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North Zone That portion of the state north of a line beginning at the International Bridge south of Fort Hancock; thence north along FM 1088 to State Highway 20; thence west along State Highway 20 to State Highway 148; thence north along State Highway 148 to Interstate Highway 10 at Fort Hancock; thence east along Interstate Highway 10 to Interstate Highway 20; thence northeast along Interstate Highway 20 to Interstate Highway 30 at Fort Worth; thence northeast along Interstate Highway 30 to the Texas-Arkansas state line. Central Zone That portion of the state between the North Zone and the South Zone. South Zone That portion of the state south of a line beginning at the International Toll Bridge in Del Rio; thence northeast along U.S. Highway 277 Spur to U.S. Highway 90 in Del Rio; thence east along U.S. Highway 90 to State Loop 1604; thence following Loop 1604 south and east, then north, to Interstate Highway 10; thence east along Interstate Highway 10 to the Texas-Louisiana Line. Special white-winged dove area Special white-winged dove area: That portion of the state south and west of a line beginning at the International Toll Bridge in Del Rio; thence northeast along U.S. Highway 277 Spur to U.S. Highway 90 in Del Rio, thence east along U.S. Highway 90 to State Loop 1604; thence south and east along Loop 1604 to Interstate Highway 35; thence south along IH 35 to State Highway 44; thence east along State Highway 44 to State Highway 16 at Freer; thence south along State Highway 16 to State Highway 285 at Hebbronville; thence east along State Highway 285 to FM 1017 to State Highway 186 at Linn; thence east along State Highway 186 to the Mansfield Channel at Port Mansfield; thence east along the Mansfield Channel to the Gulf of Mexico.
Duck, Merganzer and Coot Hunting Zones
High Plains Mallard Management Unit That area of the state lying west of a line from the International Toll Bridge at Del Rio, thence north along U.S. Hwy. 277 to Abilene, State Hwy. 351 and State Hwy. 6 to Albany, and U.S. Hwy. 283 to Vernon, thence east along U.S. Hwy. 183 to the Texas-Oklahoma state line. South Zone That area of the state lying south of a line from the International Bridge and U.S. 277 Spur at Del Rio, thence east along U.S. 90 to San Antonio, thence east along IH 10 to the Texas-Louisiana state line. North Zone Remainder of the state. Quail state wide. Texas dove hunting regulation changes this year. There's a big change in Texas dove hunting regulations this year, and the change favors hunters. The entire state will enjoy a 70-day dove season with a 15-bird daily bag limit. In the past, North Zone hunters had 60 days and 15 birds while Central and South Zone hunters had 70 days and 12 birds. The North and Central Zone seasons are now concurrent. This season's dove hunters will not need to be concerned with which side of the North-Central boundary line they are hunting. Seasons and bag limits are the same on both sides. The longer season won't help many North Zone hunters because most hunting occurs the first two weekends of the season, anyway. It will be interesting to see how many hunters take advantage of the second split for the North Zone season Dec. 26-Jan. 9. This is the first North Zone winter dove season in several years. In the colder weather of the North Zone, migrant doves have a tendency to move south. The bag limit change represents a huge bonus for Central and South Zone hunters. Their daily bag limit increases by 25 percent.
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