SPRING TURKEY:  Looking ahead to spring turkey hunting 
in Texas…on Passport to Texas…

This is Passport to Texas

Thanksgiving may be three months behind us—or nine 
months ahead of us depending upon how you view 
things—but won’t stop turkey hunters from bagging big 
birds this spring.

04—There’re going to be a lot of two-year-old gobblers for 
harvest this year.

Jason Hardin is Turkey Program Leader for Parks and 
Wildlife. Adequate rainfall statewide and excellent habitat 
conditions overall, add up to a good season ahead.

08—We had really good production across the Rio Grande 
range, which is the central portion of the state, so I would 
expect a really good season.
 
In addition to hunting Rio Grande Turkeys in Texas brush 
country, hunters can also find Eastern Turkey in the 
woodlands of East Texas.

16— The eastern is found in the eastern third of the state. It’s 
a little bit of a larger, darker colored, bird compared to the 
Rio, which is quite numerous. We have more Rios in Texas 
than anywhere else in the country. The bird’s a little bit 
smaller and has a little lighter coloration. But, other than that, 
they gobble fairly similarly and they’re both pretty tough to 
hunt.

There is a statewide bag limit of four turkeys in Texas 
with no more than one Eastern Turkey.

The Wildlife Restoration Program supports our series; it’s 
funded by your purchase of fishing and hunting 
equipment and motor boat fuel. 

 For Texas Parks and Wildlife, I’m Cecilia Nasti.



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