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Texas ag and wildlife exemption guides
Updated November 4, 2026
Plain-English guides to keeping a Texas agricultural or wildlife management valuation, written from appraisal district, Texas Parks and Wildlife, Comptroller and Tax Code sources.
Texas ag valuation: what qualifies
The 1-d-1 ag rules in plain English, the 5-of-7-year history, and minimum acres and head counts for North Texas counties.
How to file the annual report (PWD-888)
What goes in the wildlife management annual report, the 3-of-7 rule and the records that back it up.
The 7 wildlife practices, with examples
Each of the seven practices with real examples and the proof to keep.
Writing your wildlife plan (PWD-885)
Who can write your plan, what goes in it and where it's filed.
Converting ag to wildlife
Switching ag land to wildlife management: who qualifies and the April 30 deadline.
Minimum acreage when land is split
When a minimum acreage applies after land is split, by region.
Rollback taxes explained
What triggers rollback taxes, the three-year look-back and an example.
Wildlife exemption paperwork checklist
The short checklist of wildlife exemption papers to keep for each property.
County deadlines
Each appraisal district sets its own annual report rules. See the county deadline list:
- North Texas: Clay, Collin, Cooke, Denton, Erath, Grayson, Jack, Kaufman, Montague, Palo Pinto, Parker, Wise
- Central Texas: Bosque, Brown, Coryell, Hill, Travis, Williamson
- Hill Country: Bandera, Blanco, Burnet, Comal, Hays, Kerr, Mason, Medina
- South Central Texas: Austin, Caldwell, Fayette, Washington
Tools
- Free property check: see your land's county, ecoregion, soils and the practices that fit
- Wildlife plan starter: a printable draft plan laid out like PWD-885
- Wildlife valuation savings calculator
Keep the records that protect your valuation
Habitat Ledger keeps your practice logs, dated photos and receipts in one place, shows your county's report deadline, reminds you before it's due, and prints your annual report. Every account starts with a 30-day free trial, and the free plan keeps your deadline reminders after that.
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