Wilderness land in Texas?

[M. Sage]

I need to get away for a few days to unplug. I'd like to load up a backpack, grab a couple of guns and wander out into the middle of nowhere to unplug... Is there anywhere like that in Texas

I don't want a campground, it's got to be someplace I can shoot and I really don't want to have to deal with other people. A water source would be great (needs to be filtered is OK, prefer something running that I can simply treat with iodine), so that I don't have to lug in fifty pounds of the stuff.

Just want to spend half a week to a week getting away from everything and everybody.

 

[SIG_Fiend]

Let me know if you ever want some company. I've been wanting to do a "bug out" for a weekend sometime in the near future.

 

[MR Redneck]

You act like you aint form Texas or somthin?
Look into this, you might like it. Empty CommonSpot Site
This is a national park, so I think guns are OK.. Make sure you check first.

 

[Wolfwood]

if you find this, PM me, i ahve been looking as best i can via the interwebs for a while now (i guessa round 2 years ) to no avail...

 

[Texan2]

I know this doesn't fit your bill but I go down the the Padre Island National Seashore outside Corpus Christi. 63 miles of uninhabited beach with no electricity or fresh water...no humanity of any kind. We cart in our stuff in the back of a pickup. Camping gear and a 55 gallon drum of water and hang out for a few days. When you drive 20 or 30 miles down the beach you are in the middle of nowhere. My crew loves to sleep on the beach especially this time of year. We hike miles up and down the beach without seeing a soul.

 

[M. Sage]

I don't think I want any company. I just need to go unplug for half a week to a week. I need to indulge my antisocial side...

You act like you aint form Texas or somthin?
Look into this, you might like it. Empty CommonSpot Site
This is a national park, so I think guns are OK.. Make sure you check first.

They're OK with CHL strictly as defensive pieces. I'd like to put a few holes in stuff, and plan on open-carrying because concealed carry in the wilderness is uncomfortable and... well, stupid.

if you find this, PM me, i ahve been looking as best i can via the interwebs for a while now (i guessa round 2 years ) to no avail...

I don't know one in Texas, but I do know one that's about a day's drive from San Antonio up in New Mexico. Too late in the year for that place, though. I'm up for a trip next year, but we'll have to meet first so I know you can hack it. People die out in this place from time to time...

I know this doesn't fit your bill but I go down the the Padre Island National Seashore outside Corpus Christi. 63 miles of uninhabited beach with no electricity or fresh water...no humanity of any kind. We cart in our stuff in the back of a pickup. Camping gear and a 55 gallon drum of water and hang out for a few days. When you drive 20 or 30 miles down the beach you are in the middle of nowhere. My crew loves to sleep on the beach especially this time of year. We hike miles up and down the beach without seeing a soul.

Not going to fit the bill too much. I grew up landlocked, and never really developed an appreciation for the coast. The last town I lived in was right on the coast and even after living there a few years, a small part of me freaked out somewhat to see the roads end at the cliff with nothing but water as far as the eye could see beyond it. That's just not normal... Give me trees any day. Hell, I'll even take high desert or something like that. But the coast? Not me. Not comfortable with the ocean...

 

[robin303]

At one time I used to do that. I would go to State Parks. Texas Parks & Wildlife Department | State Parks & Destinations

 

[Fisherman777]

Check out this site. Big Thicket Directory of Southeast Texas There are campsites, trails, more varieties of wildlife than anyplace. Bring a camera.

 

[Wolfwood]

I don't know one in Texas, but I do know one that's about a day's drive from San Antonio up in New Mexico. Too late in the year for that place, though. I'm up for a trip next year, but we'll have to meet first so I know you can hack it. People die out in this place from time to time...

sounds fair enough to me!

 

[Wolfwood]

the coast? Not me. Not comfortable with the ocean...

eliminates half of the places to run automatically.

 

[M. Sage]

eliminates half of the places to run automatically.

Yeah, I'm picky.

Like I said, I grew up landlocked and am way more used to forests. They're a lot more comfortable for me.

 

[West Texas]

Yeah, I'm picky.

Like I said, I grew up landlocked and am way more used to forests. They're a lot more comfortable for me.

Tried to PM you, but your inbox is full...

 

[MR Redneck]

Yeah, I'm picky.

Like I said, I grew up landlocked and am way more used to forests. They're a lot more comfortable for me.

If your interested in a New Mexico adventure, I can take you to some place that only God know's about. Open Carry legal, plus rifles. Get to shoot what ya eat.
Now ya gotta be tuff and have no fear, cause that's just how I roll... Oh yea, and like mountains....

 

[texas skeeter]

ask WT, his brother is RICH and owns a gazillion acres all over texas!!

 

[regunner]

YES guns are good in big bend

 

[M. Sage]

Tried to PM you, but your inbox is full...

Sorry, hadn't realized how small my inbox was. I emptied it out.

If your interested in a New Mexico adventure, I can take you to some place that only God know's about. Open Carry legal, plus rifles. Get to shoot what ya eat.
Now ya gotta be tuff and have no fear, cause that's just how I roll... Oh yea, and like mountains....

Hmm, we might be talking about the same place. Mountains, rough and tough definitely describes the place I like to go. We might even know some of the same people if it's the place I'm thinking of. Geronimo's birthplace and old stomping grounds? Do you know a guy in Shoreacres named Mark?

If it's the same place, it's not a great place to be after late October, and definitely not alone. Looking for something a little flatter and probably easier for a solo jaunt.

YES guns are good in big bend

Very limited. From their site:

Keep in mind that the regulations to carry a firearm do not permit the discharging of a firearm. The discharge of a firearm is still illegal in national parks.

You can CHL with CHL or while you're traveling and at your campsite, and I'd imagine open carry at your actual campsite as it's land "under your control" at that point.

But I'd like to do a little shooting, and discharging firearms in a National Park is a very big no-no. Plus, regarding Big Bend... I don't plan on going alone into the wilderness a few days' hike (20-30 miles) that close to the Mexican border without my M4. Not sure they'll be cool with that in a National Park... Not that I care, because there's no way I would leave it behind. Unless I'm bringing my A2, but that's a tad heavy for hiking...

 

[TheDan]

Sounds like you're looking for BLM land. There is none in TX... Unless you know someone with a thousand acre ranch you're probably not going to get what you're looking for. I'd love to find some isolated spots for camping too, but I just don't think it's going to happen in TX. I know someone who owns about 50 acres of pretty remote land and that's where I do my "getaways", but there's always people around out there... and cows. Just not possible to completely get away from everyone.

 

[Rum Runner]

I thought you could open carry and target shoot in national forest land except where expressly prohibited which are usually recreation areas or wildernes/wildlife preservation areas within the forest service lands.

If true, then any of these should work:
Davy Crockett National Forest
Angelina National Forest
Sabine National Forest