A copy of the Texas Sportsman's Law can be found at http://www.cavetexas.org/PDF/Texas_Sportsmans_Law.pdf.
The relevant section about charging can be found in Sec. 75.003 (c) (2). While I am not a lawyer, it sounds like he can charge for access to his caves and is still covered by the Texas Sportsman's Law. However, this is a bad precedence to set. Many of us worked long and hard back in the 1980's to get caving specifically covered by the Texas Sportsman's Law. It would be good if all Texas cavers familiarized themselves with the law. Allan ----- Original Message ----- From: Geary Schindel To: Andy Gluesenkamp ; Cavers Texas Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2010 1:43 PM Subject: [Texascavers] Langtry caves I'm not sure how relevant the Sportman's Law is these days - at least for hunting and tubing. I have not read the Sportsman Law in Texas in 10 years so I don't know if it really excludes activities if you pay for them. I would assume that there is not a lot of free hunting left in Texas and that many ranchers derive some if not most of their income from hunters paying to hunt. Having said that, there must be some good liability waivers out there as there have got to be a number of hunting related injuries and deaths each year in Texas. I think this would range from shooting accidents to four wheeler incidents to natural hazards, etc. I believe there are a couple of tubing deaths each year in Texas yet that doesn't seem to stop folks from renting tubes. Now, regarding caving, it probably still applies as long as you're allowed to cave for free. Whether it sets a bad precedent or is an example of the future of caving, I don't know. I'm not sure I'm willing to pay $100 to visit these caves. G
