Duck Seasons & Limits
Duck season dates
Youth-Only
High Plains Mallard Management Unit
- Oct. 21 - 22, 2023
North Zone
- Nov. 4 - 5, 2023
South Zone
- Oct. 28 - 29, 2023
Veterans and Active Duty Military
High Plains Mallard Management Unit
- Oct. 21 - 22, 2023
North Zone
- Nov. 4 - 5, 2023
South Zone
- Oct. 28 - 29, 2023
Regular Season
High Plains Mallard Management Unit
- Oct. 28 - 29, 2023
- Nov. 3, 2023 - Jan. 28, 2024
North Zone
- Nov. 11 - 26, 2023
- Dec. 2, 2023 - Jan. 28, 2024
South Zone
- Nov. 4 - 26, 2023
- Dec. 9, 2023 - Jan. 28, 2024
"Dusky" Duck
High Plains Mallard Management Unit
- Nov. 6, 2023 - Jan. 28, 2024
North Zone
- Nov. 16 - 26, 2023
- Dec. 2, 2023 - Jan. 28, 2024
South Zone
- Nov. 9 - 26, 2023
- Dec. 9, 2023 - Jan. 28, 2024
Falconry
North Zone
- Jan. 29 - Feb. 12, 2024
South Zone
- Jan. 29 - Feb. 12, 2024
Daily Bag & Possession Limit
Early Teal
- 6 in the aggregate
Regular Duck
- 6 - includes mergansers
- Includes no more than:
- 5 mallards (only two of which 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
- 15
Possession Limit
- Three times the daily bag limit.
Falconry
- Daily bag and possession limits shall not exceed 3 and 9 migratory game birds, respectively, singly or in the aggregate
High Plains Mallard Management Unit
West of a line from the International Toll Bridge at Del Rio, north along U.S. Hwy. 277 to Abilene, State Hwy. 351 and State Hwy. 6 to Albany, and U.S. Hwy. 283 to Vernon, east along U.S. Hwy. 183 to the Texas-Oklahoma state line.
South Zone
South of a line from the International Bridge and U.S. 277 Spur at Del Rio, east along U.S. 90 to San Antonio, east along IH 10 to the Texas-Louisiana state line.
North Zone
Remainder of the state.
