I am not 100% up on all current state herping regs in TX as I'm an out of stater, but as far as I can tell there are for the most part no bag limits (at least none I can locate searching the net). Is this correct?

If so, has anyone thought of attempting to work with TPWD to create reasonable limits as a way to eliminate the commercial collection issue? I understand everyone here would prefer the freedom to collect whatever they find without restriction, but it seems that limits could be set in a way that would not effect hobbyist keeping just a few animals for their personal collections while still creating an enforcible law TPWD LE could use to limit the small amounts of commercial harvest that are occurring.

I know this would increase TPWDs influence over herpers, but it seems this type of cooperation with TPWD may improve the herping communities relationship with them. Again, I understand not wanting your personal freedoms impreded and this in no way solves the present issue, but it seems to me a major source of the problem is the gap between TPWD LE and herpers. Just my 2 cents.



Also, as I stated at the beginning I am not 100% familiar with whether or not the state has herping bag limits, but if I am incorrect and they are already in place please disregard this post.

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