving Day, antlerless deer may be taken without antlerless deer permits unless MLDP antlerless permits have been issued for the tract of land. If MLDP antlerless permits have been issued, they must be attached to all antlerless deer harvested on the tract of land. From the Monday following Thanksgiving, antlerless deer may be taken only by MLDP antlerless permit.

Open Season (north of U.S. Highway 59): November 3-January 6. Buck bag limit: 2, to include no more than one with an inside spread of 13 inches or greater. A legal buck deer is a deer having at least one unbranched antler, or an inside spread of 13 inches or greater. The inside spread requirement does not apply to any buck having an unbranched antler. These provisions do not apply on properties for which Level 2 or Level 3 MLDPs have been issued. Antlerless bag limit: 2, by antlerless permit only.

Archery Only: September 29-November 2. Bag limit: Same as the general season. No permit required to hunt antlerless deer unless MLDP antlerless permits have been issued for the property.

Special Youth-Only Season: Early open season: October 27-28, 2007. Late open season: January 19-20, 2008.

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, except in Grayson County, where legal means are restricted to crossbow and archery equipment.

[DaveS903]

Open Season (south of U.S. Highway 59)...

Not sure it make a difference but the stuff you posted is for last year not the 2008/2009 season.

[Luck_of_the_Draw]

Strait from the web sight...

TP&W needs to update their sight.