Section 62.021 - Sale or Purchase of Certain Game(a) Except as provided by Subsection (c), no person may sell, offer for sale, purchase, offer to purchase, or possess after purchase a wild bird, game bird, or game animal, dead or alive, or part of the bird or animal.(b) This section applies only to a bird or animal protected by this code without regard to whether the bird or animal is taken or killed in this state.(c) This section does not prohibit the sale of: (1) a live game animal, a dead or live game bird, or the feathers of a game bird if the sale is conducted under authority of a license or permit issued under this code; or(2) the following inedible parts: (A) an inedible part, including the feathers, bones, or feet, of a game bird other than a migratory game bird that was lawfully taken or is lawfully possessed;(B) the hair, hide, antlers, bones, horns, skull, hooves, or sinew, as applicable, of a deer, pronghorn antelope, desert bighorn sheep, collared peccary or javelina, red squirrel, or gray squirrel; or(C) the feathers of a migratory game bird in accordance with federal law.Tex. Parks and Wild. § 62.021
Amended By Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 952, Sec. 12, eff. 9/1/2009.Amended By Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1256, Sec. 86, eff. 9/1/1997.Amended By Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 267, art. 3, Sec. 44, eff. 9/1/1985Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 2699, ch. 735, Sec. 5, eff. 8/31/1981 Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 1405, ch. 545, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1975.