2Dogs
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Anyone want to go hunting this weekend around some of the real old parks?
I was at a Dallas Park 2 weeks ago. The one and only park ranger of Dallas Co in a 902 square mile radius gave me a warning. I have the rules on pdf file on phone and on a print out as well. The closest rule is about driving golf balls or riding atvs on "turf"
The Ranger was Luther Gladney Dallas Park and Recreation 214-670-6840
I was at a Dallas Park 2 weeks ago. The one and only park ranger of Dallas Co in a 902 square mile radius gave me a warning. I have the rules on pdf file on phone and on a print out as well. The closest rule is about driving golf balls or riding atvs on "turf"
The Ranger was Luther Gladney Dallas Park and Recreation 214-670-6840
Interesting you posted this now. I've hunted Dallas for years, no probs until a month or so back. A Dallas cop told my buddy and I that all of Dallas parks were off limits to detecting, he took personal data and said next time it's a citation. I hoped for every other Tector that it was "just us" he didn't like. Oh well.
I'd still like to see the actual regulation in print though.
.... Said it was not legal to disturb or dig into the ground in any Dallas Parks. .....
Tom, thanks for your input, wasn't aware it was nation wide.
Here is the update to my story:
8-23-18: Kicked out of park by Park Ranger, told not to return or face a fine.
8-25-18: Drove by the same park and witnessed and photographed a huge party going on in the park with over a half-dozen cars parked out on the park grounds 50 yards inside the park! A large sign at entrance to park states: NO VEHICLES ALLOWED ON PARK City Code 32-8. It's then repeated again in Spanish! Well, guess who is sitting 30 feet from where I'm taking the pics of the sign and all the cars out there, that's right, the same Park Ranger! He didn't do anything, just drove away! Went home and called the "Ranger Hotline #" and just got voicemail. Found their e-mail link and sent an angry e-mail about what had happened over the last few days along with the pictures to prove it.
8-27-18: Received a VERY apologetic phone call from the supervisor of the Dallas Park Rangers and guess who now can go detecting in any Dallas Park!!!!
Tom, thanks for your input, wasn't aware it was nation wide.
Here is the update to my story:
8-23-18: Kicked out of park by Park Ranger, told not to return or face a fine.
8-25-18: Drove by the same park and witnessed and photographed a huge party going on in the park with over a half-dozen cars parked out on the park grounds 50 yards inside the park! A large sign at entrance to park states: NO VEHICLES ALLOWED ON PARK City Code 32-8. It's then repeated again in Spanish! Well, guess who is sitting 30 feet from where I'm taking the pics of the sign and all the cars out there, that's right, the same Park Ranger! He didn't do anything, just drove away! Went home and called the "Ranger Hotline #" and just got voicemail. Found their e-mail link and sent an angry e-mail about what had happened over the last few days along with the pictures to prove it.
8-27-18: Received a VERY apologetic phone call from the supervisor of the Dallas Park Rangers and guess who now can go detecting in any Dallas Park!!!!
Awesome...thanks for the update....
I have been hunting in the Abilene/Buffalo Gap area and i called the city of Abilene before i hunted the area. They told me there were no ordinances against md'ing in city owned parks....