I am a noob to the forums but have been reading around alot and was wanting to know if you needed a permit to kill does in certain counties or just in every one and if you do how do you get them? The main reason I want to know this is because so far this year we have seen more does then bucks on the land we are hunting.

It goes by county. Some counties only allow does to be killed with LAMPS or MLD permits.

look in the back of the outdoor annual or the county you are hunting, each county is different. what county do you hunt in?

Well live in lubbock county but hunting in Garza I know I have the manual somewhere but can only find the 2006-2007 manual will try to find the otehr one. I am mainly hunting for meat but a nice buck for my first real buck kill (first was a spike) would be great to mount.

Looks to me like you can kill 1 buck and 4 does or no bucks and 5 does.

Look here... http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/huntwild/hunt/season/county_listing/details/?county=Garza

in 06-07 book says no antlerless permit required except on LAMPS or MLD property what does LAMPS and MLD stand for?

LAMPS here... http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/business/permits/land/wildlife_management/lamps/

MLD here... http://www.texaswildlifemanagement.com/MLD%20Permits.htm

If it says no antlerless permit required and you are allowed to shoot antlerless deer in your county then you can use the tags that come on your license. LAMPS is for counties that have limited "doe days" and allows antlerless deer to be taken all season long.

Go to Walmart and get a rules and regulation book at the sporting counter and it will tell you all you need to know about your county and limits.

#1 - Throw away the 2006-07 Book. It's not valid anymore.

#2 - Click the following link and use the UPDATED BOOK.

http://www.tpwd.state.tx.us/publications/nonpwdpubs/media/regulations_summary_2010_2011.pdf


Lubbock County Bag Limits:

LUBBOCK (Lubbock)
PHEASANT—Dec. 4-Jan. 2. Daily bag limit: 3 cocks.

(According to the 2010-2011 Outdoor Annual, you are not allowed to take ANY DEER in Lubbock County. Deer are not even listed as a Bag Item for that county now... (Just like Dallas County for example)).


GARZA (Post)
WT DEER—Archery Season: Oct. 2-Nov. 5; General Season:
Nov. 6-Jan. 2; Special Late General Season: Jan. 3-16 (antlerless
and spike buck only). Bag limit: 5 (no more than 1 buck,
all seasons combined).
MULE DEER—Archery Season: Oct. 2-Nov. 5 (buck only);
General Season: Nov. 20-Dec. 5 (antlerless by permit only).
Bag limit: 2 (no more than 1 buck, all seasons combined).
SQUIRREL—No closed season. No bag limit.
TURKEY—Archery Season: Oct. 2-Nov. 5 (either sex); Fall
Season: Nov. 6-Jan. 2 (either sex); Spring Season: Apr. 2-
May 15 (gobblers only). Bag limit: 4 (all seasons combined).
PRONG HORN—Oct. 2-10. Bag limit: 1 (by permit only).

White tail Deer is - Bag Limit of 5, with only one being able to be a Buck. (All Seasons combined).

Thank you for the input and I know I have a '10-'11 book somewhere I just couldnt find it thank you for the input guys. And so from what I am hearing I can only shoot antlerless January 3-16?

No, you can shoot antlerless at any time in the season. January 3-16 is when you can shoot ONLY antlerless and spikes.

Oh ok thank you bow slayer for the information I appreciate the help and will probably keep reading and posting. When I get a deer will try and post pics (gotta learn how)