(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a person may not hunt or take any wild animal or wild bird when the person is on or over privately owned land that is:
(1) submerged under:
(A) public fresh water due to seasonal or occasional innundation; or
(B) public salt water and located above the mean high tide line of the Gulf of Mexico and its bays and estuaries; and
(2) conspicuously marked as privately owned by a sign or signs that are substantially similar to the following:
(b) This section does not apply to:
(1) fishing or to fish and other aquatic life;
(2) a person who:
(A) owns the submerged land; or
(B) obtains the landowner's consent;
(3) land that is dedicated to the permanent school fund and that is located within:
(A) the tidewater limits of this state; or
(B) the gradient boundaries of a navigable river or stream in this state; or
(4) land that is:
(A) submerged by public water; and
(B) located below the mean high tide line of the Gulf of Mexico and its bays and estuaries.
(c) This section does not authorize a person to fish by any means or method or at any time or place that is otherwise prohibited by this code.