Special Upcoming Youth-Only Hunting Seasons in Texas

By Vanessa Torres

Texas -(Ammoland.com)- Starting with the opening of squirrel season, young hunters can get a jump start on the 2015-16 Texas fall hunting seasons, with more special youth-only hunting seasons on the horizon. Biologists say range conditions and wildlife populations are ripe for success in the field.

This weekend’s youth squirrel hunting season in East Texas in advance of the Oct. 1 general season opener provides mentoring opportunities for the next generation of hunters for this Pineywoods tradition.

Young waterfowlers will get first crack at ducks in the Panhandle and South Duck Zone the weekend of Oct. 24-25. The weekend of Oct. 31-Nov. 1 is set aside as the special youth-only seasons for white-tailed deer, Rio Grande turkey statewide, and for waterfowl in the North Duck Zone, to encourage adults to share the hunting experience with the next generation of hunters.

The statewide special youth-only hunting weekend for white-tailed deer and Rio Grande turkey is open to licensed youth 16 years of age or younger. Hunting for ducks, mergansers and coots during the youth-only …Read the Rest

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