Outdoor gunfire at a longtime Northwest Side shooting club is coming to a permanent halt after a settlement that trades cash for quiet on a fast-developing stretch of San Antonio.
On Thursday, a Northwest Side developer and the San Antonio Target, Hunting and Fishing Club finalized a deal that ends outdoor shooting at the range and settles a lawsuit over stray projectiles. Under the agreement, the club will pay $800,000 and accept a permanent deed restriction that bans outdoor firearm discharge on the property. The deal leaves a narrow lane open for archery and would allow firearms in the future only if a proper indoor shooting range is built on site.
What the settlement requires
According to KSAT, SA Given to Fly LP and the San Antonio Target, Hunting and Fishing Club agreed to a one-time $800,000 payment and a permanent deed restriction that blocks any outdoor shooting at 6722 West Hausman Road. The restriction carves out an exception for archery if the facility is built, maintained and operated under a nationally recognized safety standard, and it limits any future firearm use to a compliant indoor shooting range.
Land and stalled development
Bexar County appraisal records show SA Given to Fly controls roughly 35 acres of mostly undeveloped land along West Hausman Road, according to Bexar County records. Local reporting notes the San Antonio Target club has held its piece of the property since the 1950s, and developers have said an original homebuilder walked away from a planned purchase over worries about the nearby gunfire, the Express‑News reported.
Developer reaction and next steps
Blake Yantis, a partner in SA Given to Fly and a principal at Mosaic Land Development, said the partnership went to court after finding physical evidence of projectiles on its land and wanted to make sure no rounds would land on future home sites. "Once we learned that, we had to fix it," Yantis told KSAT. He said the settlement should clear the way for work to resume toward residential development, while the club has continued to deny that any bullets ever struck a house.
Past complaints and court fights
Rifle rounds, birdshot and buckshot have been discovered on SA Given to Fly's property and along the nearby Leon Creek Greenway, the Houston Chronicle reported. A nearby private campus, Acton Academy North San Antonio, briefly sought to join the lawsuit over safety concerns but later withdrew from the case, the Express‑News reported.
Legal context
Texas law gives sport shooting ranges special protection. Chapter 128 of the Civil Practice and Remedies Code limits certain types of lawsuits against a sport shooting range and related parties and sets out procedural rules that can influence how cases are filed and defended, according to the statute itself. That framework, along with requirements for expert reports in particular cases, has featured in related court filings and would have shaped any full trial in this dispute.
With the settlement signed, the narrow legal roadblock that had slowed plans for new homes on the neighboring tract is now removed, at least on paper. The deed restriction will stick to the land and bind future owners, so the next chapter will play out in how the ban on outdoor shooting is enforced and whether it changes the club's day-to-day operations or speeds up construction along West Hausman Road.
