what year was the first bow only season in texas

[mudkat]

i got curious about when did texas first have a bow only season and i looked everywhere online and can’t find anything about it
what do the green screw gurus know about it ?

[100%TtId]

Start here:

https://lonestarbowhunter.com/what-lsba-does

[sqiggy]

All I know is there was a bow only season in 84. I was shooting deer with a shotgun back then. So I bought my first bow in 85. Figured if I could get close enough for a shotgun, I could kill one with a bow!!

[PYBUCK]

Start here:

https://lonestarbowhunter.com/what-lsba-does

Thanks for posting this. Sadly, the LSBA was never supported too well by the bowhunters of the state. 50,000+ archery stamps sold annually and never more than 2500 members in the organization.

[hpdrifter]

There was an archery season in 1970, all I know.

found this on Oklahoma;
"1946 - Participation in the deer gun season jumps to more than 7,000 (certainly due to returning World War II Vets looking for recreation). The first archery season (one day) is held. No deer harvested. A total of 35 deer are transplanted from the Wichita Mountains NWR to the U.S. Naval Ammunition Depot near McAlester (in less than a decade the military installation, now known as the McAlester Army Ammunition Plant, would serve as a source herd for trapping activities).

1946 - Oklahoma had its first archery season (1 day) on November 11, 1946, in seven southeast counties. No deer were harvested.

1949 - Special Archery season (five days) is designated only at Camp Gruber, resulting in the first buck taken by bow and arrow during a regulated season. The deer, taken by Roland Barber, is the state’s first archery buck and was a fallow deer. It was part of Camp Gruber’s small herd that had been established in the area during the late 1930s.

1951 - First whitetail deer taken by bow and arrow during a regulated season since the days that Native Americans hunted deer for subsistence is harvested by Larry Embry, Jr.,13. The deer was harvested at Camp Gruber."

Found a history of texas fish and wildlife from 63-present, but no mention when it started. They said 75 was first year of stamp

[BO-N-ARO]

Not sure but I do remember that for a bow to be legal, it had to be capable to shoot a arrow with a broad head 75 yards. You also had to have your name and address on each arrow. Your broad head had to be at least 7/8 wide. You could not have any firearm with you or in camp, except a shotgun with 7’s or smaller.
I think late 60’s is when it started.

[hpdrifter]

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Not sure but I do remember that for a bow to be legal, it had to be capable to shoot a arrow with a broad head 75 yards. You also had to have your name and address on each arrow. Your broad head had to be at least 7/8 wide. You could not have any firearm with you or in camp, except a shotgun with 7’s or smaller.
I think late 60’s is when it started.

yep, remember all of that, except I thought the distance was further than 75 yards.

[Draco]

It was in 1966 I believe. I was 16 years old,

[mudkat]

well i started in about 1983ish maybe 14 years old. my dad was bowhunting in the early 70’s late 60’s.
just thought it was weird it didnt pop up what year the bow only and archery stamp was founded in texas.

[100%TtId]

Start here:

https://lonestarbowhunter.com/what-lsba-does

Then go here and see if you can find the Easter egg:

https://www.chron.com/sports/outdoors/article/Bow-and-arrow-hits-the-target-for-many-whitetail-4827289.php

[PYBUCK]

!975 was the first year of archery ONLY season. Before that if you hunted with bow & arrow you hunted in the general season.

[hpdrifter]

!975 was the first year of archery ONLY season. Before that if you hunted with bow & arrow you hunted in the general season.

you are wrong.

I hunted in 1970 during October.....legally.

[Draco]

I think he is correct. I have every bow season stamp in a frame and I just looked and 1975 is the earliest one.

[PondPopper]

Not sure but I do remember that for a bow to be legal, it had to be capable to shoot a arrow with a broad head 75 yards. You also had to have your name and address on each arrow. Your broad head had to be at least 7/8 wide. You could not have any firearm with you or in camp, except a shotgun with 7’s or smaller.
I think late 60’s is when it started.

I'm not sure on the yardage but the rest I do remember well. The first time I slung an arrow at a deer (officially a bow hunter) was in October 1978, I was 13years old.
I honestly cannot recall when the first bow only season came to be..

I sure hate that the LSBA is gone. I was a member for a long time.

[Goldeneagle]

Not sure but I do remember that for a bow to be legal, it had to be capable to shoot a arrow with a broad head 75 yards. You also had to have your name and address on each arrow. Your broad head had to be at least 7/8 wide. You could not have any firearm with you or in camp, except a shotgun with 7’s or smaller.
I think late 60’s is when it started.

Putting your name and address on the arrows was a PITA!