In March, the TPW Commission voted to eliminate the experimental pronghorn buck season in the northern Panhandle and replaced it with the general pronghorn season that was expanded from 9 to 16 days statewide.
Staff proposed the cancellation of the experimental pronghorn buck season because of deleterious effects from the intensive buck harvest for eight hunting seasons that caused unnatural sex ratios and buck age structure. In addition, landowner and hunter favorable opinions regarding the experimental season declined through time. With the elimination of the experimental pronghorn buck season, TPWD staff will return to issuing buck permits to landowners or agents based upon survey and harvest data from each herd unit. Therefore, landowners or agents within the past experimental areas must now apply for pronghorn permits in the new Land Management Assistance (LMA) online application.
To apply for pronghorn permits in LMA, interested applicants must create a user account on the LMA website https://lma.tpwd.state.tx.us/ and then register your property. Please contact your local biologist if you need any assistance with applying for pronghorn permits. In the Dalhart area contact James Hoskins at 806-420-0439 or James.Hoskins@tpwd.texas.gov. In the Pampa area please contact Chadd Malone at 806-663-6148 or Johnathan.Malone@tpwd.texas.gov.
We encourage you to complete these steps soon so that your application is submitted prior to the deadline of July 1.
