Comments on: TPWD Adopts New Deer Hunting Regulations

By: Buck Manager

Buck Manager — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 03:09:25 +0000

Steven, yes, a spike is a buck, it counts as a buck and you must tag it with a buck tag. You must also fill out the hunting log on the back of your hunting license. Only two types of bucks can be shot in Ellis County, those with an unbranched antler (spike on at least one side) and bucks with an inside spread between the main beams of at least 13 inches.

Hunters can shoot two bucks, but only one can be greater than 13 inches, or you can shoot two unbranched antler bucks.

By: STEVEN WOOD

STEVEN WOOD — Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:56:04 +0000

Confused about buck limit during gun season. Does a spike count? Located in Ellis County, Texas.

By: HunterBob

HunterBob — Mon, 05 Sep 2011 01:06:31 +0000

TPW has done little as far a deer populations. You only have created more red tape and tons of regulations on hunters. I get checked at least 3 or 4 times a year by game wardens and have ever been issued a citation.

Houston has expanded into Conroe and all the housing developments have forced deer on to the highways, into peoples back yards, and into the national forest. I had seen over 6 acres of hardwoods cut down because of your regulations, and at a TPW meeting, one of your representatives said the wood peckers needed flying room!

There are hardly any squirrels in the forest and where are the turkeys? Very few acorn trees now, but a lot of pine trees to make money harvesting.

So what do the deer eat; they feed off private lands. What does TPW do? More regulations! I have been reading your regulations for two days and it’s beginning to look like Obama care.

By: Bob S.

Bob S. — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 17:11:36 +0000

I think the regulations are because there are more and more hunters every year. We are losing habitat because of the increased number of people (building houses, overgrazing, etc), but that also means more people hunting deer that are forced to live in an areas that are getting smaller or have poor habitat. You can only expect every type of hunting and fishing regulation to get more restrictive over time. If the human population increases by 50 or 100 percent, does that still entitle every hunter to shoot a buck? Maybe the deer population can’t support that?

By: LINDA ZEAGLER

LINDA ZEAGLER — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 16:55:33 +0000

I THINK THAT TERRY HAS HIT THE NAIL ON THE HEAD. IT’S ALL ABOUT THE WEALTHY HUNTING LEASEES STOPPING US LITTLE GUYS FROM KILLING SMALLER DEER. I SAW A MONSTER IN ANY HUNTERS EYES THIS MORNING, BUT HIS HORNS WENT STRAIGHT UP (PROBABLY 18 INCHES UP, WITH AT LEAST 8 POINTS, WITH 4 INCH BASES) AND HE WAS ONLY 15 YARDS FROM ME. WHAT DOES 13 INCHES WIDE HAVE TO DO WITH AGE?

WE ALSO HAVE A DEER ON OUR LEASE THAT WE KNOW IS 4 YEARS OLD THAT NOW HAS 11 POINTS, BUT ONE OF THEM HAS GROWN STRAIGHT UP HIS ENTIRE LIFE. WE CALL HIM TRIPOD BECAUSE HE HAS ONE LEG THAT WILL NOT STRAIGHTEN OUT. FOR THE FIRST 2 YEARS HE WAS JUST A SPIKE WITH ONE HORN GROWING DOWN BY HIS EYE, THAT HORN IS NOW A DROP TINE, BUT HE WILL NEVER BE 13 INCHES WIDE. WHAT A SHAME THAT HE WILL PROBABLY JUST DIE OF OLD AGE OR COYOTES JUST BECAUSE HIS HORNS ARE NOT WIDE.