31 Tex. Admin. Code § 65.25 - Wildlife Management Plan (WMP)

(a) Deer.

(1) An approved WMP, specifying a harvest quota for antlerless deer or both buck and antlerless deer, is required for participation in the Conservation Option of the Managed Lands Deer Program under the provisions of § 65.29 of this title (relating to Managed Lands Deer Program.

(2) A WMP is not valid unless it is:

(A) consistent with Parks and Wildlife Code, § 61.053 and § 61.056; and

(B) signed by a Wildlife Division biologist or technician. A WMP is valid for one year following the date of such signature.

(b) Javelina.

(1) An approved WMP, specifying an annual harvest quota for javelina, is required for the issuance of an annual harvest quota for javelina on a property. The WMP shall include:

(A) javelina population data for both the current year and the immediately preceding year;

(B) javelina harvest data from the immediately preceding year; and

(C) at least two recommended habitat management practices. Recommended habitat management practices already being performed under an existing department-approved WMP may be used to satisfy the requirements of this subparagraph on a one-for-one basis.

(2) A WMP is not valid unless it is:

(A) consistent with Parks and Wildlife Code, § 61.053; and

(B) signed by a Wildlife Division biologist or technician authorized to approve management plans. A WMP is valid for one year following the date of such signature.

(3) The landowner agrees, by signing the WMP, to perform data collection for the purposes of meeting the requirements of paragraph (1) of this subsection.

(4) The department may refuse to approve a WMP if the landowner has not complied with the provisions of this subsection.

(5) No person may possess a javelina harvested under a quota issued under this section anywhere other than the property on which the javelina was harvested unless that person also possesses a completed, department-supplied affidavit signed by the landowner of the property where the person harvested the javelina.

(6) Each javelina harvested on a property for which the department has issued a quota under this subsection shall be recorded in a harvest log. The harvest log shall contain the name of each person who killed a javelina, the date, and the number of javelina the person killed. The harvest log shall be maintained on the property, shall be kept current, and shall be made available for inspection at the request of a department employee acting within the scope of official duties.

Notes

31 Tex. Admin. Code § 65.25

The provisions of this §65.25 adopted to be effective July 26, 2000, 25 TexReg 6773; amended to be effective July 10, 2003, 28 TexReg 5206; amended to be effective July 10, 2005, 30 TexReg 3997; amended to be effective July 18, 2007, 32 TexReg 4421; amended to be effective September 1, 2012, 37 TexReg 5478; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 41, Number 33, August 12, 2016, TexReg 6057, eff. 9/1/2016; Amended by Texas Register, Volume 42, Number 26, June 30, 2017, TexReg 3398, eff. 7/9/2017