Tex. Parks & Wild. Code § 42.0211 · Chapter 42. GENERAL HUNTING LICENSE
TAKING OF UNBANDED PEN-REARED PHEASANT OR QUAIL BY CERTAIN LANDOWNERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section applies only to:
(1) noncommercial activity; and
(2) the taking of pheasant or quail on a property of at least five contiguous acres.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law requiring the banding of a bird, a person, or the person's guest when accompanied by the person, may take on the person's property unbanded pen-reared pheasant or quail.
(c) Nothing in this section:
(1) affects the requirement to acquire a license under Section 45.001 for the propagation of game birds; or
(2) authorizes a person to:
(A) exceed a bag limit for pheasant or quail; or
(B) take pheasant or quail during a closed season.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 67 (H.B. 1699), Sec. 1, eff. May 19, 2021.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.42.htm
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