Wildlife exemptions, county by county.
Every Texas county plays by the same state law — and its own local habits. Find your county for deadlines, appraisal district details, and the practices that fit your ecoregion.
Showing all 254 counties
Edwards Plateau
30 counties Limestone hills, live oak savannah, and spring-fed creeks — the heart of Texas wildlife management.Cross Timbers & Prairies
23 counties Oak woodlands and prairie openings west of the Metroplex — classic ranchette wildlife country.Post Oak Savannah
26 counties Rolling post oak woodlands and native prairie remnants between the Blacklands and the Pineywoods.Blackland Prairies
17 counties Deep black clay soils and tallgrass prairie remnants in the fastest-growing corridor in Texas.Pineywoods
30 counties Pine-hardwood forest, bottomland sloughs, and timber country transitioning to wildlife.Gulf Prairies & Marshes
18 counties Coastal prairie, rice country, and marsh — a flyway funnel for waterfowl and shorebirds.South Texas Plains
23 counties The famed South Texas brush country — trophy whitetails, bobwhites, and thornscrub habitat.Rolling Plains
36 counties Red dirt, mesquite rangeland, and some of the best bobwhite quail country left in America.High Plains
36 counties Shortgrass prairie, playa lakes, and pheasant country on the Llano Estacado.Trans-Pecos
15 counties Desert mountains and Chihuahuan grasslands — mule deer, pronghorn, and desert bighorn country.Don’t see the nuance you need?
County pages summarize state law and regional norms. Wildlife-use ratios, report habits, and documentation preferences are ultimately set by each appraisal district — the app tracks the specifics for your property, and the Comptroller’s directory has every district’s contact info.
Your county’s rules, applied to your acres.
The app reads your county and ecoregion automatically — deadlines, minimums, practices, and all.
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