Texas Parks And Wildlife Code Title 5, Chapter 64 - Birds

SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

• Texas Section 64.001 - Game Birds
  Wild turkey, wild ducks of all varieties, wild geese of all varieties, wild brant, wild grouse, wild prairie chickens, wild pheasants of all varieties, wild...
• Texas Section 64.002 - Protection Of Nongame Birds
  (a) Except as provided by this code, no person may: (1) catch, kill, injure, pursue, or possess, dead or alive, or purchase, sell, expose for...
• Texas Section 64.003 - Destroying Nests Or Eggs
  No person may destroy or take the nest, eggs, or young of any wild game bird, wild bird, or wild fowl protected by this code...
• Texas Section 64.004 - Trapping Game Birds
  No person may set a trap, net, or other device for taking game birds or take or snare a game bird by a device without...
• Texas Section 64.005 - Penalty
  A person who violates a provision of this subchapter commits an offense that is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor. Added by Acts...
• Texas Section 64.006 - Release Of Turkeys
  (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...

SUBCHAPTER B SEASONS AND LIMITS

• Texas Section 64.007 - Possession Of Live Game Birds
  No person may possess a live game bird in this state except as authorized by this code. Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256,...

SUBCHAPTER C MIGRATORY GAME BIRDS

• Texas Section 64.011 - Eagle
  No person may hunt, trap, or kill a golden eagle or Mexican brown eagle without first having obtained a permit from the department as provided...
• Texas Section 64.021 - Definitions
  In this subchapter: (1) "Migratory game bird" means wild ducks of all species, wild geese and wild brant of all species, wild coot, wild rail,...
• Texas Section 64.022 - Authority Of Commission
  The commission shall provide the open season and means, methods, and devices for the hunting and possessing of migratory game birds and may delegate that...
• Texas Section 64.023 - Open Season
  An open season may be provided only for the length of time justified by the supply of the species of migratory game bird affected in...
• Texas Section 64.024 - Regulations
  (a) The department shall conduct investigations prior to the issuance of regulations on an open season for a migratory game bird. The regulation may be...
• Texas Section 64.025 - Suit
  A party affected by and dissatisfied with a regulation issued under this subchapter may file suit against the department to test the validity of the...
• Texas Section 64.026 - Prohibited Acts
  No person may hunt or possess a migratory game bird by any means or method except as provided by regulation issued under this code. Acts...
• Texas Section 64.027 - Penalty
  A person who violates a provision of this subchapter or a regulation of the department adopted under this subchapter commits an offense that is a...

Last modified: September 28, 2016