It wasn’t hunting season. Was he hunting out of season or was he carrying a gun for protection, rattlesnakes, illegals etc?
“It wasn’t hunting season.”
This is an aspect of this case I’d like to see explored further. In some states carrying a hunting arm out of season is prima facie evidence of violating hunting laws. could this have been the issue here?
I’d like to take up bow hunting, but I wonder about the 44mag handgun I would also want to carry for bear/cat defense. It used to be my home state disallowed any firearms carried on the person during bow season. Crazy.
The headline is incorrect, he was not hunting. He was carrying a rifle openly which is quite legal as well as a concealed .45 for which he had a valid concealed carry permit.
His son made a video that you can see here:
The deputies do appear to be out of line and acting improperly if not illegally. Difficult to say what may have transpired before this tape.
You sound like a lefty. Maybe he was carrying his guns because he wanted to and for no other reason. Read the article. He has been at loggerheads with the city of Temple about 2nd amendment rights. They obviously arrested him and took his guns in an attempt to shut him up.
“It wasn’t hunting season.”
Hunting what season? As far as I know there isn’t a season on feral hogs in Texas. They are fair game the year round. Ditto coyotes, possums, and a bunch of other critters.
Feral hogs make good eating, if you prepare them right. When lived in Anderson County (which has a problem with them) my wife made sausage from feral hogs that got caught by hunting friends.
Rabbit season is open all year in Texas. In addition, only an idiot would go out in the country in Texas unarmed these days. Coming up on a bunch of wild hogs can ruin your whole day if not your life.