As publishedDec 18, 2026 - Jan 31, 2027
Statewide season, single window.Shooting hours 1/2 hour before sunrise to sunset. HIP certification required.
Structural, not a search miss: Texas is wintering, not breeding, range for American woodcock, so it falls entirely outside the federal Woodcock Singing-Ground Survey's route network. TPWD runs no TX-specific woodcock survey of any kind; only a statewide open season with HIP registration applies.