- (a) No nonresident in this state may hunt a mule deer, white-tailed deer, turkey, pronghorn antelope, desert bighorn sheep, or alligator in this state without first having acquired a nonresident general hunting license.
- (b) Except as provided by Subsection (f), no nonresident may hunt any bird or animal in this state without first having acquired a nonresident general hunting license or a nonresident five-day hunting license.
- (c) A nonresident possessing a valid nonresident trapper's license is not required to have a license issued under this section to take or possess the species governed by the license.
- (d) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 312 (S.B. 1247), Sec. 7(1), eff. September 1, 2025.
- (e) A nonresident may not acquire or possess during a license year more than one nonresident general hunting license.
- (f) A nonresident landowner or any person, with the consent of the landowner, may take feral hogs on the nonresident landowner's land without having acquired a hunting license required by this chapter.
Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.
Amended by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 317, ch. 150, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977;
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1859, ch. 439, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1981;
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 2, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1985;
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 609, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;
Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 95, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991;
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 863, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 809, Sec. 3, eff. June 20, 2003.
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 992 (H.B. 2026), Sec. 7, eff. June 18, 2005.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 329 (S.B. 317), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 312 (S.B. 1247), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 312 (S.B. 1247), Sec. 7(1), eff. September 1, 2025.