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SeanHHH · Last edited by SeanHHH on Wed Jan 06, 2010 10:24 am; edited 1 time in total

As a relatively new property owner in The Bluff, I'm wondering if there are any productive spots in the area to walk-in and duck hunt (i.e. without a boat) when I'm down that way.

I'm not looking for anyone's honey holes nor necessarily wanting to potlick a blind (I'd rather use natural cover for concealement).

I've done the park, walk, and hunt thing up in Brown and Root Flats before but am hoping there was something closer to The Bluff or Packery area.

I'm guessing the freshwater ponds on the north end of Laguna Shores are off limits. Smile

Thank you in advance. My e-mail is shoffmann90 at yahoo dot com if anyone would shoot an e-mail.

OsoBent · Finger Mullet Joined: 22 May 2006 Posts: 14

PM sent. Your yahoo email acount bounced back on me.

John · Posted: Wed Jan 06, 2010 10:42 am Post subject:

No more walking in from Laguna Shores since they passed the new City Ordinance, so that covers most of the Bluff.

SeanHHH · Posted: Fri Jan 08, 2010 4:01 pm Post subject:

Osobent--I received your PM. Thank you very much. I had entered my e-mail addy wrong hence the kickback (but have since corrected it).

John, thanks for the info. I didn't realize there was a city ordinance. Good to know rather than making the mistake of walking in along Laguna Shores and getting cited.

hotpocket · Posted: Tue Jan 12, 2010 11:19 pm Post subject:

Purefishn · Horse Mullet Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 219

I'm also interested in the ordinance. Fairly new to duck hunting and have been hunting out by ingleside with friends but was looking for something by the laguna, walk in stuff. Is it legal if you park and Wade to an island, I know it's illegal from mainland. Thanks for any info.

John · Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 12:03 pm Post subject:

Sec. 33-75. Discharging firearms; waterfowl hunting.
(a) It shall be unlawful for any unauthorized person to fire or discharge any gun, pistol, rifle or other firearm of any description within the city, or from without the corporate limits of the city and permit any shot, projectile, B-B's, slugs or ammunition to fall within the city. The unauthorized discharge of firearms of any description outside of the city and within four hundred (400) feet of the city limits or the firing outside of the city and permitting the projectile to fall within the city is hereby declared a nuisance and is prohibited.
(b) However, except as restricted by subsection (c) of this section, waterfowl hunting within the lawful seasons and during the times prescribed by any federal and state agencies with jurisdiction over the taking of waterfowl, subject to the rules and regulations of federal and state agencies of appropriate jurisdiction, and the discharge of firearms, subject to such state law, rules, and regulations, shall be permitted within the city in the following described areas: Corpus Christi Bay, Nueces Bay, and the Upper Laguna Madre within the corporate limits. (For the purposes of this section, anyone on the waterside of the vegetation line is considered to be within Corpus Christi Bay or Upper Laguna Madre.
(c) No waterfowl hunting is permitted within one thousand (1,000) feet of a residence; business establishment; industrial facility, school; institution of higher education; other structure designed for residential or commercial occupation (but not including storage sheds, hunting/fishing camps, pump facilities); dock appurtenant to a residential or commercial structure (other than those associated with a hunting/fishing camp or oil/gas field production installation); trailer or recreational vehicle park; military installation; any public beach; any city, county, state, or federal park; the JFK causeway between Flour Bluff and North Padre Island; the U.S. Highway 181 causeway between Corpus Christi and Portland; the Laguna Shores shoreline; or the corporate limits of another municipality that prohibits the discharge of firearms within its city limits.
(Code 1958, § 39-8; Ord. No. 10015, § 1, 11-25-1970; Ord. No. 13471, § 1, 11-10-1976; Ord. No. 24286, § 1, 11-21-2000; Ord. No. 028098, § 1, 3-24-2009)
Cross references: As to use of firearms within harbor limits, see § 12-22.

hotpocket · Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 1:45 pm Post subject:

Well that just sucks.....

But if you were a thousand feet off the tide line wouldn't you be ok....All that political mumbo jumbo has me confused.... Razz

John · Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 3:23 pm Post subject:

Sure you can wade from shore and be legal once you pass the 1000 foot mark, But try and find a location to wade that it won't be over your head before you make the 1000 foot mark.

Purefishn · Horse Mullet Joined: 06 Jun 2006 Posts: 219

Thanks for posting the info John. It was very helpful. Is it possible to park and walk on the Nighthawk side anywhere? I guess I could look in the Deadmans area also.

hotpocket · Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 4:04 pm Post subject:

bullshark · Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 4:44 pm Post subject:

It is possible to walk and hunt from the deadman's and shamrock area as long as you don't mind a long wade. No access to night hawk without crossing private property.
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hotpocket · Posted: Wed Jan 13, 2010 6:56 pm Post subject: