In the state of Texas,How close can you put a deer stand to some one's house,Just asking

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OK, I did talk with the game warden today,And there is NO restriction's how close you can be to a resident's as long as you DON'T cross the property line without permission,And yes i have TRIED to talk to him respectfully and was told to go *%&^$#@ ok,I was told just keep doing what you normally do,grand-kid's playing what ever your at home,if there is anything suspected, call me,after a visit or 2 he will know he is being watched and probably move on,I was just asking,HOW CLOSE,One BUTT in the sack is enough don't need two in the same sack,That don't accomplish nothing,I'm good,THANK Y'ALL,LET'S HAVE A GREAT HUNTING SEASON,YOUR BEST AND BE SAFE

As close to your property line as you want unless there is a county or city restriction in place.

"Always get the landowner’s permission before building or setting up a blind or stand. Be sure the landowner gives approval of the blind’s location. Placing a blind or a feeder too close to a property line can be dangerous, unethical and very discourteous to neighbors".

There is no law, other than shooting across property lines. However, if it's not YOUR house, then I would heed the advice above from TPWD. Don't be "that guy".

I would think that suppressing your rifle would help the land owner make that decision in your favor.

I put it as close as I would want one to my house.

Naw i going to be nice and say the property owner next to me is a real winner,OK,[he's a real SOB],HE try's to bully some of the other older neighbor's here, He has put a deer stand just about 50 to 75 feet beside my house,Now i think there is some unwritten rule's you just DON'T DO as a hunter such as poaching,trespassing and jacking with some one's else's stuff or disturbing your neighbor's,But i guess that's the world we live in now

Nothing to stop you from mowing your yard at 7:00 AM every Saturday morning when his feeder goes off.

Flip an air compressor on when you see his deer starting to show up?

Bought time to cut a couple of loads of firewood. Nothing like starting early to beat the heat. I like to rest during the heat of the day then work till dark while it is cooler also.

Just out of curiosity, have you tried to talk to him about it?

What county is it? There might be a law in the books.

Wait a sec... I've shot deer out of my house before! not that close!

That would be considered hunter harassment and is illegal.

http://inforney.com/local-news/item/4708...r-law-to-forney

https://www.animallaw.info/statute/tx-hunting-%C2%A7-620125-harassment-hunters-trappers-and-fishermen

That's a two way street. Before I did something, anything, potentially obnoxious to my neighbors I would discuss the situation with them. Also, I'd imagine the hunter harassment laws wouldn't apply to routine tasks on one's own property. Unless there's a city ordinance, you have the right to mow your lawn or run an air compressor anytime that you like.

While I agree with doing something out of the ordinary to disrupt their hunt could be construed as illegal, you as a property owner still have the right to do as you please on your property. With that being said, if he decided to do work in the morning involving his compressor, it is going to be really hard to argue that he is breaking the law. Especially knowing that the guy decided to hunt the fenceline which is a stones throw from your house.

Not if your in your driveway and need to air up a tire or two.

Agreed, it would be different if you went to the far corner of your property and started target practice next to their blind on opening morning.

Maybe his tire was running a little low on his pickup. I didn't know airing up tires was hunter harassment. I guess mowing the lawn is too then? Oh wait, I guess cutting firewood is also. SMH. It's called a joke.

No, it is called normal activity around ones home. One man chose where to put his house and one guy chose where to put his stand. Both will have to live with the activity that occurs from this point on.

Not if the stand is 50-75 feet from the house.

I'm not disagreeing with you on that. I was more or less being a smart arse in my original post

Not knocking you OP but this is why I would never build a house next to a property line. Simply put, the guy next to you can do whatever they want on their side of the property and that may include shooting, dumping, or whatever other unpleasant activity they can think up.

Most of those ideas about making noise probably won't bother the local deer much. I had a lease where one stand was about 75 yards from a house. There was a thick line of brush between the stand and house and the stand faced away from the property line. The people at that house were always making all kinds of racket but the deer didn't pay any attention to it at all. In fact, deer frequently came out of that brush line between my stand and the house on their way to the feeder.

Have a friend that had this problem on one of his fence lines. He wired transistor radios to his high fence adjacent to every one of the crappy neighbor's stands or feeders, which were 20 ft - 50ft the other side of the high fence. He tuned them all to a Mexican radio station and turned the volume on max. He then purchased a couple cases of batteries and had his ranchero check the radios every day and replace the batteries as needed. Within three weeks, these "hunters" had moved all of their stands and feeders several hundred yards from the fence line.

That will get you a visit from the GW and I can almost guarantee you a ride to jail.