| (a) Deer.
(1) An approved WMP, specifying a harvest quota for
antlerless deer or both buck and antlerless deer, is required for
participation in the Conservation Option of the Managed Lands Deer
Program under the provisions of §65.29 of this title (relating
to Managed Lands Deer Program.
(2) A WMP is not valid unless it is:
(A) consistent with Parks and Wildlife Code, §61.053
and §61.056; and
(B) signed by a Wildlife Division biologist or technician.
A WMP is valid for one year following the date of such signature.
(b) Javelina.
(1) An approved WMP, specifying an annual harvest quota
for javelina, is required for the issuance of an annual harvest quota
for javelina on a property. The WMP shall include:
(A) javelina population data for both the current year
and the immediately preceding year;
(B) javelina harvest data from the immediately preceding
year; and
(C) at least two recommended habitat management practices.
Recommended habitat management practices already being performed under
an existing department-approved WMP may be used to satisfy the requirements
of this subparagraph on a one-for-one basis.
(2) A WMP is not valid unless it is:
(A) consistent with Parks and Wildlife Code, §61.053;
and
(B) signed by a Wildlife Division biologist or technician
authorized to approve management plans. A WMP is valid for one year
following the date of such signature.
(3) The landowner agrees, by signing the WMP, to perform
data collection for the purposes of meeting the requirements of paragraph
(1) of this subsection.
(4) The department may refuse to approve a WMP if the
landowner has not complied with the provisions of this subsection.
(5) No person may possess a javelina harvested under
a quota issued under this section anywhere other than the property
on which the javelina was harvested unless that person also possesses
a completed, department-supplied affidavit signed by the landowner
of the property where the person harvested the javelina.
(6) Each javelina harvested on a property for which
the department has issued a quota under this subsection shall be recorded
in a harvest log. The harvest log shall contain the name of each person
who killed a javelina, the date, and the number of javelina the person
killed. The harvest log shall be maintained on the property, shall
be kept current, and shall be made available for inspection at the
request of a department employee acting within the scope of official
duties.
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| Source Note: The provisions of this §65.25 adopted to be effective July 26, 2000, 25 TexReg 6773; amended to be effective July 10, 2003, 28 TexReg 5206; amended to be effective July 10, 2005, 30 TexReg 3997; amended to be effective July 18, 2007, 32 TexReg 4421; amended to be effective September 1, 2012, 37 TexReg 5478; amended to be effective September 1, 2016, 41 TexReg 6052; amended to be effective July 9, 2017, 42 TexReg 3397 |
