Persons aged 16 and younger and grade school teachers provided they are not engaged in commercial activities and establishments selling nongame for immediate consumption in individual portions, not refrigerated or frozen. To sell or trade animals previously purchased by an individual requires a Nongame Dealer's Permit. Sale of previously purchased animals without proper permits can result in a Lacey Act violation if state lines are crossed. Any collection from the wild in Texas also requires a Texas hunting license. Since it is difficult to prove intent to sell, a possession limit has been established over which it is assumed that the individual is engaged in some type if commercial activity.
Children are exempt from the possession limit unless they are also involved in trade.
Both commercial collection and nongame dealer permits require annual reports of activities be submitted to the department by Sept. 15 each year. Permits are valid from the date of issue through Aug. 31. License vendors don't have them. Licensing will forward the permitting section a list of names of people who have purchased permits through license vendors, and those people will receive report forms through the mail from the permitting section. Dealers will get the forms when their permits are mailed from TPW's Austin headquarters.