Texas

Centerfire rifles of any caliber are legal for deer, pronghorn, bighorn sheep, and exotic big game (including .223 Rem / 5.56 NATO with expanding bullets). Suppressors are 100% legal for all hunting take without state registration. Fully automatic firearms and full-metal-jacket (FMJ) ammunition are strictly illegal for game animals.

Compound, recurve, and longbows. No minimum draw weight requirement, provided the bow can propel an arrow with hunting broadhead at least 130 yards. Broadheads must have minimum 7/8-inch cutting width and at least two cutting edges. Archery season runs October through early November, plus open throughout the general season.

Fully legal for ALL licensed hunters during both the general archery season and the general firearms season without requiring a doctor's disability permit. Crossbows must have a functioning mechanical safety and shoot bolts with hunting broadheads measuring at least 7/8 inch wide.

Minimum .40 caliber single-barrel muzzleloaders firing a single projectile. Modern in-line muzzleloaders with 209 primer ignitions, sabots, and magnifying scopes are fully legal during the general firearms season and the dedicated 14-day January Muzzleloader season. Black powder or commercial synthetic powders only.

Pre-charged pneumatic (PCP) airguns of .30 caliber or larger firing an expanding bullet of at least 150 grains and producing at least 215 ft-lbs of energy are 100% legal for deer, pronghorn, and bighorn sheep during general firearms seasons. Pre-charged from an external tank to high operating pressure.

Centerfire handguns firing expanding ammunition are legal for all big game and exotic ungulates. Semiautomatics (such as 10mm Auto) and magnum revolvers (.357 Mag, .44 Mag, .454 Casull) are widely used for brush hunting and blind hunting across South Texas and Hill Country ranches.