Minimum Acres to Hunt??

[BTLowry]

If the neighbor has no problem with you retrieving anything you shoot that gets off of you then get after it

Don't imagine they will appreciate you killing 5 deer off of 2ac but maybe they don't like deer and want you to kill all you can

I would be talking to them before I did anything

[sbushee]

I couldn’t imagine shooting a backyard buck no matter how big. I would just enjoy seeing them regularly

[C-dubyah]

10 acres is the minimum.

[Spearchunker]

5 is all it takes to kill a State record, oh need a flash light too.

[BolilloLoco]

I couldn’t imagine shooting a backyard buck no matter how big. I would just enjoy seeing them regularly

What?

[droebuck]

10 acres is the minimum.

Says who? The state does not have a minimum for bow hunting, it is left up to the county to decide.

[SaintBlaise]

this would be in Liberty county, I actually just got off the phone with the local Game Warden, she instated that the state does not have a minimum but liberty county has a 10 acre minimum on firearms and no minimum on bow you just have to get with your neighbors for permission on crossing property lines.

Document that call.

[buzzbait]

Commissioners court set the 10 acre minimum. Check with your county clerk. Look it up.

[SaintBlaise]

This was awesome.

Well, we are used to what a kill looks like. I could imagine their grief.

Here is a similar story. In Missouri, my cousins and a few friends (4 total). They went hunting Canada geese on a sandbar on a local river. The plan was to intercept the geese as they came in for the evening. Well, the geese came in as they usually did say 4 o'clock, and they blasted them. And commonly with goose hunting, you have a few that sail off wounded. A few went pretty close to a bar that was in eye shot of the sandbar, and the folks there were outraged. I wish that had that filmed, the actual story is priceless.

[Tony Pic]

I know for a while there was a movement to ban firearm discharge in the Kerrville city limits.
That got defeated. Provided you are a responsible individual. Most neighbors will be on board with your plans. Small parcels hold big deer.

[sbushee]

What?

Just me. I have a great place to hunt but would never consider shooting a deer that comes up behind the house. My folks have two 10s and a 12 (two drop tines) that he feeds twice a day. They’re relaxing and enjoyable to watch.

[fbchunter]

While it’s probably perfectly legal, I think you are opening yourself up to issues. There’s a pretty decent chance your deer will cross property lines after the shot. I live on 10-11 acres and still have had one cross. Nothing but non hunted pasture land around here so I just have to ask the neighboring landowner. But not everyone may be kind enough to let you retrieve your deer