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6 acre hunting? #5887946 08/20/15 09:27 PM
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I'm going to hunt a 6 acre plot in Dripping Springs. I've read about it and it is definitely possible. What do you guys know about it?


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Someone will know for sure but I was under the impression that you had to have at least 10 acres to legally hunt.

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best to check with TPWD as there seems like there is minimum acreage to hunt with bow and different for rifle. Likewise, if it's in the city jurisdiction (or a subdivision) there might also be different (stricter) rules there. I know one community (not an incorporated town) that you are not allow to hunt anything less than 10.01 acres within their jurisdiction. Better to check and find out for the exact area you are referring too.


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It can very from county to county. I don't think that will be enough to firearm hunt. Call the county sheriff's office and they will tell you.


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Re: 6 acre hunting? [Re: SWtexashunter] #5887961 08/20/15 09:36 PM
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You can legally hunt on any size property that is not in a incorporated city limit. If it is in a city limit, it must be 10 acres or more and a shotgun may be used.


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Originally Posted By: Booner1
You can legally hunt on any size property that is not in a incorporated city limit. If it is in a city limit, it must be 10 acres or more and a shotgun may be used.

Medina County used to be over 10 acres or not in a platted subdivision. The subdivision I lived in had rules stating 100 contiguous acres or more to hunt.


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Re: 6 acre hunting? [Re: SWtexashunter] #5888006 08/20/15 10:19 PM
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I'll have to look into it. Thank you very much for the input


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And keep in mind your bullet can't leave the property.

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Yes sir I will be using a bow


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Do you have a plan to recover the deer if or when it crosses a boundary line?


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My dad can bowhunt on his place, a little less than 5 acres, in unincorporated Hays County, but he can't legally use a rifle. I don't remember if its a minimum of 5 or 10 acres, but his neighbor is a law enforcement officer and bowhunts his place of approximately the same size. It used to be a minimum of 2 acres in Hays County but apparently that has changed.

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I'm hunting 5.1 acres between Wimberley and Dripping Springs. There are no State or County regulated restrictions on hunting a plot of land of less than 10 acres in Hays County (per Will Conley - Hays County Commissioner Precinct 3). There may be regulations per the subdivision or neighborhood of any given plot, so check those first. My particular plot has a subdivision which restricts hunting to bow and firearms with pelleted loads only. As previously stated, no projectile from gun or bow may cross property lines. To be sure, call or email your commissioner or TPWD. You can find your commissioner here: http://www.co.hays.tx.us/commissioner-precinct-3.aspx

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The area around is heavily wooded but yes, we will be talking to them


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The place I will hunt is not far from there. Have you been successful?


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I lived in that school district at one time. We had 80 acres and my temporary D head step dad wouldn't let me fish or hunt that place. It didn't last long thankfully. Turned out he was all around D head. My buddy just sent me a pic of his 6 acre ish back yard with about ten bucks in it. Awesome! and thats in east Tx. I used to count deer on the way to school fro our place in Dripping Springs. Always tons of em. up


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Yessir I have only bow hunted there for one season. I killed 4 hogs and an 8 point that was very young and I shouldn't have killed, but he got my blood going. My neighbors don't hunt but they do enjoy the table fare from my kills so they don't mind if I have to track on their land, even though I haven't had to so far.
I don't know how good I am with posting photos but I'll try it. Here are some deer from my place this year and the biggest boar (178lbs) I killed last year. I'm pretty obsessed with bow hunting and have 2 protein feeders on my 5 acres and the deer are taking down 200-300 lbs a week.








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Durn at the feed bill. cool deer up


Recently got a gym membership, strange folks! I like to show up the roid zombies with my full motion curls with the 55lb. bells. Not their cheater short stroked light weights. It's holarious.
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That last one looks like his g2 got lopped off.


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That one in the last photo is the one on the right in the first photo. I missed him last year at 25 yards and he still haunts me.

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Wow those are very impressive


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I may be looking at it wrong but I don't think they are the same deer. Unless possibly the pics were taken different years.



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Originally Posted By: hunterag
I'm hunting 5.1 acres between Wimberley and Dripping Springs. There are no State or County regulated restrictions on hunting a plot of land of less than 10 acres in Hays County (per Will Conley - Hays County Commissioner Precinct 3). There may be regulations per the subdivision or neighborhood of any given plot, so check those first. My particular plot has a subdivision which restricts hunting to bow and firearms with pelleted loads only. As previously stated, no projectile from gun or bow may cross property lines. To be sure, call or email your commissioner or TPWD. You can find your commissioner here: http://www.co.hays.tx.us/commissioner-precinct-3.aspx


I know for a fact there was a 2 acre minimum to discharge a firearm passed in Hays County back in 2008ish after a child was killed by a stray bullet in Kyle or Buda. I don't know if that has been changed or not, but I lived there and remember when it was passed. My dad's situation may be because he is in a subdivision, but it isn't the subdivision itself imposing that limitation.

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Biggest nightmare to me is that the deer would die in the neighbors front yard... Has that happened?


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I was hoping to take these two 10 points in my 1 acre backyard near Lake Travis high school but HOA is killin me. Very nice bucks


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Thanks rattle03. The sheriff that I spoke with when I was investigating whether or not I could hunt, did mention that the 2 acre minimum was proposed after a 7 year old was allegedly killed by a stray bullet. Because my land was 5 acres, I didn't investigate that 2 acre minimum any further, but that is definitely good info.

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