Need a License to.....

[Low Fence]

deer and hogs are completely different. no where in the law does it mention deer.

i don't care to hear anything out of the horse mouth. as we have already seen with WCB spike the horses mouth means nothing unless you can back it up with a printed law.

the question then would be why would tpwd print half the law and leave such important information out?

i will go with printed law everyday over something put out on the internet with no law to back it up. things like that get people in trouble because they believe misinformation.

Sorry if I misinformed anyone, all I have TRYED to do is provide the information that was given to me, by the persons that will be making the decision in MY area and areas that I have attended meetings in.

Can we agree then:
No HL needeed to shoot depredating hogs?
HL needed to sport "hunt"?

The "leave lay" part TO ME goes along with "sport", but thats ONLY MY interp. of the law, and I'm am not the law.


Sorry that/if I'm somehow being out of line.

[pickles]

I just got a reply from our GW.

She said to just get your license and you will have nothing to worry about. She also said if she see's someone is actively hunting hogs and does not have a license they will have A LOT of explaining to do. So just pay the money and everyone wins. She mentioned that if you are on a lease and you are NOT a working rancher or landowner then yes there is going to be a problem.

[crittergitter]

I just got a reply from our GW.

She said to just get your license and you will have nothing to worry about. She also said if she see's someone is actively hunting hogs and does not have a license they will have A LOT of explaining to do. So just pay the money and everyone wins. She mentioned that if you are on a lease and you are NOT a working rancher or landowner then yes there is going to be a problem.

Exceptions: a hunting license is not required to hunt the following:
Coyotes, if the coyotes are attacking, about to attack, or have recently attacked livestock, domestic animals, or fowl.
Depredating feral hogs, if a landowner (resident or non-resident) or landowner's agent or lessee is taking feral hogs causing depredation on the landowner's land.
Fur-bearing animals, if the hunter possesses a trapper's license or if the fur-bearing animals are causing depredation.

if you leased land from someone wouldn't that make you a lessee?????

sounds like she is going to enforce the law the way she feels it should be and not how it was written.

kinda of like the 13 inch rule on deer. the spirit of the law is to let young deer become mature. i will promise you that if you killed a 5 1/2 year old deer with 12 7/8 spread they would still cite you and seize your deer.

the law is the law you can't pick and chose what part you want to use.

yes buying a license would be easy but that was not the question.

[Humper]

Rode to bike to Strokers Ice House in Dallas and after several Beers someone said you need to kill all the Dang pigs, Their tearing up everything. A guy at the table said don't you need a hunting license to do that. They guy said heck no. I disagreed. Same with Yots I said. Started to get all heated so I rode.

Input?

Strokers is the bomb!

[GarGuy]

I just got a reply from our GW.

She said to just get your license and you will have nothing to worry about. She also said if she see's someone is actively hunting hogs and does not have a license they will have A LOT of explaining to do. So just pay the money and everyone wins. She mentioned that if you are on a lease and you are NOT a working rancher or landowner then yes there is going to be a problem.

Well that is her opinion although definately not the law. I totally agree with buying the lisc anyway but the letter of the law CLEARLY states that landowner, leesee, or landowners agent can kill depredating hogs without a lisc. She would definately be wrong to ticket a hunter that was shooting hogs to keep them from eating his protein feed at his lease.

A regional warden recently told me he had never seen a hog that wasnt depredating or "about" to depredate. I totally agree with him.

[Bilbo]

Shooting a coyote that's about to kill a calf is not "hunting". TPWD needs to change the wording on that. I say you're asking for it if you're caught "hunting" depredating feral hogs.

[super_dave]

Yes you do, unless they are destroying YOUR crop or garden or if a cayote is attacking or killing YOUR livestock.

It's a common misconception

[30-30]

Well that is her opinion although definately not the law. I totally agree with buying the lisc anyway but the letter of the law CLEARLY states that landowner, leesee, or landowners agent can kill depredating hogs without a lisc. She would definately be wrong to ticket a hunter that was shooting hogs to keep them from eating his protein feed at his lease.

Eating protein intended for the deer isn't depredation...

[Silent Assassin]

I don't think you need a license to hunt pigs if your hunting on your own property. Other than that yep, you need a license to hunt anything.

This^^^

[pickles]

She never said she would write a ticket. All she said was that person would have a lot of explaining to do. Our GW is actually very cool and i doubt she would not go by what the law states.

[Texastaxi]

You should have told them to quit being such a tight arse and buy a hunting license.

[GarGuy]

Eating protein intended for the deer isn't depredation...

It dang sure is! Webster defines it as-- The act of robbing, plundering, or laying to waste.
A hog stealing my protein(or corn) just committed the crime according to Webster. Of course i have a lisc anyway.

[Bear82]

No but once you kill it, I would let it lay and not even think of putting it in a truck.