# Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 61.021: TAKING WILDLIFE RESOURCES PROHIBITED

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C61_S61.021

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 61.021
- **Heading:** TAKING WILDLIFE RESOURCES PROHIBITED
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code pw / Chapter 61 / Section 61.021

## Text

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or permitted under a proclamation issued by the commission under this chapter, no person may hunt, catch, or possess a game bird or game animal, fish, marine animal, or other aquatic life at any time or in any place covered by this chapter.

(b) A documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas who holds a license under Section 42.002 may hunt antlerless white-tailed deer for religious ceremonial purposes on any day of the year between one-half hour before sunrise and one-half hour after sunset. A documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas hunting antlerless white-tailed deer under this subsection:

(1) shall comply with all other provisions of this code and proclamations adopted under this code;

(2) shall notify:

(A) a local game warden at least 24 hours before hunting antlerless white-tailed deer at a time of the year when a person who holds a license under Section 42.002 but who is not a documented member of the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas may not hunt antlerless white-tailed deer; and

(B) the department not later than September 1 of each year of the member's intent to hunt antlerless white-tailed deer for the following calendar year;

(3) may not hunt antlerless white-tailed deer outside an open hunting season in a chronic wasting disease containment or surveillance zone, as determined by the department; and

(4) may not receive a pecuniary gain from an action taken under this subsection.

(c) Subsection (b) applies only to hunting on land that is:

(1) owned or leased by the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas; and

(2) located in a county that:

(A) borders the United Mexican States and has a population of more than 50,000 but less than 70,000; or

(B) is adjacent to a county described by Paragraph (A) and has a population of less than 8,000.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 61.001 § 61.001. TITLE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C61_S61.001.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 61.002 § 61.002. PURPOSE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C61_S61.002.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 61.003 § 61.003. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C61_S61.003.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 61.005 § 61.005. DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C61_S61.005.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 61.006 § 61.006. CRAYFISH.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C61_S61.006.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 61.021 § 61.021. TAKING WILDLIFE RESOURCES PROHIBITED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C61_S61.021.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 61.022 § 61.022. TAKING WILDLIFE RESOURCES WITHOUT CONSENT OF LANDOWNER PROHIBITED.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C61_S61.022.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 61.023 § 61.023. APPLYING CONTRACEPTIVES TO WILDLIFE RESOURCES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C61_S61.023.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 61.051 § 61.051. DUTY TO INVESTIGATE AND STUDY CERTAIN WILDLIFE RESOURCES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C61_S61.051.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 61.052 § 61.052. GENERAL REGULATORY DUTY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C61_S61.052.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 61.053 § 61.053. OPEN SEASONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C61_S61.053.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 61.054 § 61.054. PROCLAMATIONS OF THE COMMISSION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C61_S61.054.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 61.055 § 61.055. AMENDMENTS AND REVOCATIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C61_S61.055.md)
- [Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 61.056 § 61.056. PROCLAMATIONS CONCERNING CERTAIN DEER AND ANTELOPE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Cpw_C61_S61.056.md)

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