Hunting in south houston

[dcbaros]

Any good sites in south houston? Where is it not allowed to hunt? I know you can't hunt in county parks but what about the parks for league city, webster, pearland, texas city etc. I called Seabrook today and was told it was not allowed in any of their parks. Pasadena said it was fine.

 

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[austin]

You know the "Twin Sisters" are hidden in your area. Why not read up on them and go find a really, really big(and valuable) Texas treasure. Sure to find coins and artifacts along the way...

 

[Texas Ed]

If you can't hunt county parks - what about city parks, thought I seen a video where a guy was filming in a Houston city park dirt fishing for rings & clad. Anyway I wish you many finds while out dirt fishing.

Texas ED
Texas Gulf Coast

 

[Rocksy34]

What about the Galveston beaches? Downtown Houston has a long history. I wouldn't be surprised if something was found in odd places, like next to the Bayou.

 

[dcbaros]

What about the Galveston beaches? Downtown Houston has a long history. I wouldn't be surprised if something was found in odd places, like next to the Bayou.

Yeah I believe galveston beaches are fair game. Texas city dike is open to detecting as well.

 

[jwatkins]

We have dabbled with the Redneck Archaeologist looking for the Twin Sisters

 

[dcbaros]

Called galveston county and they informed me that hunting is off limits in galveston county parks. Geeze is there anywhere to hunt other than beaches around here?

 

[Rocksy34]

That's crummy.

 

[jas415]

Texas has this little out of touch with reality commission called the Texas Antiquities Commission, formed out of the Texas Ant. Act of 1968. The state claims everything on public property is the property of Texas. The Beaches of Texas belong to the citizens, so all beachs NOT part of a State or National Park are OK. Almost all County Parks around any place that has any historical significance at all is off-limits because of the twidgett bean counters in the bureaucracy. Harris County, Houston area, is also off limits. Not because of any possibility of something really OMG about history, but some little a-hole that has a very high regard for their own self importance might just see someone taking something, like a nickle or a ring. The County doenst have the money to defend or investigate every report, so they do the cheapest and unlawfully take public property rights.

 

[Kwillie]

Uh oh I have hunted all of Galveston Co. Parks nothing I have seen report it illegal I will followup on that.

 

[Texas T]

What about the Galveston beaches? Downtown Houston has a long history. I wouldn't be surprised if something was found in odd places, like next to the Bayou.

The coin in my avatar was found in the streets of downtown when they were being ripped up prior to the Superbowl. The WPA tag was found by my wife in the dunes on Galveston. The purse was found in the neighborhood next to Reagan HS when they were expanding the property for athletic fields. The Coca-Cola watch fob (about 1910) was found in Isaac Conroe's back yard. I had a CISCO instructor that lived in the house and let me hunt the property. There is a lot to find in the Houston area. And Rocky's comment about the Bayou are correct, but a lot of what has been found there has been bottles.

 

[RealGoldDigger]

Pasadena

I just called Pasadena parks and recreation. They informed me that you can detect in their parks but, you cannot dig..
I think they just made the point moot. Going to call again and see if I get a different person with a different answer just because. I use to work for the city and we made it up as we went, so long as you get a name that said yes then you are good to go.

 

[lockster99]

The more people call and ask.....the more they will look into making some type of legislation or city ordinance. Just saying.

 

[Tom_in_CA]

The more people call and ask.....the more they will look into making some type of legislation or city ordinance. Just saying.

This is an old post just FILLED with the classic "no one cared till you asked" psychology. Eh ? Someone asks and gets a "no". Another calls and asks and gets a "sure, but you can't dig". While yet another has hunted unbothered, and wonders "what's all the fuss about?".

Meanwhile, skittish persons read about the person who got this "pressing answer" to the "pressing question", and guess what they do, in order to "get to the bottom of it? They ASK MORE.

Why oh why can't people just look up supposed laws/rules for themselves ? If they see nothing that says "no md'ing", then presto, it's not prohibited. Otherwise, by all this swatting hornet's nests, they end up simply creating policy or rules WHERE NONE EVER EXISTED before.