2021-2022 2021 -2022 SUMMARY OF HUNTING REGULATIONS OVERVIEW OF FISHING AND HUNTING LAWS General Laws .............................................................................................................................................. 16 Unlawful Activities ...........................................................................................................................................................16 Personal Identification ....................................................................................................................................................16 Inspection Authority ........................................................................................................................................................16 Waste of Game ................................................................................................................................................................16 Retrieval of Game ............................................................................................................................................................16 Sale of Inedible Wildlife Parts ..........................................................................................................................................16 Harassment of Hunters, Trappers, or Anglers....................................................................................................................16 Hunter Orange .................................................................................................................................................................16 Criminal Penalties and Civil Value Recovery .................................................................................................. 17 Civil Restitution ...............................................................................................................................................................17 License Reinstatement ....................................................................................................................................................17 HUNTING Interstate Wildlife Violator Compact .................................................................................................................................17 Operation Game Thief .................................................................................................................................. 17 Transfer and Importation of Wildlife Resources ............................................................................................. 17 Transfer of Wildlife and Aquatic Resources .......................................................................................................................17 Importation of Wildlife and Aquatic Resources .................................................................................................................17 REGULATIONS HUNTING General Regulations and Information ........................................................................................................... 18 Means and Methods .......................................................................................................................................................18 Unlawful Activities ...........................................................................................................................................................19 Tagging Game Animals ....................................................................................................................................................20 Proof of Sex .....................................................................................................................................................................21 Transporting and Transferring Deer or Pronghorn ..............................................................................................................22 Processing of Game Animals ...........................................................................................................................................22 Facilities .........................................................................................................................................................................22 Commercial Cold Storage or Processing Facility ...............................................................................................................22 Cold Storage or Processing Facility on Hunting Lease .......................................................................................................22 Private, Non-Commercial, Family-Owned Cold Storage or Processing Facility ...................................................................22 Taxidermist ......................................................................................................................................................................23 Game Animals ............................................................................................................................................. 24 Chronic Wasting Disease (CWD) ......................................................................................................................................24 Deer ................................................................................................................................................................................29 Pronghorn (by Permit Only) ..............................................................................................................................................31 Desert Bighorn Sheep (by Permit Only) ............................................................................................................................31 Javelina and Squirrel .......................................................................................................................................................31 Alligator ...................................................................................................................................................... 31 General Information ........................................................................................................................................................31 Means and Methods for Alligators....................................................................................................................................31 Non-core Counties ..........................................................................................................................................................31 Core Counties .................................................................................................................................................................32 Alligators in Texas: Rules, Regulations and General Information .......................................................................................32 SEPTEMBER 1, 2021 – AUGUST 31, 2022 Upland Game Birds...................................................................................................................................... 32 Migratory Game Birds .................................................................................................................................. 33 Dove Seasons, Limits, and Zones ....................................................................................................................................35 Duck Seasons, Limits, and Zones ...................................................................................................................................36 Goose Seasons, Limits, and Zones ..................................................................................................................................37 Sandhill Crane Seasons, Limits, and Zones .....................................................................................................................38 Youth Hunting Seasons ................................................................................................................................ 39 Nongame Species ........................................................................................................................................ 39 Take, Possess or Sale of Furbearers .................................................................................................................................40 TPWD HUNTING REGULATIONS 2021-2022 Mobile or App: OutdoorAnnual.com 14 Endangered, Threatened and Other .............................................................................................................. 40 Protected Birds ...............................................................................................................................................................40 OVERVIEW OF FISHING AND “Canned Hunts” .............................................................................................................................................................40 Non-Protected and/or Exotic Species ........................................................................................................... 41 HUNTING LAWS Exotic Animals and Fowl ..................................................................................................................................................41 Feral Hogs and Coyotes ...................................................................................................................................................41 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