Rabbit and Hare Hunting in Texas

A hunting license is still required to hunt rabbits and hares. Rabbits may be trapped on private property, unlike game animals. 156 public areas in our list name rabbit, 55 of them APH leased units.

Rabbit and Hare at a glance

• No closed season or limits on private property.

Rabbit and Hare zones and county lists

Rabbits and hares are open in 254 counties. Where a rabbit and hare zone line splits a county, TPWD’s boundary text sits beside the name.

Rabbit and Hare on WMAs, APH units and refuges

156 areas name rabbits and hares, most of them APH Leased Unit tracts (55), with Panhandle holding the largest share of rabbit and hare ground.

Panhandle (40)

South Place (Armstrong Co.) · Morris (Carson Co.) · Pat's Place (Carson Co.) · Rio Farms (Carson Co.) · Stovall (Carson Co.) · Yoakum Dunes WMA (Cochran Co.) · Matador WMA (Cottle Co.) · Playa Lakes WMA – Taylor Lakes Unit (Donley Co.) · 94 Trust (Floyd Co.) · Bindweed (Floyd Co.) · Bluestem (Floyd Co.) · Circle Tree (Floyd Co.) · Della Plains (Floyd Co.) · Francis-Dunlap (Floyd Co.) · Margolies (Floyd Co.) · Vara (Floyd Co.) · Abernathy North (Hale Co.) · Betty (Hansford Co.) · La Lanza (Hansford Co.) · Porter (Hansford Co.) · West of Town (Hansford Co.) · Copper Breaks State Park (Hardeman Co.) · Big Timber (Hemphill Co.) · Gene Howe WMA (Hemphill Co.) · Horse Creek (Hemphill Co.) · Temprano (Hutchinson Co.) · Pat Murphy WMA (Lipscomb Co.) · Ramsey Place (Lubbock Co.) · Askew CRP (Lynn Co.) · Noble Playa (Lynn Co.) · De Campo (Moore Co.) · Margoso (Moore Co.) · Brillhart (Ochiltree Co.) · Correll (Ochiltree Co.) · FM 759 HQ (Ochiltree Co.) · Goat Barn (Ochiltree Co.) · Texas Roberts (Ochiltree Co.) · La Playa (Sherman Co.) · Cobb Farms (Swisher Co.) · Lake Meredith National Recreation Area

Pineywoods (40)

Big Lake Bottom WMA (Anderson Co.) · Gus Engeling WMA (Anderson Co.) · Ivy (Anderson Co.) · Alazan Bayou WMA – Old River Tract (Angelina Co.) · Angelina National Forest (Angelina Co.) · White Oak Creek WMA (Bowie Co.) · Wright Patman Lake (Bowie Co.) · Lake Striker Public Hunting Lands (Cherokee Co.) · Neches River NWR – Rocky Point Unit (Cherokee Co.) · Neches River NWR – Sandy Bluff Unit (Cherokee Co.) · Neches River NWR – Walnut Branch Unit (Cherokee Co.) · Neches River National Wildlife Refuge (Cherokee Co.) · Big Thicket National Preserve (Hardin Co.) · Big Thicket National Preserve – Beaumont Hunting Area (Hardin Co.) · Big Thicket National Preserve – Big Sandy Creek Corridor Hunting Area (Hardin Co.) · Big Thicket National Preserve – Jack Gore Baygall Hunting Area (Hardin Co.) · Big Thicket National Preserve – Lance Rosier Hunting Area (Hardin Co.) · Big Thicket National Preserve – Little Pine Island-Pine Island Bayou Corridor Hunting Area (Hardin Co.) · Big Thicket National Preserve – Menard Creek Corridor Hunting Area (Hardin Co.) · Big Thicket National Preserve – Neches Bottom-Lower Neches River Corridor Hunting Area (Hardin Co.) · Big Thicket National Preserve – Village Creek Corridor Hunting Area (Hardin Co.) · Davy Crockett National Forest (Houston Co.) · Germany (Houston Co.) · Angelina-Neches/Dam B WMA (Jasper Co.) · Big Thicket National Preserve – Canyonlands-Upper Neches River Corridor Hunting Area (Jasper Co.) · Town Bluff Dam and B.A. Steinhagen Lake (Jasper Co.) · Big Thicket National Preserve – Lake Bayou Hunting Area (Jefferson Co.) · Big Thicket National Preserve – Loblolly Hunting Area (Liberty Co.) · Caddo Lake WMA (Marion Co.) · Alazan Bayou WMA – Blount Tract (Nacogdoches Co.) · Sabine River Authority Unit 630 (Panola Co.) · Big Thicket National Preserve – Big Sandy Creek Hunting Area (Polk Co.) · Moore Plantation WMA (Sabine Co.) · Sabine National Forest (Sabine Co.) · Bannister WMA (San Augustine Co.) · North Toledo Bend WMA (Shelby Co.) · Old Sabine Bottom WMA (Smith Co.) · Alabama Creek WMA (Trinity Co.) · Big Thicket National Preserve – Beech Creek Hunting Area (Tyler Co.) · Big Thicket National Preserve – Hickory Creek Savannah Hunting Area (Tyler Co.)

