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white-tailed deer by firearm in Collin, Dallas, Grayson, and Rockwall counties #8540702 02/25/22 02:43 AM
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This is a big one.
"Allow the take of white-tailed deer by firearm in Collin, Dallas, Grayson, and Rockwall counties and modify other deer hunting seasons within those counties."

Public Input Sought on Texas Hunting Regulation Proposals for 2022-2023
https://tpwd.texas.gov/newsmedia/releases/?req=20220223b

Re: white-tailed deer by firearm in Collin, Dallas, Grayson, and Rockwall counties [Re: Sniper John] #8541423 02/25/22 11:15 PM
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Re: white-tailed deer by firearm in Collin, Dallas, Grayson, and Rockwall counties [Re: Sniper John] #8541649 02/26/22 02:34 AM
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Re: white-tailed deer by firearm in Collin, Dallas, Grayson, and Rockwall counties [Re: Sniper John] #8541662 02/26/22 02:46 AM
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Deer in Rockwall County ? We have ducks, geese, gators, coyotes, hogs when the lake is low and bobcats. .. I've never seen deer...that'd be interesting..

Re: white-tailed deer by firearm in Collin, Dallas, Grayson, and Rockwall counties [Re: Sniper John] #8541707 02/26/22 03:20 AM
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To me, this should be left to the residents of said counties mentioned

TPWD should have the tech to allow votes from said areas

Why would my input from Wise Co matter if the guys in Grayson should or shouldn't be able to shoot a deer with a rifle or not?

It falls along the lines of State rights to me

Re: white-tailed deer by firearm in Collin, Dallas, Grayson, and Rockwall counties [Re: Sniper John] #8541927 02/26/22 02:20 PM
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The thought of deer hunting with the tranquil sounds of the expressway in the background just doesn't do it for me. roflmao

Re: white-tailed deer by firearm in Collin, Dallas, Grayson, and Rockwall counties [Re: BigfootWallace] #8541949 02/26/22 02:41 PM
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Originally Posted by BigfootWallace
The thought of deer hunting with the tranquil sounds of the expressway in the background just doesn't do it for me. roflmao


'Same as brand-new, expensive houses I see going up with a beautiful view of IH10 within .25 mile or less. 'Guess "Look at me looking down on you" is way more important than what must sound like a busy airport runway right outside your front door.


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Re: white-tailed deer by firearm in Collin, Dallas, Grayson, and Rockwall counties [Re: Sniper John] #8544428 03/01/22 04:17 AM
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My deer population and quality has definitely dropped since they opened the archery season in 2012. I guess if they are wanting to get rid of the deer altogether in Collin County, then a rifle season would make sense.

Re: white-tailed deer by firearm in Collin, Dallas, Grayson, and Rockwall counties [Re: Sniper John] #8544651 03/01/22 02:02 PM
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A few weeks ago on the Lonestar Outdoor Show podcast this was a topic that was discussed. The TPWD person he had on said it is pretty much the high fenced MLD places that are pushing for this. They are having trouble filling their tags, sounds like a them problem...


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Re: white-tailed deer by firearm in Collin, Dallas, Grayson, and Rockwall counties [Re: Sniper John] #8544692 03/01/22 02:43 PM
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Too many residential developments and small acerage tracts of land with homes intermixed to make a gun season reasonable and safe. I could go for the use of crossbows in archery season but can’t get behind a gun season.

Re: white-tailed deer by firearm in Collin, Dallas, Grayson, and Rockwall counties [Re: Westtexan1] #8544737 03/01/22 03:38 PM
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Originally Posted by Westtexan1
Too many residential developments and small acerage tracts of land with homes intermixed to make a gun season reasonable and safe. I could go for the use of crossbows in archery season but can’t get behind a gun season.


Harris, Tarrant, Travis, Bexar all allow rifle hunting. You mean to tell me that the county with the forth largest city USA isn't more developed than Grayson County?

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Originally Posted by Erny
Originally Posted by Westtexan1
Too many residential developments and small acerage tracts of land with homes intermixed to make a gun season reasonable and safe. I could go for the use of crossbows in archery season but can’t get behind a gun season.


Harris, Tarrant, Travis, Bexar all allow rifle hunting. You mean to tell me that the county with the forth largest city USA isn't more developed than Grayson County?


Lol!!

You should never cloud the issue with facts!!!

This is supposed to be a free country, fire away in my opinion.


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Re: white-tailed deer by firearm in Collin, Dallas, Grayson, and Rockwall counties [Re: Westtexan1] #8544961 03/01/22 08:22 PM
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Originally Posted by Westtexan1
Too many residential developments and small acerage tracts of land with homes intermixed to make a gun season reasonable and safe. I could go for the use of crossbows in archery season but can’t get behind a gun season.

If that’s the case why do they currently allow hog hunting in these counties with a center fire rifle even at night as well as daylight?


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Re: white-tailed deer by firearm in Collin, Dallas, Grayson, and Rockwall counties [Re: Pitchfork Predator] #8545156 03/02/22 12:11 AM
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Originally Posted by Pitchfork Predator
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Too many residential developments and small acerage tracts of land with homes intermixed to make a gun season reasonable and safe. I could go for the use of crossbows in archery season but can’t get behind a gun season.

