PointsAfieldSeason2026–27
Texas · Upland

Greater prairie-chicken

No open season (cannot be hunted)
Season 2026-27
0 windows on one classification

Season windows

Awaiting survey — No dated season on record

This state's classification carries no date range for the species.

What you may take, and when

Take and hours

Licence and outlook

Bag limitAwaiting survey
HIP requiredNot required
Exceptions posted at the boundary

Texas's population is Attwater's prairie-chicken, a critically endangered subspecies of greater prairie-chicken found only in Texas coastal prairie. TPWD explicitly lists it among species with no open season.

Population outlook

Texas 2026

Recorded 2026

Texas's population is Attwater's prairie-chicken (critically endangered subspecies), closed to hunting statewide but under active monitoring. At The Nature Conservancy's Refugio-Goliad Prairie Project reintroduction site near Goliad, the total population count rose from 82 birds (2024) to 102 (2025) to 138 (2026), per TNC's own project page (fetched directly 2026-08-19) -- a third consecutive annual increase at that specific site, distinct from the original Attwater NWR refuge population (most recently counted in 2021 at 89 booming males / ~178-bird estimate, not independently updated this pass). About 17-20% of 2025's males were wild-produced, per the same source.

Ongoing habitat restoration and reintroduction management at the Refugio-Goliad site

Issuing agencyTexas Parks and Wildlife Departmenttpwd.texas.govRecord year 2026