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Hunting at Amistad NRA is ARCHERY ONLY except a shotgun with birdshot may be used for for dove, quail and duck. The use of rifles is not permitted. Hunting is allowed in designated areas of Amistad National Recreation Area during specified seasons.

The remaining shoreline and adjacent private lands are not open to public hunting. Regulations are enforced by the National Park Service and the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

Hunting Permits

  • You may obtain an Annual Hunting Permit at our new Visitor Information Center starting August 15, 2005. Amistad Visitor Information Center is located on US Hwy 90W, across from 3 Rivers RV Park. Applicants must bring a current Texas hunting license, a state-issued drivers license or state issued photo identification card, and, if born after September 1, 1971, a valid hunters education card, or a hunter education deferral.
  • Permits will be obtained in person only. We will not issue any permits through the mail. The Visitor Information Center is open 7 days a week, 8 am - 5 pm. Plan ahead to obtain your permit.
  • A permit fee of $20 (no discounts for GA/GACC passports) has been implemented this year for the overhead costs of the hunting program. It is not a recreation use fee, it is a "cost recovery" fee.
  • Failure to comply with federal hunting regulations will result in immediate cancellation of your hunting permit.
  • Failure to return a completed Hunter Data Sheet showing hunt dates, hunt areas, and game hunted and game harvested (or not) could result in issuance of a $100 Violation Notice by authority of 36 CFR, Section 1.6 (g)(2). You will not be allowed to hunt the following season.
  • Please do not litter the hunt areas. Pack it in, pack it out. Empty shotgun shells and cigarette butts are considered litter too. Please pick them up.
  • Amistad NRA Annual Hunting Permit is valid from September 1, 2005 through Feb 27, 2006 for whatever game is in season according to state laws.
  • Please take note that all 5 of Amistad NRA's hunt areas are considered "Central Zone" in the TPWD Hunting and Fishing Guide.

Hunting Regulations

Print a hunt area map and information about hunting or obtain one from Amistad Visitor Information Center, located on Hwy 90 W, across from Three Rivers RV Park, open 7 days, 8 am-5 pm, closed Thanksgiving Day, December 25, and January 1.

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2005-2006 Hunt Regulations and Hunt Area Map

Click on above link for a printable copy of the 2005-2006 Hunting Regulations & Map.

2005-2006 Hunting Stats

Weapons
Weapons must be unloaded and cased during transportation. A crossbow is allowed only for Upper Limb Handicapped Persons as per State Law during archery only season. Crossbows may be used by all hunters (for large game and rabbit only) during general season. Rifles and handguns are not permitted in hunting areas at any time.

Target Practice
Target practice (including skeet shooting) is prohibited anywhere within Amistad NRA.

Baiting
The baiting and/or feeding of wildlife, cutting of vegetation, and trapping is prohibited.

Cleaning/Dressing Game
The cleaning and dressing of game is prohibited in the parking lots. You may field dress game only in the hunt areas.

Display of Game
The display of harvested game in the campgrounds is prohibited.

Dogs
You may use bird dogs to hunt dove, quail or waterfowl only. Dogs must be on a leash outside of the hunting areas and under control at all times while in the hunting areas

Backcountry Camping
Backcountry camping is allowed outside of the hunting areas. You may also camp within the designated campgrounds, however, all weapons must be unloaded, cased and out of sight while at your campsite.

Game Species:

Deer
Deer may be hunted during both the archery and general seasons using a long or compound bow. Crossbows may be used only by upper limb handicapped persons during archery season. Crossbows may be used by all hunters during general hunting season.

Bird
Dove, quail and waterfowl may be hunted during season using a shotgun (birdshot) at all open hunt areas. Turkey may be hunted during the fall season only using archery equipment including cross bow. We do not offer the spring turkey season.

Rabbit
Rabbit may be hunted during both the archery and general deer season using archery equipment. Rabbit may also be hunted with a shotgun, but only during dove, quail and waterfowl seasons.

Other
Javelina may be hunted during the both the archery and general deer season using archery equipment. Mouflon Sheep and Aoudad Sheep may be hunted in ALL HUNT AREAS during both archery and general deer season using archery equipment. There is no daily bag limit for Aoudad or Mouflon Sheep.

The hunting of any other non-game species not listed here is prohibited.
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