Sec. 42.005. NONRESIDENT LICENSE REQUIRED. (a) No nonresident in this state may hunt a mule deer, white-tailed deer, turkey, pronghorn antelope, or desert bighorn sheep in this state without first having acquired a general nonresident 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 general nonresident hunting license, a nonresident special hunting license, or a nonresident five-day special 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) No nonresident may hunt a turkey during the spring turkey hunting season without first having acquired a license as required by Subsection (b) of this section or a nonresident spring turkey hunting license.
(e) A nonresident may not acquire or possess during a license year:
(1) more than one nonresident spring turkey hunting license; or
(2) a general nonresident hunting license and a nonresident spring turkey 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.
Amended by:
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.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - Wildlife and Plant Conservation
Subtitle A - Hunting and Fishing Licenses
Chapter 42 - General Hunting License
Section 42.002. Resident License Required; Exemptions
Section 42.0021. Lifetime Resident Hunting License
Section 42.005. Nonresident License Required
Section 42.006. Possession of License; Rules
Section 42.010. Issuance and Form of Licenses and Tags
Section 42.0101. Digital Tags; Rules
Section 42.011. Voluntary Contribution to Help Feed Hungry Texans
Section 42.012. Resident License Fee
Section 42.0121. Lifetime Resident Hunting License Fee
Section 42.014. Nonresident Special Hunting License Fee
Section 42.0141. General Nonresident Hunting License Fee
Section 42.0142. Nonresident Banded Bird Hunting License for Hunting on a Private Bird Hunting Area
Section 42.0143. Nonresident Five-Day Special Hunting License
Section 42.0144. Nonresident Spring Turkey Hunting License Fee
Section 42.017. Duplicate License and Tags
Section 42.0175. Expiration Date
Section 42.0177. Bird or Animal Carcasses: Commission Rules
Section 42.018. Tag to Be Attached to Deer
Section 42.0185. Tag to Be Attached to Turkey
Section 42.019. Possession of Certain Parts of Antelope
Section 42.020. Bird or Animal Tags: Prohibited Acts
Section 42.021. Bag Limits and Season Not Affected
Section 42.0211. Taking of Unbanded Pen-Reared Pheasant or Quail by Certain Landowners
Section 42.022. One License for Each Year
Section 42.023. Hunting Under License of Another