Your property owner is telling you to commit an illegal act.....

Not impressed.....I could care less I dont run deer.......

Not impressed.....I could care less I dont run deer.......

So you just want to exercise the deer?

The OP made no mention of chasing coons, bobcats, fox or anything else with his dogs.
He asked about chasing / running deer with his hounds which in Tx is illegal.
If the OP wanted to run coons or bobcat (anything ecxept game animals) with his hounds he wouldve asked that question. From my understanding out side of deer season it is legal to run hounds on varmints.
Of course he could've just looked it up in the outdoor annual or found the info on TPWD's website.
I won't shoot coon dogs or hog dogs or the neighbors dogs just because they are on or run across my property. Attack a calf or so much as growl at my wife then they have crossed the line.

I suspect you're too young to know anything about fox or bobcat hunting. There was a time when it was common to find men sitting around a fire in East Texas, listening to their hounds run a fox or bobcat. There was never an intention to kill anything but just to hear a good "race". And whenever it became difficult to hear the hounds, they would put out the fire, pack their stuff, and move to another location closer to the action. My grandfather was one of them and took tremendous pride in his fox hounds. And these hounds had a very unique appearance that you won't find anywhere today. These were days when you would be hard pressed to find a deer anywhere in East Texas. And a good race might last most of an entire night.

Today the same is somewhat true for coon hunters, although the coon is shot or "squalled" (called) down out of the tree far more often. But still, the emphasis is on hearing a good race as the dogs "work the track." That's also why trying to get the coon to jump out of the tree and continue the race is seen as a very good thing.

Very well written. My father was one of those men also. I like to remind everyone that red fox are not native to west Texas. Men such as my father would buy reds in the 50's from trappers in Arkansas paying as much as $250 for a pair to seed Parker, Palo Pinto, Johnson, Bosque and surrounding counties.

As a yound man in my teens, we ran hounds around Chalk Mountain, Blum and I can tell you the deer knew our hounds were not a threat. Many times we would walk up on a treed coon and see deer standing 200 or 300 yards in the distance. We ran hounds to listen to the "Mountain Music". We didn't drink, we didn't even carry a gun. It was great fun and I wish we could still do it.

The original post was about chasing / running DEER with hounds in the DEER HUNTING section, you hijacked the thread and turned it into a pontification about yourself and your childhood memories.
I can find no laws that prohibit a houndsman from running / chasing anything besides deer, so I don't understand why a person couldn't still do it if they had the desire to do so. An email to TPWD will answer the question 100% accurately.

Yes it is legal just as long as you dont have a gun,who cares what all these other little turds on here think about it.....

I suspect you're too young to know anything about fox or bobcat hunting. There was a time when it was common to find men sitting around a fire in East Texas, listening to their hounds run a fox or bobcat. There was never an intention to kill anything but just to hear a good "race". And whenever it became difficult to hear the hounds, they would put out the fire, pack their stuff, and move to another location closer to the action. My grandfather was one of them and took tremendous pride in his fox hounds. And these hounds had a very unique appearance that you won't find anywhere today. These were days when you would be hard pressed to find a deer anywhere in East Texas. And a good race might last most of an entire night.

Today the same is somewhat true for coon hunters, although the coon is shot or "squalled" (called) down out of the tree far more often. But still, the emphasis is on hearing a good race as the dogs "work the track." That's also why trying to get the coon to jump out of the tree and continue the race is seen as a very good thing.

Now, these old timers who chased just to chase, well, to each his own on that. Try explaining to my wife I'm going to hunt, but not kill anything just drink and listen. Shee'll be asking me what "her" name is!