From what I've heard about this ridiculous law is they will not be enforcing in for Invert collectors. Some herpers were claiming they were just looking for inverts and TPW changed the definition of animal to include inverts, but later recanted and said they would not enforce the invert part.
The rattlesnake roundup collect less than one percent of their snakes from roads. This information came directly from a man who runs it every year. The collecting from roads has virtually no impact on the total population. Think about all the private lands in Texas where we cannot collect. The word out of Hilderbran's office is it was more of a safety issue. Which makes me wonder why is TPW concerned with highway saftey? Isn't that DPS's area.
