I get that, and although carrying a pistol while archery hunting is permitted in Texas, game wardens aren’t known for their appreciation of nuance with regard to the law.
I asked TPWD about the legality of using a weapon-light equipped rifle for deer hunting during legal shooting hours. I was advised that it was permissible, though not advised because it would effectively be on me to prove that a harvested deer was not spot-lit.
I’ve also heard of game wardens measuring entrance wounds in an attempt to prove that an impermissible weapon was used- even though the hunter was stopped in possession of only “legal means of taking.”
), and I shoot minnows instinctively for fun(practice). I think I’d be okay.
