El Paso 2023-2024 Hunting SeasonsCounty Seat: El Paso

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Species Info
Non-core
General Season
Apr. 1 - June 30, 2024

Bag Limit 1 per person per year
Species Info Migratory Game Bird Endorsement & HIP Certification Required
North Zone
Zone Map
Regular Season
Sept. 1 - Nov. 12, 2023
Dec. 15 - 31, 2023

Daily Bag Limit 15 white-winged, mourning and white-tipped doves in the aggregate, to include no more than 2 white-tipped
Possession Limit Three times the daily bag limit
Legal Shooting Hours From one-half hour before sunrise to sunset.
Falconry
Nov. 17 - Dec. 3, 2023

Daily Bag Limit 3 in the aggregate
Possession Limit Three times the daily bag limit
Species Info Migratory Game Bird Endorsement, HIP Certification & Federal Duck Stamp Required
High Plains Mallard Management Unit
Zone Map
Duck Daily Bag Limit with Gun 6 in the aggregate. Includes mergansers.

No more than:

  • 5 mallards (only two may be hens)
  • 3 wood ducks
  • 2 redheads
  • 2 canvasback
  • 1 scaup
  • 1 pintail
  • 1 "dusky" duck (mottled duck, Mexican-like duck, black duck and their hybrids are closed the first five days of the season in each zone)
  • All other species not listed: 6
Coot Daily Bag Limit 15 birds
Possession Limit with Gun Three times the daily bag limit
Youth-Only
Oct. 21 - 22, 2023

Veterans and Active Duty Military
Oct. 21 - 22, 2023

Regular Season
Oct. 28 - 29, 2023
Nov. 3, 2023 - Jan. 28, 2024

"Dusky" Duck
Nov. 6, 2023 - Jan. 28, 2024

Species Info Migratory Game Bird Endorsement, HIP Certification & Federal Duck Stamp Required
West Zone
Zone Map
Daily Bag Limit 5 dark geese, to include no more than two white-fronted geese, 10 light geese in the aggregate.
Possession Limit Dark geese three times the daily bag limit. Light geese no possession limit.
Light and Dark Geese
Nov. 4, 2023 - Feb. 4, 2024

Light Geese (Conservation Order)
Feb. 5 - Mar. 10, 2024

Light Geese (Conservation Order) Only No bag limit, no possession limit.
Species Info
Southern
Regular Season
Sept. 1, 2023 - Aug. 31, 2024

Bag Limit 2 per license year.
Possession Limit 2
Species Info
Trans-Pecos
Note Mandatory check station rules apply for deer (see www.tpwd.texas.gov/CWD).
Archery Only
Sept. 30 - Nov. 3, 2023

Bag Limit 1 buck all seasons combined.
General Season
Nov. 24 - Dec. 10, 2023

Bag Limit 1 buck all seasons combined.
Species Info Upland Game Bird Endorsement Required
Statewide
Regular Season
Oct. 28, 2023 - Feb. 25, 2024

Daily Bag Limit 15
Possession Limit 45
Mearns' (Montezuma) Quail No open season.
Species Info Migratory Game Bird Endorsement & HIP Certification Required
Statewide
Regular Season
Sept. 9 - 24, 2023
Nov. 4 - Dec. 27, 2023

Daily Bag Limit 15 King and Clapper Rails in the aggregate; 25 Sora and Virginia Rails in the aggregate; 15 Moorhens (Common Gallinules) and Purple Gallinules in the aggregate.
Possession Limit Three times the daily bag limit
Falconry
Jan. 29 - Feb. 12, 2024

Daily Bag Limit 3 in the aggregate
Possession Limit Three times the daily bag limit
Species Info Migratory Game Bird Endorsement, Federal Sandhill Crane Permit & HIP Certification Required
Zone A
Zone Map
Regular Season
Oct. 28, 2023 - Jan. 28, 2024

Daily Bag Limit 3
Possession Limit 9
Species Info
All Other Counties
General Season
Sept. 1, 2023 - Aug. 31, 2024

Species Info Migratory Game Bird Endorsement, HIP Certification & Federal Duck Stamp Required
Statewide
September Teal Only Season
Sept. 9 - 24, 2023

Daily Bag Limit 6 in the aggregate
Possession Limit Three times the daily bag limit
Species Info Migratory Game Bird Endorsement & HIP Certification Required
Statewide
Regular Season
Nov. 4, 2023 - Feb. 18, 2024

Daily Bag Limit 8
Possession Limit Three times the daily bag limit
Species Info Migratory Game Bird Endorsement & HIP Certification Required
Statewide
Regular Season
Dec. 18, 2023 - Jan. 31, 2024

Daily Bag Limit 3
Possession Limit Three times the daily bag limit
Falconry
Jan. 29 - Feb. 12, 2024

Daily Bag Limit 3
Possession Limit Three times the daily bag limit