(Upcoming Texas Hunting Seasons for Goliad County
(County seat: Goliad)
Note: Please read the Advisories and notes on the previous page.
White-tailed Deer
- Special Antler Restrictions
- Archery Only: Sept. 28-Nov. 1, 2013. No permit required to hunt antlerless deer unless MLD permits have been issued for the property.
- (South of U.S. Highway 59)
Bag Limit: 4 deer, no more than 2 bucks, and no more than 2 antlerless, all seasons combined.
General Season: Nov. 2, 2013-Jan. 5, 2014. On United States Forest Service, Corps of Engineers, and river authority lands, the take of antlerless deer shall be by permit only. On other tracts of land, antlerless deer may be taken without permits from opening day through the Sunday immediately following Thanksgiving Day (Nov. 2-Dec. 1, 2013). From the Monday following Thanksgiving Day until the end of the season, antlerless deer may be taken by antlerless MLDP permit or LAMPS permit only. On tracts of land for which LAMPS permits have been issued, no LAMPS permit is required during the archery-only or muzzleloader-only open season. - (North of U.S. Highway 59)
Bag Limit: 4 deer, no more than 2 bucks, and no more than 2 antlerless, all seasons combined.
General Season: Nov. 2, 2013-Jan. 5, 2014. Antlerless deer may be taken by antlerless MLD permit only. Special Youth-Only Season: Early open season: Oct. 26-27, 2013. Late open season: Jan. 6-19, 2014.
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.
Muzzleloader-Only Open Season: Jan. 6-19, 2014. Bag Limit: As specified for the general open season. All restrictions established for the take of buck deer during the general open season remain in effect.
Permits required for the take of antlerless deer.
Javelina:
Open Season: October 1-February 24. Bag Limit: 2.
Squirrel:
No closed season. No bag limit.
Turkey
The annual bag limit for turkey, in the aggregate for all counties, is four (4), no more than one of which may be an Eastern turkey.
- Fall:
Open season: Nov. 2, 2013-Jan. 5, 2014 (either sex).
Archery Only: Sept. 28-Nov. 1, 2013.
Special youth-only (general) fall turkey season: Oct. 26-27, 2013, and Jan. 18-19, 2014. Only licensed hunters 16 years of age or younger may hunt turkey during this season. Bag limit as specified by the general fall turkey season. - Spring:
Rio Grande turkey: Open season: Mar. 15-Apr. 27, 2014 (Gobblers and bearded hens).
Special Youth-Only (Rio Grande turkey): Open season: Mar. 8-9, 2014 and May 3-4, 2014.
Quail:
Statewide: Open season: Oct. 26, 2013-Feb. 23, 2014. Daily bag limit: 15 Possession limit: 45