Wildlife exemption rules for McCulloch County
McCulloch County sits in the Rolling Plains wildlife appraisal region. Below: what its appraisal district publishes for the 1-d-1 wildlife management valuation, and what to do about it. Verified 2026-08-15 — part of WildCaliche's guide to all 254 Texas counties.
McCulloch County at a glance Rolling Plains
- Wildlife management plan
- May 1 (statutory)
- Annual report
- Not published by the CAD
- Minimum acres (individual)
- 25-50 (reduced tracts)
- Minimum acres (association)
- Not published by the CAD
- Site visits
- Not published by the CAD
- Appraisal district
- McCulloch County Appraisal District
Official sources:
comptroller.texas.gov
landcan.org
What the Rolling Plains region means for your plan
West Texas rangeland of breaks, canyons and shortgrass. Prescribed grazing, brush management and quail-focused habitat work are the practices landowners here most commonly commit to.
Texas Parks & Wildlife publishes separate wildlife-planning guidelines per ecoregion, and appraisal districts hold plans to their region's standards.
Which region governs your land?
Cross Timbers and Prairies — 20%
Rolling Plains — 8%
TPWD's ecological-region map puts most of McCulloch County in Eastern Edwards Plateau (71% of the land), while the appraisal-region roster lists Rolling Plains. Districts hold plans to their region's standards — worth confirming with the CAD which applies to your tract.
Region shares computed from TPWD's Gould ecological-region map over Census county boundaries; region assignment per TPWD.
Where is your land in McCulloch County?
Tap your part of McCulloch County — the region it sits in governs your plan's intensity standards.
Tip: click anywhere on the map to drop a pin where your land is.
Get McCulloch County's deadline — and keep your evidence organized
WildCaliche is built for the 1-d-1 wildlife valuation: an evidence vault for everything you do on the land, plan-aware compliance for Rolling Plains requirements, and the official PWD-888 annual report generated for your county's appraisal district.