Date: July 10, 2009
Contact: Leta Parker, (409) 951-6831
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Trapping Guide and Regulations
Big Thicket National Preserve Superintendent Todd Brindle announced today that free hunting permits for the 2009-10 fall hunting season will be issued at the Preserve Visitor Center from July 1, 2009, through February 28, 2010. The Visitor Center is located 8 miles north of Kountze at 6044 FM 420. Permits will be available seven days a week from 9:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. (except Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Year’s Day).
The Preserve has temporarily removed the limit on the number of permits available, which eliminates the need to stand in line to receive a permit. Superintendent Brindle stated: "Permits will continue to 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.
Superintendent Brindle further stated: "The extended hog hunting season will continue again this year." The season will start on January 12, 2010, and end on February 28, 2010. The extended hog-hunting permit will be available upon request.
As in the past, 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. Children who are under 13 years of age by October 1 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 still requires that hunters meet the deadline for the return of our harvest cards. For the 2009-10 season harvest cards are due by April 7, 2010.
For more information contact Big Thicket National Preserve at (409) 951-6831 or (409) 951-6701.
