Learned something new today

[Low Fence]

So is it legal to cook Mockinbird Chili on Pecan wood in a Blubonnet field? I was fixin to light the fire

Only behind High Fence, if the bird was killed with a cross bow

[kfd82]

So is it legal to cook Mockinbird Chili on Pecan wood in a Blubonnet field? I was fixin to light the fire

Only behind High Fence, if the bird was killed with a cross bow

AND a mechanical broadhead!

[tgil]

Come on tgil! You out picking flowers again in your sundress? jk bro

You've been spying on me again! You stalker!
I knew sparrows were legal, not sure about starlings. I'm thinking any "song bird" is illegal to shoot. That would include the mocking bird.
Some of you know I'm a reserve officer. The way I found out about the blue bonnets was one of the other officers had her patrol vehicle pulled into a median. I could see her as I approached from a distance. I could see she was looking around on the ground. I thought maybe a dog or other animal had just been run over or something. As I pulled up in the median to see what she was up to, she asked for my knife. I gave it to her without asking why. She started digging up a cluster of blue bonnets before I knew it. I thought, "great! Now I'm an accomplice to a crime!" I asked her what she thought she was doing committing such a blatant offense in my presance? She set me straight and said she learned it in the academy! I had to get to the computer and google it as soon as I could.

[don groseclose]

I didn't know that

[SPUD]

Here ya go right off the Texas DPS website

http://www.txdps.state.tx.us/director_staff/public_information/pr032602.htm

Each Texas springtime brings flowers to fields and roadsides and a question to the minds of nature lovers - is it really illegal to pick bluebonnets?
The answer is no - there is no law against picking our State Flower. However, there are laws against criminal trespass so make sure you're not on private property when you stop to take your annual kids-in-the-bluebonnets photo.

There are laws against damaging or destroying rights-of-way and government property - so pick a few flowers, but don't dig up clumps of them and don't drive your vehicle into the midst of them. Remember, Mother Nature and in many cases, your fellow Texans, scattered wildflower seeds along medians and roadways so that everyone could enjoy spring flowers.

For the safety of yourself and others, as well as to limit your ticketability:

There are laws against impeding traffic - so be careful about slowing down to enjoy the view. Pick areas with light traffic conditions for stopping.

Signal before leaving or entering the roadway.

Park off the roadway (off of improved shoulders), parallel to the road in the direction of traffic, on the same side of the roadway that the flowers are on. Don't walk or run across lanes of traffic to get to the flowers.

Obey signs that prohibit parking on a particular stretch of roadway.

And remember that in addition to a ticket, snakes and fire ants also could put more blue in your day than you bargained for.

[k9trainer]

holy crap hornsfan...you need to post more often

[Mudslinger]

Just checked my 12 room Purple Martin house and had nests in 10 of the 12 openings! Only 1 sparrow nest which is now gone. Had 2 eggs in one nest!!!!!!
Being on more eggs! The Martins are storming this house morning, noon and evening!

[Fishndude]

Just checked my 12 room Purple Martin house and had nests in 10 of the 12 openings! Only 1 sparrow nest which is now gone. Had 2 eggs in one nest!!!!!!
Being on more eggs! The Martins are storming this house morning, noon and evening!

You brought up a 16 year old thread that had nothing to do with birds, to say this??

[lovemylegacy]

Dang, back from the dead. 2009! Gotta be a record of some type

[Mudslinger]

You brought up a 16 year old thread that had nothing to do with birds, to say this??

Tired, too much whiskey and severe back and hip pain can boggle the mind. No sure what happened!

[Big pig]

I always heard it was illegal too

My rancher on one lease mowed a big beautiful field of bluebonnets to keep the picture takers from climbing the CR fence. Dumbazzes.

Never saw him arrested.

[Landrover]

So is it legal to cook Mockinbird Chili on Pecan wood in a Blubonnet field? I was fixin to light the fire

......i am rolling over here!!! Thanks for the laugh.

[Greenheadless]

I was this many years old when I learned it wasn’t against the law to pick bluebonnets

[killerbee]

That’s funny. I thought it was illegal as well Tim!🤣

[E.TX.BOWHUNTER]

I sure wish they would add comorants to the list of invasive birds we could shoot. Duck and goose hunters could have a lot of fun on slow days and it will keep some from my pond. Yes I know about the permit but it would be more useful to get rid of a lot of them. All that poop stinks and kills trees where they roost. It can’t be environmentally sound.