Terms Used In Texas Parks and Wildlife Code 44.015

  • Take: except as otherwise provided by this code, means collect, hook, hunt, net, shoot, or snare, by any means or device, and includes an attempt to take or to pursue in order to take. See Texas Parks and Wildlife Code 1.101

The department or an authorized employee of the department may take, possess, hold, transport, or propagate any game animal of this state for public purposes.