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2004-2005 Waterfowl Digest
* 2004-2005 Texas Hunting Season Dates, Grouped by Animal
* Definitions
* General Rules
* Hunting Methods
o Lawful Hunting Methods
o Unlawful Hunting Methods
o Baiting
o Nontoxic Shot
o Species Identification
o Daily Bag and Possession
o Importation Limit
* Bag and Possession Limits for Ducks
* Bag and Possession Limits for Geese
o Light Goose Conservation Order Season
o Area Closed to Light Goose Hunting
* Bag and Possession Limits for Sandhill Cranes
* Description of Whooping Crane
* Be Sure Before you Shoot! media download(PDF 486.6 KB)
* Falconry and other Regulations
o Violation and Penalty
o Closed Areas
o Closed Seasons
* 2004-2005 Texas Waterfowl Digest media download(PDF 682.4 KB)
Bag and Possession Limits for Geese
WESTERN ZONE DAILY BAG LIMIT
Light geese - 20 in the aggregate; Dark geese - 3 Canada and 1 white-fronted goose.
EASTERN ZONE DAILY BAG LIMIT
Light geese - 20 in the aggregate; Dark geese - 3 Canada and 2 whitefronted geese.
POSSESSION LIMIT
Twice the daily bag limit for dark geese, no possession limit for light geese. During the Conservation Order there is no daily bag or possession limit on light geese.
Light Goose Conservation Order
During the Light Goose Conservation Order, the taking of light geese will be permitted by regulations established through U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Conservation Order. Under the Conservation Order the following rules shall be in effect for the taking of light geese through March 27, 2005.
1. The use of electronic calls shall be legal.
2. Unplugged shotguns holding more than 3 shells will be legal.
3. There will be no daily or possession limits.
4. Shooting hours will be one-half hour before sunrise until one half-hour after sunset.
5. LIGHT GEESE shall include only Snow (including blue) and Ross' geese.
AREA CLOSED TO HUNTING
After March 6, 2005, it is unlawful to take light geese in Refugio, Calhoun and Aransas counties on the seaward side of a line beginning at the Gulf of Mexico at Port O'Connor (including Pelican Island), thence northwest along State Hwy. 185, thence southwest along State Hwy. 35 to Aransas Pass, thence southeast along State Hwy. 361 to the Port Aransas Channel, thence east along the Corpus Christi Channel, thence southeast along the Aransas Channel to the Gulf of Mexico. This closure does not apply to the Guadalupe Delta Wildlife Management Area.
MAP OF AREA CLOSED TO HUNTING
Refer to Area Closed To Hunting for text description
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