public lands

preston897 · January 25, 2010, 02:39 AM

i live in texas and im wanting to get a public land permit. if i get one can i shoot on these public lands? not hunting. just a weeking of shooting?

Art Eatman · January 25, 2010, 10:33 AM

First off, even when texting, use capital letters and all that regular style of typing.

Okay: What little public land there is in Texas is regulated by the Parks & Wildlife Commission. They would be your best source of information. Odds are, a phone call to a local office would provide you with some help. The state owns land as wildlife preserves, but SFAIK they don't allow casual plinking. Hunting is by permit.

Otherwise, you're stuck with range fees. The final option would be to make the rounds of farms and ranches to see if they allow strangers on their property. Small town seed'n'feed stores could be a source of information, as might be the same at small-town gunshops.

preston897 · January 25, 2010, 11:40 AM

Thankyou very much. I'll give the parks and wildlife people a call. Sorry about the bad typing. It was very late and i was very tired.

Major Dave (retired) · January 30, 2010, 05:57 PM

So, if you can tell me which major city you live closest to

El Paso - Marfa
Amarillo - Lubbock
Midland-Odessa
Dallas
Austin
Henderson - Carthage (not very big cities, I know, but...)
Houston - College Station
Kingsville - Brownsville

I can look up which Public Hunting area has a firing range on it. Only a few of them do, but I have the most current Map Booklet for Texas Public Hunting Lands, so I can look it up for you. Of course you will have to buy the $48 Public Hunting Lands Permit to use one of these ranges, but that is probably cheaper than joining a local gun club.

Let me know if I can help you, further.

langenc · January 31, 2010, 10:11 AM

Why NOT join the local gun club and get the support of others and support their proghrams??

Art Eatman · January 31, 2010, 01:28 PM

langenc, it depends on whether or not there is a local gun club. For me, for instance, it's an 85-mile drive--which is part of why there is a benchrest on my front porch.

troy_mclure · January 31, 2010, 02:32 PM

Louisania is the same way, verry little public land(that isnt swamp), and the hunting clubs want $500+/py for lousy hunting area, and verry tightly scheduled shooting/hunting times.

Thats why i pay $225/py for a membership at a local range.

January 25, 2010, 02:39 AM	#1
preston897 Senior Member Join Date: October 22, 2009 Posts: 154	public lands i live in texas and im wanting to get a public land permit. if i get one can i shoot on these public lands? not hunting. just a weeking of shooting?

January 30, 2010, 05:57 PM	#4
Major Dave (retired) Senior Member Join Date: March 12, 2008 Location: Between Dallas and Shreveport, LA Posts: 569	Texas is divided into 8 Public Hunting Regions, So, if you can tell me which major city you live closest to El Paso - Marfa Amarillo - Lubbock Midland-Odessa Dallas Austin Henderson - Carthage (not very big cities, I know, but...) Houston - College Station Kingsville - Brownsville I can look up which Public Hunting area has a firing range on it. Only a few of them do, but I have the most current Map Booklet for Texas Public Hunting Lands, so I can look it up for you. Of course you will have to buy the $48 Public Hunting Lands Permit to use one of these ranges, but that is probably cheaper than joining a local gun club. Let me know if I can help you, further. __________________ Artillery lends dignity to what would otherwise be but a vulgar brawl.

January 31, 2010, 02:32 PM	#7
troy_mclure Senior Member Join Date: November 17, 2008 Location: gulf of mexico Posts: 2,716	Louisania is the same way, verry little public land(that isnt swamp), and the hunting clubs want $500+/py for lousy hunting area, and verry tightly scheduled shooting/hunting times. Thats why i pay $225/py for a membership at a local range. __________________ There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict the maximum amount of wound, death, and destruction on the enemy in the minimum amount of time."

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January 25, 2010, 10:33 AM	#2
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	First off, even when texting, use capital letters and all that regular style of typing. Okay: What little public land there is in Texas is regulated by the Parks & Wildlife Commission. They would be your best source of information. Odds are, a phone call to a local office would provide you with some help. The state owns land as wildlife preserves, but SFAIK they don't allow casual plinking. Hunting is by permit. Otherwise, you're stuck with range fees. The final option would be to make the rounds of farms and ranches to see if they allow strangers on their property. Small town seed'n'feed stores could be a source of information, as might be the same at small-town gunshops.

January 25, 2010, 11:40 AM	#3
preston897 Senior Member Join Date: October 22, 2009 Posts: 154	Thankyou very much. I'll give the parks and wildlife people a call. Sorry about the bad typing. It was very late and i was very tired.

January 31, 2010, 10:11 AM	#5
langenc Senior Member Join Date: August 19, 2007 Location: Montmorency Co, MI Posts: 1,551	Why NOT join the local gun club and get the support of others and support their proghrams??

January 31, 2010, 01:28 PM	#6
Art Eatman Staff in Memoriam Join Date: November 13, 1998 Location: Terlingua, TX; Thomasville, GA Posts: 24,798	langenc, it depends on whether or not there is a local gun club. For me, for instance, it's an 85-mile drive--which is part of why there is a benchrest on my front porch.