(a) Except as provided by this section and Section 71.004(a), no person may take a fur-bearing animal or a pelt in this state unless the person has acquired and possesses a trapper’s license.
(b) Except as provided by commission regulation, no person may purchase, possess after purchase, or transport for commercial purposes a pelt or carcass taken in this state unless the person has acquired and possesses a retail fur buyer’s or wholesale fur dealer’s license.

Terms Used In Texas Parks and Wildlife Code 71.005

  • 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
  • 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

(c) No person may capture or possess a live fur-bearing animal for any purpose, except as otherwise authorized by this code, unless he has acquired and possesses a fur-bearing animal propagation license.
(d) A person who possesses a hunting license may take and possess a fur-bearing animal if:
(1) neither the fur-bearing animal nor any part of that animal is taken for the purpose of sale, barter, or exchange; and
(2) the number of fur-bearing animals taken does not exceed the daily bag limit or possession limit set by commission regulation.

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