Big Thicket National Preserve - Hunting Registration (U.S. National Park Service)

Applicants can receive a permit in person any time between June 20, 2007, and the end of the Big Thicket hunting season on February 28, 2008. Permits will be available daily from 9:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. (except Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Year’s) at the Preserve Visitor Center.
The Visitor Center is located at the intersection of U.S. 69 and FM 420, approximately 8 miles north of Kountze, Texas.
The limit on the number of permits available has been temporarily lifted.
Permits will be issued free of charge and will allow hunters to take white-tailed deer, squirrel, rabbit, feral hog, and waterfowl from specific units of the Preserve. Everyone who meets the minimum requirements will receive a permit.
The extended hog season will start on January 13, 2008, and end on February 28, 2008. The extended hog hunting permit will be available upon request.
Each hunter must be present to receive a permit and may receive a permit for only one unit. Adults are required to have a driver's license or some other form of official identification. Minors are required to have some type of official identification, such as a birth certificate, school identification card, etc. Mail and/or telephone requests will not be accepted.
Children who are not 13 years of age by October 1^st of the fall hunting season do not need a permit to hunt in the Big Thicket. However, they must hunt with a licensed permitted hunter 17 years of age or older.
The Preserve requires that hunters meet the deadline for the return of the harvest cards. For the 2007/2008 season harvest cards are due by April 7, 2008.