Texas Parks and Wildlife Code - PARKS & WILD § 42.001. Definitions

(1) “Resident” means:

(2) “Nonresident” means an individual who is not a resident.

(3) “Carcass” means the body of a dead deer or antelope, as listed in Section 63.001(a), that has not been processed more than by quartering.

(4) “Final destination,” for a carcass or wild turkey or any part of a carcass or wild turkey, means:

(5) “Final processing,” for a carcass or wild turkey, means the cleaning of the dead animal for cooking or storage purposes. For a carcass, the term also includes the processing of the animal more than by quartering.

(6) “Cold storage or processing facility” means a stationary facility designed and constructed to store or process game animals and game birds.

(7) “Wildlife resource document” means a document prescribed by the department, other than a tag or permit, that allows a person to give, leave, receive, or possess any species of legally taken game bird or game animal, or part of a legally taken game bird or game animal, if the game bird or game animal is otherwise required to have a tag or permit attached or is protected by a bag or possession limit.

(8) “Quartering” means the processing of an animal into not more than two hindquarters each having the leg bone (femur) attached down to the knee and two front shoulders each having the leg bones (scapula and humerus) attached down to the elbow. The term also includes removal of two back straps.