Feeding deer, coyotes, feral hogs, and other wildlife is prohibited in McKinney under Chapter 14 nuisance provisions. Bird feeding allowed but must not create a rodent attractant or bird accumulation nuisance.
McKinney City Code Chapter 14 (Animals) and Chapter 58 (Nuisances) collectively prohibit the intentional feeding of non-domestic wildlife within city limits, including white-tailed deer (common in Stonebridge Ranch and Virginia Parkway corridor), coyotes (active along Wilson Creek and Honey Creek greenbelts), feral hogs, raccoons, and foxes. Providing food, water, or salt/mineral licks that attract these species is treated as a public nuisance because it habituates animals to humans, increases vehicle strikes on US-75 and SH-121, and raises rabies exposure risk. Texas Parks & Wildlife Code additionally regulates wildlife under TPWD jurisdiction, and feeding coyotes in particular may violate state nuisance wildlife rules. Bird feeding is generally permitted provided feeders do not cause rodent infestations, excessive bird droppings on neighbors' property, or attract undesired mammals; hummingbird and small-songbird feeders rarely trigger complaints, but open corn or mixed-seed platforms that draw deer or rats can be cited. Backyard chickens are governed separately under Chapter 14 and TX HB 1750 (2023).
Class C misdemeanor; fines up to $500 per incident. Repeated nuisance feeding that draws dangerous wildlife may be enhanced under health/safety provisions to $2,000.
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