They will ship it ASAP preacher, buy them now and you will have them mid week I'd say. I always buy early before season and get them quick. You get a confirmation email with license but you have to have the tags too. You also need to look at the prof of sex Requirements in Texas. There is an exeption to it where you can get a paper signed by the landowner with sex of turkey, name of hunter, date, etc and be legal. I always print a spreadsheet ahead of time with hunter names on it and stay ahead of the game that way. We weren't aware of it the first year and found the exception while we were they are got legal quick like. It's hard to bring a whole bird back and those breasts freeze well and travel even better.