Hunting license info

Retail locations include sporting goods stores, gun shops, department stores, discount stores, bait and tackle shops, grocery stores, and many other types of stores. Closed for most state holidays. Some commercial hunting and fishing licenses are available only at the Austin Headquarters and Law Enforcement Offices. Fish stocking, wildlife management, habitat restoration, land conservation, and Texas Game Wardens are just some of the initiatives funded in part by your license fees.

Thank you for your support of outdoor recreation and conservation. Remember to share your decision with your family so they know your wishes. Hunting and Fishing Licenses We have released a new system.

Log in to purchase or apply for a license. Application and Group Requirements. Applications not properly filled out will be returned. You may submit only one application per season for the first drawing and receive no more than one license. See application for rules allowing additional licenses. Applicants applying for differently priced licenses as first and second choice must include the higher fee.

You will receive a partial refund if you draw the lower-priced license. Applicants wishing to receive a preference point for seasons in which they are unsuccessful in their first choice, must include appropriate preference point fee. However, a person who has lawfully acquired a resident hunting, fishing, or trapping license and who leaves the state after acquiring the license to take up residency elsewhere may continue to exercise all the privileges granted by the license until the license expires if the person's respective privileges are not revoked or suspended.

Group Applications If you would like to apply for a limited issue license with a group of people, you may do that on the "Join Group" page. To create a group: The individual submitting the initial application will be provided a group number after the application is submitted.

This group number will appear on the confirmation receipt that may be printed. It also appears in the confirmation email sent to the applicant and is also available by selecting "View My Applications" from the main menu. An applicant allows additional hunters to join the group by providing the group number to them. Requirements: Group Applications with matching first and second choices, submitted in the same group, will be treated as a group application. All applicants will either be successful or unsuccessful in the drawings.

Applications submitted in the same group with first or second choices that do not match will be treated as individual applications in the drawings, not as a group application. No more than six applications may be submitted in the same group. An incomplete application voids all other applications in the group. Applicants with preference points should be aware when applying with applicants with fewer preference points: Doing so gives all applicants the lowest point represented in the group.

Valid to hunt any legal bird or animal terrestrial vertebrates. Endorsement requirements apply. Required of any resident unless the resident possesses a valid:.

Valid for any person, resident or non-resident, under 17 years of age at the date of license purchase. Exempt from state hunting endorsement requirements, except for Reptile and Amphibian Endorsement. State endorsement exemptions remain valid for the entire license year. The license must be displayed on the property.

Lifetime licenses and tags are available to Texas residents and are valid for the lifetime of the license holder. Required for persons of any age to hunt, shoot, or take for sale fur-bearing animals including pelts and carcasses.

Valid to hunt any legal bird or animal including deer. If hunting white-tailed deer or mule deer including MLDP tags, pronghorn or bighorn sheep, this is the only valid license available to participate in those activities for non-residents.