Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 64.006
This is the official text of Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 64.006, part of Texas’s Parks and Wildlife Code — governs state parks, hunting, and fishing.
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§ 64.006. RELEASE OF TURKEYS.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided by this section, no turkeys may be propagated, purchased, sold, transported, or released for the purpose of establishing a free-ranging wild turkey population.
(b) The department may release turkeys in certain areas of the state for the purpose of maintaining a wild turkey population.
(c) The department may adopt regulations regulating the release of turkeys by persons other than department employees.
(d) This section does not apply to any turkeys maintained for agricultural purposes.
(e) The department may contract with private sector sources to release wild turkeys in certain areas of the state for the purpose of maintaining or expanding a wild turkey population.
(b) The department may release turkeys in certain areas of the state for the purpose of maintaining a wild turkey population.
(c) The department may adopt regulations regulating the release of turkeys by persons other than department employees.
(d) This section does not apply to any turkeys maintained for agricultural purposes.
(e) The department may contract with private sector sources to release wild turkeys in certain areas of the state for the purpose of maintaining or expanding a wild turkey population.
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