(a) Except as provided by this section, no turkeys may be propagated, purchased, sold, transported, or released for the purpose of establishing a free-ranging wild turkey population.
(b) The department may release turkeys in certain areas of the state for the purpose of maintaining a wild turkey population.

Terms Used In Texas Parks and Wildlife Code 64.006

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • 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) The department may adopt regulations regulating the release of turkeys by persons other than department employees.
(d) This section does not apply to any turkeys maintained for agricultural purposes.
(e) The department may contract with private sector sources to release wild turkeys in certain areas of the state for the purpose of maintaining or expanding a wild turkey population.

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