Tex.
Parks & Wild. Code Section 71.005
Licenses Required
(a)
Except as provided by this section and Section 71.004 (Prohibited Acts)(a), no person may take a fur-bearing animal or a pelt in this state unless the person has acquired and possesses a trapper’s license.(b)
Except as provided by commission regulation, no person may purchase, possess after purchase, or transport for commercial purposes a pelt or carcass taken in this state unless the person has acquired and possesses a retail fur buyer’s or wholesale fur dealer’s license.(c)
No person may capture or possess a live fur-bearing animal for any purpose, except as otherwise authorized by this code, unless he has acquired and possesses a fur-bearing animal propagation license.(d)
A person who possesses a hunting license may take and possess a fur-bearing animal if:(1)
neither the fur-bearing animal nor any part of that animal is taken for the purpose of sale, barter, or exchange; and(2)
the number of fur-bearing animals taken does not exceed the daily bag limit or possession limit set by commission regulation.
Source:
Section 71.005 — Licenses Required, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.71.htm#71.005 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