If that’s the case why do they currently allow hog hunting in these counties with a center fire rifle even at night as well as daylight?


Sh!t. Good point. Well then Ill just say I don’t want a firearm season in at least Collin County just because I don’t want it. There is some giants and I think being bow only contributes alot to that.

Re: white-tailed deer by firearm in Collin, Dallas, Grayson, and Rockwall counties [Re: Pitchfork Predator] #8545410 03/02/22 04:03 AM
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Originally Posted by Pitchfork Predator
Originally Posted by Westtexan1
Too many residential developments and small acerage tracts of land with homes intermixed to make a gun season reasonable and safe. I could go for the use of crossbows in archery season but can’t get behind a gun season.

If that’s the case why do they currently allow hog hunting in these counties with a center fire rifle even at night as well as daylight?

Great point!
Lack of access to viable hunting property private and government owned has the most to do with it in my opinion. My in-laws have been in northern Collin county on small acreage for decades and only recently in the last 10 years or so have they started seeing Deer or had their neighbors seeing deer. Most of the landowners around them whether they are in the hundreds to 1000 acres don’t deer hunt nor would they provide access to hunting even if leasing was viable source of income. There are some monsters up there for sure, you just have a hard time getting to them regardless of weapon restrictions.
Of course I live in the no deer but coyotes and bobcats in your front yard part of Collin county.

Re: white-tailed deer by firearm in Collin, Dallas, Grayson, and Rockwall counties [Re: Sniper John] #8545413 03/02/22 04:07 AM
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What about a shotgun season in those counties? We have land in Collin Co. and would be willing to see that happen but the population would be too drastically reduced (we don’t have enough deer anyway) to support a rifle season.

Re: white-tailed deer by firearm in Collin, Dallas, Grayson, and Rockwall counties [Re: Sniper John] #8547563 03/04/22 03:22 PM
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Here is a petition against it, the majority of deer hunters in the county did not want this rule change 10 years ago when they tried to do it and I would guess that hasn't changed this go round https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=339832281492131&set=a.177962291012465

An interesting note the people who petitioned the state for this are both non residents, one lives in oklahoma and one of them has been arrested in the past for illegally trafficking deer across state lines, and prosecuted under the Lacey act. They have a 2200 acre high fence operation in one of the counties. The public hearing on this should be interesting next Wednesday

Meeting Date: March 9, 2022
Time: Starts at 7:00pm
Location: Grayson College Center for Workplace Learning, CWL Auditorium
6101 Grayson Dr (Hwy 691)
Denison, TX 75020

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Re: white-tailed deer by firearm in Collin, Dallas, Grayson, and Rockwall counties [Re: Sniper John] #8549054 03/06/22 07:55 AM
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I saw allow hunting in all counties period. Just don't cross the lines.

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Originally Posted by Txduckman
I saw allow hunting in all counties period. Just don't cross the lines.

I agree. A landowner or hunter can still regulate the hunting by weapon choice on his land/lease also. Many do that in other counties now.


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Re: white-tailed deer by firearm in Collin, Dallas, Grayson, and Rockwall counties [Re: Sniper John] #8550266 03/07/22 06:59 PM
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Here a link to the petition that allows electronic signature option, take literally seconds to do Petition Opposing

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If you never seen the deer around Rockwall spend some time at lake Tawakoni. Whitetails and axis deer around that lake need hunting bad. I wonder if the axis outnumber the raccoons… seriously.


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Well I know they don’t. ^^ But they come out in broad daylight in the middle of camp, I’ve seen them right by the little office where you check in to camp out there, hanging around in little groups. There are pa-lenty of deer in certain areas around Rockwall.

But they should be hunted on a draw. If you open the floodgates the orange army will trample that place to death.


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Originally Posted by Bryan C. Heimann
Well I know they don’t. ^^ But they come out in broad daylight in the middle of camp, I’ve seen them right by the little office where you check in to camp out there, hanging around in little groups. There are pa-lenty of deer in certain areas around Rockwall.

But they should be hunted on a draw. If you open the floodgates the orange army will trample that place to death.

Same thing with lake Lavon, there are giant deer on the corp land there but they don't allow them to be hunted even with archery tackle.

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Originally Posted by Lone_Wolf
Here a link to the petition that allows electronic signature option, take literally seconds to do Petition Opposing

Hard pass…..reading the comments on the petition remind me of how selfish people are…… they never mentioned how many deer get wounded but never found…..how archery eliminates a large portion of the population like youngsters and women that don’t have the strength or skills….


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Originally Posted by Pitchfork Predator
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Here a link to the petition that allows electronic signature option, take literally seconds to do Petition Opposing

Hard pass…..reading the comments on the petition remind me of how selfish people are…… they never mentioned how many deer get wounded but never found…..how archery eliminates a large portion of the population like youngsters and women that don’t have the strength or skills….

You can use a crossbow now in those counties, its now defined as archery equipment by state so the eliminates a large portion of the population like youngsters and women that don’t have the strength or skills argument cannot be made.

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