Can you please tell me if hunting in a 5 acre tract legal to hunt with a high power rife. These are not part of my land which is located just next door to my 150 acre tract we hunt. Please advice.

probably not. call the GW and ask him

X2. Maybe with bow....

type of weapon is irrelevant

Ok.

A Game Warden answered that question yesterday at a seminar. He said it was legal. Where the problem comes in is that you have to make sure your bullet does not cross into your neighbors property. You are repsonsible for that. So you better be pretty high above the ground. Also you have to consider recovery if the animal crosses the fence since you will then be trespassing. Also some counties do have laws governing subdivisions that are platted with minimum acreages to hunt.

If it's outside the city limits then it is legal to hunt with any weapon. The only exception would be if there is a county ordinance prohibiting it. Not many counties in Texas have such a restriction.

The state law does not restrict hunting based on property size. It merely states that you cannot shoot across a property line or boundary. This applies to any projectile from any weapon and it does not matter if the projectile passed through an intermediate target (deer or other) before crossing the property line. Even a ricochet crossing the property line would be illegal.

its really the county law, not the state.

the county commissioners court or the constable really should be the one contacted, but the game warden should know the laws in the county he is patrolling.

they(counties) may have a acreage restrictions in regards to discarging a weapon

Medina County is one that has a 10+ acre minimum for hunting. Goliad County does not have a minimum. You can hunt on any size acreage that is outside the city limits as long as your bullet does not cross the property line.

comal county also has a 10 acre minimum. there was talk of making it a 20 acre minimum.

Medina used to be in a platted subdivision at hit had to be over 10 acres not 10 even.

My neighbor and I share a wooded creek bottom with goofy boundry lines. We have an agreement. If he can see it from his blind he can shoot it, regardless which side of the fence it is on. Same for me. We can not see or shoot each other do to terrain and distance.

Are we illegal if we shoot across each other's fence?

No not in texas,You have to have a min. of 10 acres to legally
fire a weapon of any type,And no matter your fault, there fault or anybody fault,It will be your asre if it leave's the property,NOW THAT IS WHAT WE WAS TOLD BY 2 TEXAS STATE GAME WARDEN'S.

Then they need to explain that to the 10+ year employed Goliad County GW since he stood in front of 150 ranchers and told them there was no minimum acreage.

If my neighbor has 5 acres and he's firing off a high powered rifle we are going to have a big problem with each other! In fact he'd have either a HF around his property or a 8' privacy cedar/pressure treated fence. Way too dangerous to shoot in a area that small! Buy a crossbow.

Then they told you wrong.

[quote=grout-scout]If my neighbor has 5 acres and he's firing off a high powered rifle we are going to have a big problem with each other! In fact he'd have either a HF around his property or a 8' privacy cedar/pressure treated fence. Way too dangerous to shoot in a area that small! Buy a crossbow.[/quote ]

It is possible to shoot a gun on five acres without it crossing a property line. All depends on the property layout and which direction u shoot. Btw your high fence and privacy fence would not make it any "safer".

The outdoor annual clearly States there are no statewide limits on property, that is up to your county. The only state law is no projectiles may cross boundaries. I just read the paragraph yesterday.

This is correct. When hunting around Canyon lake,cool foggy mornings , you here .22s pop frequently. Some of these are on properties with less than 5 acres. I don't think they're shooting bunnies.