Texas Hunters???

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Hey guys, I'm from Odessa, Texas and I have a few questions for those of you who may be familiar with Texas Varmint hunting.

1.What are the License requirements?
2.Where are some of the varmint hunt competitions?
3.What are the laws on night hunting(varmints)?

I'm sure there will be more, I am new to this and want to be as legal as possible when I go out to hunt.

Thanks Alot.
 
tx yote slayer probably answered these for you, but just in case, and for others who might have the same questions:
1.What are the License requirements? valid Texas hunting license, unless you plan to sell hides, then you need a fur bearers license also
2.Where are some of the varmint hunt competitions? Graham, Canyon City, Cleburne to name a few
3.What are the laws on night hunting(varmints)? Really pretty much the same as hunting during the day. TP&W advises a "courtesy call" to the Game Warden in the area to let him know you will be hunting at night.
Hope this helped.
 
on the issue of collecting a bounty, does anyone know how to collect here in texas? I was told you have to be a member of the cattlemans association, but i dont know if this is true or not. It used to be that you went to the county and they gave it to you.
 
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1.What are the License requirements? valid Texas hunting license, unless you plan to sell hides, then you need a fur bearers license also




Don't you have to have the fur bearers to even carry the animal in your truck. I know you don't have to have it to shoot them but I always thought if you carry the animal off the place you shot it, like to go take pics or show-off, you have to have your fur bearers.
 
i am under the impression that if you are not going to make money on the fur, then you dont need the license.
 
You actually need a Trappers license, not a fur bearers license. And, some of these critters aren't even fur bearers. So depending on what you kill, laws are different. You don't need anything but a hunting license to kill cats and coyotes. Bounties are done county by county. For instance, Reagan county has a $70 bounty on coyotes, and is a co-operative of ranchers. You don't have to be a member, you just have to have killed the coyote in their county. As far as other license, you need a cites tag to take cats out of state. Read this, it might help with some night calling questions.

http://www.predatormastersforums.com/nighthunting.html
 
Randy is right, you only need a hunting license to for hunting bobcats and coyotes, unless you want to sell the hides and then you need the trapping license.

I will quote from the 2006 Outdoor Annual:

A trapper's license is required to take or attempt to take fur bearing animals, EXCEPT that a person who possesses a hunting license may take AND possess a fur bearing animal, provided the furbearer (or any part thereof) is not to be sold.

Listed fur-bearing animals are:

Badger
Beaver
Fox
Mink
Muskrat
Nutria
Opossum
Otter
Raccoon
Ring-tailed cat
Skunk

Bobcats have to have the CITES tag if it is going to cross the state line. This even includes a full body mount that you may have had in your house for years. If you move to another state, you would need to get a tag. Many tanneries are out of state, so a taxidermist may make you get a bobcat tag so he can send it to the out of state tannery.

Here is a link to Fur-Bearing Animal Regulations
 
You drop one animal like a fox or badger in the truck and you don't have a trappers lic. you are in violation. As much as we are paying for the Super Combo. they(TP&W) ought to include a trappers lic. on it .
 
What Yellowhammer said. I knew the jest, but since I've never sold any fur I haven't had to worry about the other license.

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EXCEPT that a person who possesses a hunting license may take AND possess a fur bearing animal, provided the furbearer (or any part thereof) is not to be sold.[/b]




You can put a fox or badger in the truck without being in violation, as long as you don't plan to sell them.
Not trying to start anything, but in MHO the price of the Super Combo is nothing compaired to what it cost to hunt in some states, and our seasons and limits are greater than a lot of them too. A few years ago I felt the same way, until I really paid attention to what all the TP&W does do for us.
 
I bought my Life Time Combo year before last ($1000.00) Hard to do all at once, but don't have to worry about high it goes now. I would like to buy my son his too before they go up again.

Currently, the Super Combo (Hunting & Fishing and all the stamps) costs less than it does to fill my truck with gas, or a round of golf if you get a cart.
 
I am trying to find it but I think there is a limit to the number of each animal you can posses without a trappers license. A trapper's license is required to take or attempt to take fur-bearing animals, except that a person who possesses a hunting license may take and possess a fur-bearing animal, provided the furbearer (or any part thereof) is not to be sold.
A landowner on their own land or their authorized agent is not required to have a trapper's or hunting license if these nuisance animals are taken while causing loss or damage to agricultural crops, livestock, poultry, or personal property. However, such animals or their pelts may not be possessed or sold.
These are out of the online outdoor annual. They musthave changed it but I know I read somewhere that there was a limit. I also ran across this and thought it to be interesting.
Black bears are protected and cannot be hunted or killed. Mountain lions are not protected and can be harvested at any time. Please report black bear and mountain lion sightings or mortalities to (512) 389-8048.
NONGAME ANIMALS (Includes, but is not limited to the following):
Armadillos*
Bobcats*
Coyotes*
Flying squirrels Frogs
Ground squirrels
Mountain lions
Porcupines Prairie dogs
Rabbits
Turtles Does not include feral hog (see Exotic Animals).
No closed season. These animals may be hunted at any time by any lawful means or methods on private property. Public hunting lands may have restrictions. A hunting license is required.
FUR-BEARING ANIMALS
Badger
Beaver
Civet cat*
Fox Mink
Muskrat
Nutria
Opossum Otter
Raccoon
Ring-tailed cat
Skunk *This is another name for the common spotted skunk.

A trapper's license is required to take or attempt to take fur-bearing animals, except that a person who possesses a hunting license may take and possess a fur-bearing animal, provided the furbearer (or any part thereof) is not to be sold.
 
There is no bag or possesion limits during Recreational or Commercial Harvest. This is out of the Fur-Bearing Animal regulations.
Rec Harvest is Sept 1st-Aug 31st
Comm Harvest is Nov. 1st - March 31st
 
Robert- there used to be a "recreational harvest" limit of one fur-bearer per day. This was changed year before last. There is now no limit.

A trapping license in $18.00
 
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