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Palo Pinto County wildlife report deadline

Checked November 3, 2026

Every 3 years, by reappraisal area. Due before May 1

Palo Pinto County doesn't ask for the report every year. It updates wildlife management reports on a three-year cycle and sends the form to the part of the county being reappraised that year. Forms are accepted from about September up to the deadline before May 1, and the district prefers them before March.

What to keep for Palo Pinto County

Even in years your area isn’t up for review, keep dated proof that you carried out at least three of the seven wildlife management practices in your plan:

• A log of each activity: the date, what you did, where and how much
• Dated photos of the work (feeders, water, brush piles, cleared brush)
• Receipts and invoices for feed, seed, materials and contractors
• Census sheets with dates, routes and numbers seen

Read our plain-English guide to the annual report (PWD-888) for the full 3-of-7 rule, or see deadlines for other counties.

Ag valuation in Palo Pinto County

Running cattle, cutting hay or farming instead of managing for wildlife? These are the Palo Pinto County Appraisal District’s published standards for the 1-d-1 agricultural valuation. Large animals (cattle, horses, bison): 20 acres. Goats, sheep and small exotics: 10 acres. Hay: 10 acres of improved pasture. Minimum herd on that acreage: 4 cows, 8 yearlings, 2 adult horses, or 12 goats or sheep. Typical land for the minimum herd: 20 acres improved pasture or 40 acres native. One acre is held out for a homesite, and the district requires a written lease.

An animal unit is one cow (or cow-calf pair); a horse counts as one, and about five goats or sheep make one. See what Texas requires for ag valuation and the standards for other counties. Your appraisal district has the final say, so call them if anything here doesn’t match your letter.

Who to contact in Palo Pinto County

The appraisal district decides your wildlife valuation and sets any report deadline, so call them if a letter or form doesn't match what's on this page. Your county AgriLife Extension office can help with a wildlife management plan.

Palo Pinto County habitat: Cross Timbers and Prairies

Texas Parks and Wildlife places Palo Pinto County in the Cross Timbers and Prairies ecoregion. Its Cross Timbers and Prairies wildlife management guidelines set the minimum work for each practice. A few examples:

• Habitat control: Brush management: treat at least 10% of the plan area or 10 acres per year, whichever is smaller.
• Supplemental food: Feeders: at least 1 free-choice feeder per 320 acres in use during the recommended period, with feed of at least 16% crude protein.
• Supplemental water: Wildlife watering facility (well, trough, guzzler): at least one project per 10 years, or consistent water management at existing sites.
• Census counts: Spotlight counts: at least 3 counts, or at least 15 surveyed miles, completed each year.

Your own plan may set different targets. Log what you actually do against it, with dates and photos.

Deadlines and rules come from each appraisal district's own published guidelines, checked November 1, 2026. Districts can change them, and your district's letters, forms and deadlines always apply. Habitat Ledger is not affiliated with any appraisal district or Texas Parks and Wildlife.