Outdoors
The Texas outdoors.
Pick an activity, then use its guide for the rules, safety checks, and official links. Texas Parks & Wildlife handles hunting, fishing, boating, and state parks. Weather guidance comes from the National Weather Service, beach access from the General Land Office, and shooting law from Texas statutes.
Hunting, fishing & shooting
Licenses, seasons, limits, legal methods, and the places where the rule changes by county or water.
- Licenses Hunting & fishing licenses Packages, exemptions, endorsements, tags, digital licenses, prices, and where to buy.
- Hunting Hunting Seasons, bag limits, methods, public land, reporting, and county-specific rules.
- Fishing Fishing Freshwater and saltwater licenses, bag and length limits, legal gear, and places to fish.
- Shooting Target shooting Ranges, public-land limits, city and county lines, and the safety rules that always apply.
Water & coast
Boats, paddles, river access, beach rules, and the safety checks that belong before the trip.
- Boating Boating & water safety Life jackets, registration, boater education, personal watercraft, paddling, and invasive-species rules.
- Rivers Rivers, tubing & swimming holes Flash-flood safety, navigable-water access, tubing rules, and spring-fed places to cool off.
- Coast The coast & beaches Rip currents, public beach access, driving and parking, local beach rules, and sea turtles.
Trails, camping & riding
State parks, public land, trail heat, campsite rules, and where motorized riding is allowed.
- Camping Camping & state parks Day passes, reservations, campsite types, park rules, and camping beyond state parks.
- Trails Hiking & biking Heat and water, trail access, etiquette, e-bikes, road riding, and places to go.
- Off-road Off-roading OHV decals, public-road limits, private riding parks, safety, and agency boundaries.
Wildlife, foraging & the night sky
The animals and plants you meet, what you may collect, and where to watch without disturbing the place.
- Wildlife Wildlife Snakes, bats, baby animals, predators, coastal wildlife, diseases, the law, and who to call.
- Birding Birding & wildlife watching Texas wildlife trails, migration, notable spectacles, useful apps, and ways to get started.
- Collecting Foraging & collecting Wild food, mushrooms, rocks, fossils, shells, antlers, flowers, and the land-permission rule.
- Night sky Dark skies & stargazing Legal night access, designated dark-sky places, viewing basics, meteor showers, and outdoor lighting.
Weather & natural hazards
The forecast and alert layer that belongs with every outdoor plan in Texas.
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