Is it legal to also have a rim fire rifle in your blind during gun deer season? I hate to waste a 243 round on coons and such but I am sure that would be cheaper than the fine for breaking a game law.
I know it is illegal to shoot a deer with a rim fire rifle but I can find nothing that says you can/can't have one in your blind during deer gun season.

TB

I have one in mine. Thanks for posting...Something we need to know.

Yes, but I'd be sure to have both!

why wouldn't it be legal? I understand the legality of shooting deer with it, but when you have a .243 sitting next to you, its pretty obvious what the .22 is for. None the less, you can shoot all sorts of stuff outta your blind. If a warden had any beef with me about it, I'd simply tell him I'm hunting coons and squirrel too.

There is nothing wrong with having a .22 in the blind.

Thanks for the replies guys. Being fairly new to deer hunting I just wanted to make sure.
I have found, in my 62 years, that many times laws have nothing to do with logic.

TB

It is fine. Also legal to shoot quail with a 22. Know guys that pour milo out and shoot quail until around 4pm.

whats left of them after that? i would think a 22 would do some damage to alittle bird like that?

Can you shoot a turkey with a rim fire?

TB

Yes it would be legal. There is nothing stated you can not have a .22 with you, as you know it just can't be used to shoot deer.

For archery season, they do not want you to have a firearm in your possession. Those are the only regulations I can see on the Texas Parks & Wildlife webpage.

We have a stand that we mix milo in with the corn when filling the feeder. I saw 57 turkeys out of that stand one morning. 2 groups came off the roost right in front of me. I've never killed one, but I think this year I might start carrying the .22 magnum with me on that stand.

Don't know about 22's, but I've shot plenty of turkeys with my 17.

Not meaning to hi-jack, but would it be legal to have a .22 with silencer on it in the stand with you. I can't see what the differece would be. I could eradicate vermin and not bother the deer.

do u have a permit for the suppressor?

I would be careful how you answer that one!!!

From the TPWD website...

firearms equipped with silencers or sound-suppressing devices are NOT LEGAL

the other part of that quote is " for hunting state regulated game animals..... ie Deer, turkeys ect. Racoons, Rabbits, Hogs, Coyote, exotics, and the like are all fair game with a suppressed weapon.

On the flip side....look at it this way, spot lighting hogs during deer season takes a lot of conviencing to stay out of trouble it would be the same with the suppressed .22. You really don't want that kind of trouble!

I shoot suppressed 90% of the time the other 10% is deer season.

I'm gonna take my .17hmr in the stand for the turkeys and other critters.