Quail season opens statewide on Oct. 31 and ends Feb. 28, 2016. The daily bag limit for scaled, or blue, bobwhite and Gambel’s quail is 15, and the possession limit is 45. The bag limit is the maximum number that may be killed during the legal shooting hours in one day. Legal shooting hours for all non-migratory game birds are 30 minutes before sunrise to 30 minutes after sunset. The forecast for quail hunting in many areas of Texas is good to excellent. Across the state, Texas Parks and Wildlife staff report that they’ve not seen this many quail in several years, if not decades. Read more about the upcoming quail season, get hunting tips and more from this Texas Parks and Wildlife Department quail season bulletin…
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