Repelling the deer is my only option. For the record.

Information on the TPWD appears to indicate that as well. It also says nothing about a TPWD officer being able to retrieve a deer that has ended up on a neighbor’s land, nor does it recommend that hunters contact a game warden in that same situation. All an officer can do is enter the property to ensure anyone hunting there is complying with all game laws.

I suspect reports of officers retrieving deer on the behalf of hunters, if true, are examples of officers operating in a gray area. They might encourage the landowner to give the animal to the neighbor who shot it, or perhaps burn a tag if they desire to keep it.

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Game Wardens have ways if a landowner refuses to let someone retrieve a deer, depending upon the situation and their attitude, the Game Warden can give the landowner a ticket for wasting game meat. That usually will get them a free pass to retrieve the deer.

Game Wardens have ways if a landowner refuses to let someone retrieve a deer, depending upon the situation and their attitude, the Game Warden can give the landowner a ticket for wasting game meat. That usually will get them a free pass to retrieve the deer.

Can you give one example of this happening and the charges sticking?

The state says he can fill all of his tags, regardless of acreage that he owns. Some of you guys kill me when y’all preach individual rights but y’all want to control how and where someone can hunt on their own land! Kinda ironic don’t you think!

Protecting individual rights is easy when the world is made up of good people.

It's most likely a case of you might be the rap but can't beat the ride.


Willfully wasting game meat from one of god's edible creatures ought to be the main concern here for any landowner or hunter regardless of which side of the fence it died on. These sorts of discussions and opinions put a bad light on Texas hunting.

In fact these annual discussions bring out the worst in people from all sides.

Rooster, I think you best bet is keep your place as conducive to deer and let the neighbors scent and activity run/keep the deer at bay, you don't have control of the wind direction 23/7, you cant be there 24/7, you said reasoning with him is out of the question. He has less than 3 acres, he will be his worst enemy and deer will pin point his stand pretty quick if he over hunts it anyway.

You could spend the cash for a more permanent solution, a HF, but you may have negatives to that as well, only you know if the cost is worth the aggravation. I don't think there is a any "scent" you can put out that will detour deer for any amount of valuable time and if the wind shifted, could screw you as well. I'd wager you could have a hundred dogs run that fence today and still get deer on TC overnight.

^^^^^^this

My 1st concern would be my safety if ever uses a rifle and him trespassing, that fence is where my TC would be hidden if it was me.

Good luck with it sir, just don't let it ruin your time there over worry about much you cant ultimately control.

Lol cracks me up how far off the question this post got. Even after specifically stating that I didnt Wanna talk about the legalities, simply because I knew the post would go this way. 7 pages of comments and how many were about actual repellents lol.

Lol all these different suggestions are great. Let me clear the air. This person only has a couple acres that they are trying to pull their deer from my property. They literally can come from nowhere’s else. I know the neighbor and there is no sense in any discussions, I promise You this. I got The best buck I’ve ever seen hitting my place like clock work and I have put in a ton of work into making this place what it is today. I have Been deer hunting for a very long time and I take it very seriously. I need To know what I can Put on the fence line to repel the deer from his couple acre tract. If anyone could help I would Sure appreciate it. I do Not find it unsportsmanlike to repel the deer that he is trying to attract from all my sweat and hard work. It’s simple part of the game in my opinion. The feeder is for 100% fact for hunting.

The state says he can fill all of his tags, regardless of acreage that he owns. Some of you guys kill me when y’all preach individual rights but y’all want to control how and where someone can hunt on their own land! Kinda ironic don’t you think!