Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 42.0211

This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 42.0211, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.

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§ 42.0211. TAKING OF UNBANDED PEN-REARED PHEASANT OR QUAIL BY CERTAIN LANDOWNERS.

Official statutory text

(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.

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