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Tyler County ag and wildlife valuation: what to file, and when
Everything goes to the Tyler County Appraisal District in Woodville, between January 1 and April 30. Here's what applies to your land.
Checked against the Texas Tax Code, the Comptroller's county directory, and Texas Parks and Wildlife. Updated October 2026.
Running late? Ask Tyler CAD in writing before the 30th for up to 60 more days.
806 W. Bluff St., Woodville · (409) 283-3736
The state only requires the yearly wildlife report in counties that ask for it.
What's happening with your Tyler County land?
Bought land with ag valuation?
The old owner's approval usually ends at the sale. File your own application with Tyler CAD by April 30. If the same people keep using it the same way, you may have up to a year. How it works
Switching to wildlife?
Your land has to already be under ag or timber valuation. You file the wildlife plan and a new 1-d-1 application together. How it works
Keeping bees?
Bees qualify on 5 to 20 acres under state law. Tyler CAD's hive count isn't published, and the statewide beekeepers' list for Tyler looks wrong. Call (409) 283-3736 and ask before you buy hives.
Four questions to ask Tyler CAD
Tyler CAD doesn't post its own ag guidelines online. It works from the state application forms and the Tax Code. Call before you file and ask:
- How many hives do you want to see for bee valuation on my acreage?
- What stocking rate do you expect for cattle or goats on a tract my size?
- Do you require the yearly wildlife report (PWD-888)?
- My land is timber now. Will you accept a wildlife plan this year?
Call (409) 283-3736. Write down who you talked to and the date.
Pineywoods rules, short version
Tyler County is in Texas Parks and Wildlife's Pineywoods region. The state requires at least 3 of 7 wildlife activities. On most tracts here, these four are the easiest to do and to prove.
Predator control
Hog trapping or shooting. Write down dates and counts.
Supplemental food
Feeders you already run, or a small food plot. Keep receipts.
Shelter
Brush piles from clearing, or nest boxes for bluebirds or wood ducks.
Census counts
A game-camera survey or a spotlight count, written down.
See all 7 activities and where the state's standards are
- Habitat control
- Erosion control
- Predator control
- Supplemental water
- Supplemental food
- Shelter
- Census counts
How much of each you have to do is set in Texas Parks and Wildlife's Pineywoods guidelines.
Missed April 30?
Tyler CAD can still accept a late application until its review board approves the year's records, with a penalty of 10% of that year's tax savings. If you bought land and the same people keep using it the same way, a 2026 law gives you until a year after closing, with no penalty.
Stopped running cattle? Read this first.
Selling off the whole herd can cost you more than the valuation. It can trigger rollback tax: the difference for the last 3 years. How rollback works and how to avoid it.
Most of my land is pine timber. Which valuation fits?
If you're growing and selling timber, timber valuation (Comptroller Form 50-167) may already fit. If you'd rather manage for deer, turkey and other wildlife, land that was under timber valuation last year can move to wildlife management. Moving from ag to timber doesn't trigger rollback tax.
File with Tyler CAD by April 30.
Late filings get a 10% penalty, and once the records are approved they stop taking them.
Land across the county line?
Each county has its own appraisal district. File with the one where the land sits.