Wildlife exemption rules for Shackelford County
Shackelford 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 2026-08-24 — part of WildCaliche's guide to all 254 Texas counties.
Shackelford County at a glance Rolling Plains
- Wildlife management plan
- Before May 1 (application postmarked/delivered by Apr 30; WMP on or before Apr 30)
- Annual report
- Not published by the CAD
- Minimum acres (individual)
- 15 acres
- Minimum acres (association)
- Not published by the CAD
- Site visits
- Site-visit policy published
- Appraisal district
- Shackelford County Appraisal District
Official sources:
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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 — 3%
Where your tract sits decides which guidelines apply — Shackelford County is mostly Rolling Plains, but Cross Timbers and Prairies country covers 3% of the county. If your land sits in the Cross Timbers and Prairies part, your plan follows Cross Timbers and Prairies standards.
Region shares computed from TPWD's Gould ecological-region map over Census county boundaries; region assignment per TPWD.
Where is your land in Shackelford County?
Tap your part of Shackelford 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 Shackelford 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.