Austin/Waco (21)

Belton Lake (Bell Co.) · Holland Road (Bell Co.) · Whitney Lake (Bosque Co.) · Bruceville-Eddy (Falls Co.) · FM 1771 (Falls Co.) · FM 413 (Falls Co.) · Marlin Lake Park (Falls Co.) · Richland Creek WMA (Freestone Co.) · Richland Creek WMA – South Unit (Freestone Co.) · Aquilla Lake (Hill Co.) · Navarro Mills Lake (Hill Co.) · Somerville Public Hunting Lands (Lee Co.) · Keechi Creek WMA (Leon Co.) · Beevill Branch (Limestone Co.) · Rocky Creek (Limestone Co.) · Waco Lake (McLennan Co.) · Wild Wood Ranch (Milam Co.) · Mertens (Navarro Co.) · Luminant Texas Public Hunting Unit (Robertson Co.) · Granger Public Hunting Lands (Williamson Co.) · Lake Georgetown (Williamson Co.)

Dallas/Ft. Worth (18)

Home Place (Clay Co.) · Rater/Crump (Clay Co.) · Thompson (Clay Co.) · Three B's (Clay Co.) · Lavon Lake (Collin Co.) · Ray Roberts Public Hunting Lands (Cooke Co.) · Cooper WMA (Delta Co.) · Lewisville Lake (Denton Co.) · Bardwell Lake (Ellis Co.) · Caddo National Grassland (Fannin Co.) · Caddo National Grasslands WMA (Fannin Co.) · Caddo National Grasslands WMA – Bois d'Arc Unit (Fannin Co.) · Caddo National Grasslands WMA – Ladonia Unit (Fannin Co.) · Tawakoni WMA (Hunt Co.) · Pat Mayse WMA (Lamar Co.) · Hagerman NWR – Nocona Unit (Montague Co.) · Benbrook Lake (Tarrant Co.) · Hagerman National Wildlife Refuge (11,320 ac)

Houston/Beaumont (15)

Nannie M. Stringfellow WMA (Brazoria Co.) · Bordages Road (Jefferson Co.) · Latta Road (Jefferson Co.) · South China Road (Jefferson Co.) · Gum Slough (Liberty Co.) · Trinity River National Wildlife Refuge (Liberty Co.) · Sam Houston National Forest (Montgomery Co.) · Sam Houston National Forest WMA (Montgomery Co.) · Lower Neches WMA (Orange Co.) · Lower Neches WMA – Nelda Stark Unit (Orange Co.) · Lower Neches WMA – Old River Unit (Orange Co.) · Tony Houseman/Blue Elbow Swamp WMA (Orange Co.) · Trinity River NWR – Boars Den Unit · Trinity River NWR – Butler Unit · Trinity River NWR – Page Unit

San Antonio/Corpus Christi (15)

Lone Star Pass (Bexar Co.) · Somerset Road (Bexar Co.) · Guadalupe Delta WMA (Calhoun Co.) · Las Palomas WMA – Anacua Unit (Cameron Co.) · Las Palomas WMA – Arroyo Colorado Unit (Cameron Co.) · Las Palomas WMA – Carricitos Unit (Cameron Co.) · Las Palomas WMA – Ebony Unit (Cameron Co.) · Las Palomas WMA – Longoria Unit (Cameron Co.) · Las Palomas WMA – Tucker Unit (Cameron Co.) · Chaparral WMA (Dimmit Co.) · Las Palomas WMA – Baird Unit (Hidalgo Co.) · Las Palomas WMA – Chapote Unit (Hidalgo Co.) · Las Palomas WMA – Taormina Unit (Hidalgo Co.) · James E. Daughtrey WMA (Live Oak Co.) · Las Palomas WMA (Starr Co.)

Central Texas (4)

Proctor Lake (Comanche Co.) · Los Rincones (Kerr Co.) · San Angelo State Park (Tom Green Co.) · Twin Buttes Public Hunting Lands (Tom Green Co.)

Trans-Pecos (3)

Black Gap WMA (Brewster Co.) · Elephant Mountain WMA (Brewster Co.) · Amistad National Recreation Area

Rabbit hunters on TPWD public lands carry a $48 APH permit, good for the license year. How the APH permit works.

TPWD APH data, WMA and drawn hunt lists and federal land managers, 2026-27, checked October 11, 2026. Species lists are what each manager names; area rules still apply.

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