Section 61.021 - Taking Wildlife Resources Prohibited(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or permitted under a proclamation issued by the commission under this chapter, no person may hunt, catch, or possess a game bird or game animal, fish, marine animal, or other aquatic life at any time or in any place covered by this chapter.(b) A documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas who holds a license under Section 42.002 may hunt antlerless white-tailed deer for religious ceremonial purposes on any day of the year between one-half hour before sunrise and one-half hour after sunset. A documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas hunting antlerless white-tailed deer under this subsection: (1) shall comply with all other provisions of this code and proclamations adopted under this code;(2) shall notify: (A) a local game warden at least 24 hours before hunting antlerless white-tailed deer at a time of the year when a person who holds a license under Section 42.002 but who is not a documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas may not hunt antlerless white-tailed deer; and(B) the department not later than September 1 of each year of the member's intent to hunt antlerless white-tailed deer for the following calendar year;(3) may not hunt antlerless white-tailed deer outside an open hunting season in a chronic wasting disease containment or surveillance zone, as determined by the department; and(4) may not receive a pecuniary gain from an action taken under this subsection.(c) Subsection (b) applies only to hunting on land that is: (1) owned or leased by the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; and (2) located in a county that: (A) borders the United Mexican States and has a population of more than 50,000 but less than 70,000; or (B) is adjacent to a county described by Paragraph (A) and has a population of less than 8,000 . Tex. Parks and Wild. § 61.021
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 644,Sec. 208, eff. 9/1/2023.Amended by Acts 2017, Texas Acts of the 85th Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 830,Sec. 2, eff. 6/15/2017.Amended By Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2740, ch. 748, Sec. 3, eff. 9/1/1981.Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 506, ch. 213, Sec. 2, eff. 8/31/1981 Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1975.