my best friend has 10 acres next to a subdivision in Denton county in city limits and we dove and deer hunt with shotgun only and never have any problems only 1 time with the cops , once we caught a couple walking their dog in the woods when we was in the blind deer hunting & so I yelled "BANG YOUR DEAD" and then confronted them gun in hand and asked them why they did not read the NO trespassing signs they said they thought it was free land & started a big fight telling me they was gonna kick my [censored] and to drop my gun and fight like a man lol and they was gonna call the cops on me cause I have a gun & then the woman runs off and calls the law on me. Well the police showed up and they know me and called her a idiot for calling the cops on her self for trespassing and ask me if I want to press charges on them.

This has to be a record for the longest single sentence ever written!

Unfortunately William Faulkner has the record when he wrote "The bear"!!!

I read it just fine the commas and the periods go where you take a breath

Jeez, I hid behind the couch at the "BANG... YOU'RE DEAD" part!

I have not received a reply still after my long email. Oh well, guess I will try someone else. Would a sheriff or constable know the answer or do I need to talk to someone specific?

Contact the County District Attorneys Office.
They would be the one that would be following up with any violations that a peace officer would be filing.

Did you try calling them?

I know this is an old thread but did you ever get an answer? I am buying two acres in Kaufman County, but have lived in the immediate area on 1/2 acre for four years and shot many a day without an issue. I am not in a subdivision now nor will I be after the move.

I own 50 acres in Cass County and lease another 112 acres that is attached. I have a 400 yd range. I used 2x6s and railroad ties for a backstop. Still working on it but the RR ties work pretty good stacked up.

so in if person owns less than 10 acres of land out in the country, surrounded by people owning 10 acres or more... Buys a hunting licence, & a deer wonders on his property, its illegal for him ta cull that thar deer, for en & chillen, pudding on de table ?

Contact the city if you're incorporated, the county if you're not. My county says 10 acres, but my 15 acre homestead is incorporated and the city says 50. An incorporated city can be more strict than the county but not more lenient. That's the way I understand it.

edited to add: In my county we're allowed to "stack" adjoining properties to equal 50 or more as long as every hunter (dove hunting only, no rifle) has permission to hunt the adjoining properties. Fortunately, my neighbor has a 140 acre cornfield behind me (yep, still in city limits). He gave me written permission to hunt his 140 so I'm able to dove hunt on my back fenceline. I deer hunt elsewhere so that's not an issue.

What if you have say 5 acres but surround all around by national forest for miles...?

Ask your county. Not the game warden, call your county office or look it up.

Chief be careful using railroad ties. I work at a lot of ranges every year and most have quit using them due to ricochets. They will bounce back of deflect a jacketed bullet a lot of times.
Especially don't use them at short ranges with handguns or . 22 s

Texas Parks and Wildlife Code:
Sec. 62.0121. DISCHARGE OF FIREARM ACROSS PROPERTY LINE. (a) In this section, "firearm" has the meaning assigned by Section 62.014(a).

(b) A person commits an offense if:

(1) the person, while hunting or engaging in recreational shooting, knowingly discharges a firearm; and

(2) the projectile from the firearm travels across a property line.

(c) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the person:

(1) owns the property on both sides of each property line crossed by the projectile; or

(2) has a written agreement with any person who owns property on either side of each property line crossed by the projectile that allows the person to discharge a firearm on, over, or across the property or property line.

(d) The written agreement required under Subsection (c)(2) must:

(1) contain the name of the person allowed to hunt or engage in recreational shooting in a manner described by Subsection (b);

(2) identify the property on either side of the property line crossed by the projectile; and

(3) be signed by any person who owns the property on either side of the line crossed by the projectile.

(e) An offense under this section is a Class C Parks and Wildlife Code misdemeanor.

(f) If conduct constituting an offense under this section constitutes an offense under a section of the Penal Code, the person may be prosecuted under either section or both sections.

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 270 (H.B. 505), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005.

Under Disorderly Conduct (Texas Penal Code), it is unlawful to discharge a firearm in a public place, across or from a public roadway. There are several other locations in law where discharging firearms are specifically addressed and unlawful. Some include railroads, certain waterways, LCRA owned properties, etc.

Nowhere in state law are restrictions made that limit the amount of acreage for discharging a firearm. Individual counties and municipalities are permitted to enact ordinances that restrict firearm usage based on acreage size.

So you should check with the specific law enforcement agency having jurisdiction over the area that you intend to hunt/shoot.

Check out protection afforded by texas SB 734 and LGC 229.002...

Take up bow hunting and make it becomes somewhat a non issue.

-hunt in a subdivision on lots 10 acres or less in an unincorporated area of a county if the commissioners court, by order, prohibits the discharge of a firearm or the use of archery equipment in such subdivisions. (Contact local county clerk and ask about §235.022, Local Government Code.)

Sec. 235.022. AUTHORITY TO REGULATE. To promote the public safety, the commissioners court of a county by order may prohibit or otherwise regulate the discharge of firearms and air guns on lots that are 10 acres or smaller and are located in the unincorporated area of the county in a subdivision.

Also,


Sec. 229.002. REGULATION OF DISCHARGE OF WEAPON. A municipality may not apply a regulation relating to the discharge of firearms or other weapons in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of the municipality or in an area annexed by the municipality after September 1, 1981, if the firearm or other weapon is:
(1) a shotgun, air rifle or pistol, BB gun, or bow and arrow discharged:
(A) on a tract of land of 10 acres or more and more than 150 feet from a residence or occupied building located on another property; and
(B) in a manner not reasonably expected to cause a projectile to cross the boundary of the tract; or
(2) a center fire or rim fire rifle or pistol of any caliber discharged:
(A) on a tract of land of 50 acres or more and more than 300 feet from a residence or occupied building located on another property; and
(B) in a manner not reasonably expected to cause a projectile to cross the boundary of the tract.