Aransas NWR
Calhoun County, TX
✓1 open!2 special✕3 closed
🦌🦆🐗🎣
54.6K huntable acres
State guide · 2026–2027 season
Texas Wildlife Refuge Hunting
Texas has 21 U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service refuges and stations in our database, 16 of which list hunting opportunities. The largest huntable refuge areas are Laguna Atascosa NWR (80.3K ac), Aransas NWR (54.6K ac) and Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR (23.5K ac).
21refuges & stations
116hunt units
283Khuntable acres
0WPAs
Map of refuges & WPAs in Texas
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Texas by the numbers
- Open54,368 ac 9%
- Special regulations228,267 ac 37%
- Closed340,930 ac 55%
90.8K
73.8K
59.9K
47.3K
38.3K
29.5K
12.1K
10.5K
8.3K
7.9K
7.7K
All refuges & stations in Texas
Attwater Prairie Chicken NWR
Colorado County, TX
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Balcones Canyonlands NWR
Travis County, TX
!4 special
🦌🦃🕊️🐗
22.5K huntable acres
Big Boggy NWR
Matagorda County, TX
✓2 open✕1 closed
🦆
1.3K huntable acres
Brazoria NWR
Brazoria County, TX
✓5 open!1 special✕1 closed
🦆🕊️🎣
10.9K huntable acres
Buffalo Lake NWR
Randall County, TX
!3 special✕2 closed
🦌🐦🕊️🐗
6.7K huntable acres
Caddo Lake NWR
Harrison County, TX
!11 special✕1 closed
🦌🐇🐗
6.9K huntable acres
Hagerman NWR
Grayson County, TX
!9 special✕2 closed
🦌🦃🕊️🐇🐗🎣
9.4K huntable acres
Inks Dam NFH
Llano County, TX
✕1 closed
🎣
Jocelyn Nungaray NWR
Chambers County, TX
✓3 open✕1 closed
🦆🎣
12.9K huntable acres
Laguna Atascosa NWR
Cameron County, TX
!11 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🕊️🐗🎣
80.3K huntable acres
Lower Rio Grande Valley NWR
Cameron County, TX
✓1 open!9 special✕1 closed
🦌🦃🕊️🐇🐗
23.5K huntable acres
McFaddin NWR
Jefferson County, TX
!4 special✕1 closed
🦆🎣
21.6K huntable acres
Muleshoe NWR
Bailey County, TX
!3 special✕1 closed
🦌🐦🕊️🐗
2.8K huntable acres
Neches River NWR
Cherokee County, TX
!7 special✕1 closed
🦌🦆🐇🐗
9.8K huntable acres
San Bernard NWR
Brazoria County, TX
✓4 open✕1 closed
🦆🎣
7K huntable acres
San Marcos Aquatic Resources Center
Hays County, TX
✕1 closed
🎣
Santa Ana NWR
Hidalgo County, TX
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Texas Point NWR
Jefferson County, TX
✓1 open✕1 closed
🦆🎣
3.6K huntable acres
Trinity River NWR
Liberty County, TX
!7 special✕5 closed
🦌🦆🐇🐗🎣
8.8K huntable acres
Uvalde NFH
Uvalde County, TX
✕1 closed
No hunting listed
Counties with federal public hunting land
- Anderson County 1 refuge
- Aransas County 1 refuge
- Austin County 1 refuge
- Bailey County 1 refuge
- Brazoria County 2 refuges
- Burnet County 1 refuge
- Calhoun County 1 refuge
- Cameron County 2 refuges
- Chambers County 2 refuges
- Cherokee County 1 refuge
- Colorado County 1 refuge
- Dickens County 1 refuge
- Fort Bend County 1 refuge
- Galveston County 2 refuges
- Grayson County 1 refuge
- Harrison County 1 refuge
- Hays County 1 refuge
- Hidalgo County 2 refuges
- Jefferson County 2 refuges
- Liberty County 1 refuge
- Llano County 1 refuge
- Matagorda County 2 refuges
- Montague County 1 refuge
- Randall County 1 refuge
- Refugio County 1 refuge
- Starr County 1 refuge
- Travis County 1 refuge
- Uvalde County 1 refuge
- Wharton County 1 refuge
- Willacy County 2 refuges
- Williamson County 1 refuge
Hunting in Texas: what to know
Licenses & seasons
Refuge hunts follow Texas seasons, bag limits and license requirements set by the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department. Refuges may be more restrictive — never less — than state rules.
Refuge-specific rules
Each refuge publishes hunt regulations in 50 CFR Part 32 and in its hunt brochure. Units marked special regulations may limit species, dates, weapons, or require quota permits.
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