Section 42.002 - Resident License Required; Exemptions(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b), (c), and (d), no resident may hunt any bird or animal in this state without having acquired a hunting license.(b) A resident possessing a valid resident trapper's license or fur-bearing animal propagation permit is not required to have a license issued under this section to take or possess the species covered by the license or permit.(c) A resident landowner or any person, with the consent of the landowner, may take feral hogs on the resident landowner's land without having acquired a hunting license.(d) A person who is a resident and who is a veteran of the United States armed forces is not required to have a license issued under this section if the person is acting under Section 11.208 and complying with rules adopted under that section.Tex. Parks and Wild. § 42.002
Amended by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 260,Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/2021.Amended by Acts 2021, Texas Acts of the 87th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 260,Sec. 2, eff. 9/1/2021.Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 329,Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/2019.Amended By Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 992, Sec. 6, eff. 6/18/2005.Amended By Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 809, Sec. 1, 2, eff. 6/20/2003.Amended By Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 931, Sec. 4, eff. 6/16/1995Amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 2, Sec. 7, eff. 9/1/1985 Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1975.