31 Tex. Admin. Code § 65.221 - General Provisions
(a) Activities
authorized under a depredation permit shall be conducted only by persons named
on the permit.
(b) A depredation
permit authorizes the killing of protected wildlife identified on the permit at
any time during the period of validity of the permit, irrespective of open
seasons and lawful shooting hours.
(c) A depredation permit may be issued at any
time upon a finding by the department that protected wildlife presents a threat
to public safety.
(d) Lawful
hunting activities may take place on a property for which a depredation permit
has been issued.
(e) The department
will not issue a permit under this subchapter to control fur-bearing animals.
Nuisance fur-bearing animals are addressed by Subchapter Q of this chapter
(relating to Statewide Fur-bearing Animal Proclamation).
(f) Nothing in this subchapter shall be
construed to relieve any person of any other applicable requirements of
federal, state, or local law, including laws prescribing hunting license and
hunter education requirements.
(g)
Notwithstanding other provisions of this subchapter, the department will not
issue a permit under this subchapter for the killing of mule deer, pronghorn
antelope, or desert bighorn sheep, except as provided in Parks and Wildlife
Code, §
43.152(b)
and §
43.154(a-1).
(h) The department may at any time require an
applicant for a depredation permit or a person to whom a depredation permit has
been issued to furnish evidence clearly showing serious damage as defined in §
65.220(4)(B) and
(C) of this title (relating to
Definitions).
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