Deer season dates?

[kurt68]

A co-worker says it will start two weeks earlier. Anybody hear this? TPWD hasn't updated the website, and the search function here didn't bring it up.

Thanks

[Lynn21]

Too early for the hard rut in my county.

[bloodstick]

It has always been the closest weekend to October First for Archery that I can remember.
I have not heard those rumors, but it would not surprise me

[cehorn]

I haven't heard but it needs to go 2 weeks later not start 2 weeks earlier. Does no good to give more days of sitting in a 100 degree deer blind while deer are bedded down because it is hot.

[Dusty Britches]

Your co-worker read that completely wrong.

https://tpwd.texas.gov/newsmedia/releases/?req=20190215b

TPWD will be taking public comment on the following proposed changes to the 2019-2020 Statewide Recreational Hunting Proclamation, with input to be considered before any action by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission at its March 20 public hearing:

• Refusal of program participation in Managed Lands Deer Programs (MLDP) for non-compliant properties in areas where chronic wasting disease (CWD) testing is required for all harvested deer.
• A four-day antlerless deer season in 21 counties in south central Texas. Counties being considered include: Austin, Bastrop, Caldwell, Colorado, Dewitt, Fayette, Gonzales, Guadalupe, Karnes, Lavaca, Lee, Waller, Washington, and Wilson. In addition to these counties, Goliad, Jackson, Victoria, and Wharton counties north of U.S. Highway 59 and Comal, Hays, and Travis east of IH-35 would also be included.
• Expansion of “doe days” in 20 counties from four to 16 days. Counties being considered include: Bell (east of IH 35), Burleson, Delta, Ellis, Falls, Fannin, Franklin, Freestone, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Limestone, Milam, Navarro, Rains, Smith, Titus, Van Zandt, Williamson (east of IH 35), and Wood.
• An experimental 20-inch minimum antler spread restriction regulation in Lynn County.
• A new season for javelina in six counties in the South Plains, to include: Borden, Dawson, Gaines, Hardeman, Scurry, and Terry counties.
• Clarification that proof of sex is required for turkeys taken during seasons when the bag limit is gobblers only or gobblers and bearded hens (i.e., not either sex), and that it can remain attached to the harvested bird or accompany the harvested bird.
• Establish seasons and bag limits for migratory game birds for 2019-2020.