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...ok...so now ive officially moved to austin....

have any of the regulations regarding collection of alterna, etc. changed in the past few years,...hunting license, etc...anything i need to know before doing a late september trip to west texas ? its been a couple years since my last trip...

thanks for all the help...

AC

You will need a hunting license... if you just moved to TX you may not qualify for a resident license yet. I think that takes 6 months. If you plan to keep a collection of native herps (bad me, I forgot the #s that qualify), or sell even one of them you will need another permit for that.

Hunting from your car.. It is much better than it used to be, there is more of a consensus to allow it. But the water around that is still muddy if you ask me. There is an email, I think Chris McMartin still has it hosted on his site that is from the head of TP&W agreeing that such enforcement was not the spirit of the law. His page is a wonderful resource and I hope it is OK for me to link you to it..

All in all, though not much has changed, you just go, have a good time, try to be safe and not freak out the locals too much...

This time of year you might want to look into the more Western locals for Alterna.... North Brewster Co, Jeff Davis Co, Hudspeth Co, this is part of their good times while Val Verde and Terrell Co have sort of petered out.
McMartinVille Field Herping Laws and Equipment

thanks...thats pretty much what i figured, but its always a good idea to "check up" on things...

thanks for the link too !

AC

AC, just back this morning from Brewster co, no alterna in Black Gap but matched up my splendida(thanks to Tremper!) and saw a lot of animals. Also picked up a faded out longnose female to round out that group so for me, all in all, a great trip except steeerike three! L Benton is right north and west, get out early 7:00-9:00 is peak! Pics to come after I load 'em up and get an adapter for my port! Finally something to contribute...(grumble, mumble, no alterna...grumble)!
Todd Hughes