- (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 turkey population.
- (b) The department may release turkeys in certain areas of the state for the purpose of maintaining a wild turkey population.
- (c) The department may adopt regulations regulating the release of turkeys by persons other than department employees.
- (d) This section does not apply to any turkeys maintained for agricultural purposes.
- (e) The department may contract with private sector sources to release wild turkeys in certain areas of the state for the purpose of maintaining or expanding a wild turkey population.
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 771, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 31, 1987.