(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person may not hunt or take any wild animal or wild bird when the person is on or over privately owned land that is:
(1) submerged under:
(A) public fresh water due to seasonal or occasional innundation; or
(B) public salt water and located above the mean high tide line of the Gulf of Mexico and its bays and estuaries; and
(2) conspicuously marked as privately owned by a sign or signs that are substantially similar to the following:
POSTED. PRIVATE PROPERTY. NO HUNTING.

(b) This section does not apply to:
(1) fishing or to fish and other aquatic life;
(2) a person who:
(A) owns the submerged land; or
(B) obtains the landowner’s consent;
(3) land that is dedicated to the permanent school fund and that is located within:
(A) the tidewater limits of this state; or
(B) the gradient boundaries of a navigable river or stream in this state; or
(4) land that is:
(A) submerged by public water; and
(B) located below the mean high tide line of the Gulf of Mexico and its bays and estuaries.

Terms Used In Texas Parks and Wildlife Code 62.0061

  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • 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
  • Wild: when used in reference to an animal, means a species, including each individual of a species, that normally lives in a state of nature and is not ordinarily domesticated. See Texas Parks and Wildlife Code 1.101

(c) This section does not authorize a person to fish by any means or method or at any time or place that is otherwise prohibited by this code.

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