It's the integrity of the sport as defined by the level of challenge placed on the hunter that matters most to me and I'm sure many others. Otherwise, we might as well look forward to days when it's legal to sit on you couch and shoot at live deer using a smartphone app. Such an app could even alert you when there's a deer at the feeder just waiting to be shot, at a certain price of course. IMHO, shooting deer on such small tracts is just another step in that direction.

^^Lots on here give Tex Dan a hard time but I cant find a word wrong with this particular statement.

I actually have one neighbor who does pretty much that very thing.

He was shooting towards my ranch headquarters off his 5ac tract, out of his living room window. Then posted about it on FB.. He was pointing directly at my house from 300 yards away, and shot a deer with a high powered rifle.

I actually have one neighbor who does pretty much that very thing.

He was shooting towards my ranch headquarters off his 5ac tract, out of his living room window. Then posted about it on FB.. He was pointing directly at my house from 300 yards away, and shot a deer with a high powered rifle.

Game warden had a bit of a chat with him.

Here's the photo they posted on FB when they shot towards my house... Off of 5 acres.

How far was the deer from the window?

How much land are you hunting?

I once watched a video of a guy shooting a wildebeest at 400m whilst on a hunt in SA. Luckily he wasn't inconvenienced too much by having to drive to where the game was or exert energy walking after animals or even just climbing into a blind. No, no, no. He shot the animal from the porch of his chalet. He didn't even need to change into his hunting clothes - he was still in his night robe and slippers when he shot the animal! I was shocked and disgusted at what I saw in that video. Someone tried to reason with me that, other than the location being different, shooting an animal from the porch is not that different to shooting from a blind. And that who cares what you are wearing when you shoot an animal? Certainly not the animal. Well, we all see things differently and I just got a sick feeling in my stomach when I watched that video. The above photo gives me a similar feeling. The size of the property that the house happened to be on is immaterial to me. It could have been a 10,000 acre property with the house positioned near the boundary and the effect would have been the same. However, I cringe at the thought of him shooting in an unsafe direction. And at his desire to shoot a deer out of the window of his house. And then crow about it on social media where 19 people had already liked the photo when the screen grab of his page was taken.

No term has been thrown around and abused in Texas any more than the word "hunting".

When we hunted in east texas we had a small stretch of fenceline that bordered a subdivision that was comprised of 3-5 acre tracts. Had not been previously hunted or really had anything done to it besides run cattle on it so when we took over we discovered one of the neighbors who lived on 3 acres had a blind and feeder along the fenceline with the field of fire directly facing our tract. Also saw where they had cut the fence, I'm guessing so they could retrieve game that had run off. we patched the hole and went on about our business.


The next year i found our blind windows shot out with a bb gun so i guess they were not happy with our presence

"No term has been thrown around and abused in Texas any more than the word "hunting"." Such an entitled, elitist statement.

Your focus appears to be strictly on the person wanting to shoot the animal. My focus is greater respect for the animal and its ability to use its defenses to survive.

"No term has been thrown around and abused in Texas any more than the word "hunting"." Such an entitled, elitist statement.

I love that little girl. She says it all , without a single word.

I stayed off of THF for 10yrs. When someone ask a question and needs some help, help educate them and not make fun of them. You started out not knowing everything. Your parents taught you how to wipe your azz. so shut the hell up and grow up!!!

^^Lots on here give Tex Dan a hard time but I cant find a word wrong with this particular statement.

Your focus appears to be strictly on the person wanting to shoot the animal. My focus is greater respect for the animal and its ability to use its defenses to survive.

My 2 cents!!!

A square acre is 208x208 0r 43264 square feet

if you buy a 4 acre square lot which is possible your length and with would be 416 x 416 ft

if you hunt in the middle you'll have a boundary every 208 ft.

A bow fired horizontally will travel about 200'

a 22 will travel about 700 ft

a 30 30 will travel approx 1000 ft.

with a boundary of 208 ft a 4 acre lot is not a safe hunting size as it relates to neighbors.

Shooting down from a stand would be much safer but ensuring you game doesn't run for 208 feet into your neighbors will always be a challenge

If it were me hunting alone a property minimum would need to be 20 to 25 acres which affords a boundary 1000' x 1000'

This addresses somewhat bullet travel and game death runs.