Moving to Texas

[Blandry]

I remember when Texas was a blue state I helped it to go red all we can do is say welcome to Texas and please remember why you left where you came from

Yeah but todays blue ain't nothing like yesteryears. I lived in New Braunfels and commuted up to Austin for work for 15 years. Had a lease in Hogg County then in Duval for 10 years. then they brought in the wind farms and other green bs.. that was the end of that.
The illegals crossing the leases back then were bad, I can imagine now! I'd have to lock up everything and sleep with my sidearm under my pillow in the RV. Moved out to Colorado two years ago thinking public land hunting and I was going to be smack dab in the middle of the Elk migration.. which I am lol. Grand county just west of me is also home to the largest mule deer population in the US. However this state is so liberal and full of new mexicans and californians.. crime is really bad..thinking about moving up to Cheyenne WY to get out and commuting back down to Denver for work.

 

[Swinehunt74]

Just remember this, leave ALL liberal thinking where you are coming from. Quit trying to change Texas to reflect your views and respect ours.................

 

[SullyJr]

I don't have any liberal thinking

 

[Mcranch]

Yep...S. Texas is a war zone. I've had landowners tell me I couldn't bring any firearms on their land while working on oil field stuff because they think I'll shoot their deer. I always ask them to guarantee my safety or their deer's safety, but they can't do both. They all know me now and know that I'm armed to the teeth when I'm driving off the main highway (well...while on the main highway, too) and I'm not there to poach deer.

This might stem from back in the sixties and seventies. Deer wasn't much a thought back then. When a well would go in people just always had a rifle hanging on their back window or two. If a fat doe crossed the road it ended up in the back of the pickup. Leases were then around a dollar an acre. Now with leases at 15 to 25 an acre they don't want that possibly happening.

 

[Deleted member 107796]

We are considering moving to Texas near San Antonio, Austin, Dallas or Ft Worth for the schools. I'd like to buy hunting property within an hour or so since I likely won't be able to afford it near those areas. What areas would you recommend for deer and other game? Thanks!

Good luck on your new move! Sounds like it may work to your advantage to be on the edge of a city, to be closer to hunting land. Rural schools are probably better also. cheers

 

[jcervantes76]

I'm from Florida so I don't anything about Texas. I do have a friend selling his place in Camp Wood. He tells me deer are all over his place.

 

[Winnett1]

Maybe I'm confused. What the hell do these blogs and opinions have to do with LONG RANGE HUNTING????

 

[Stgraves260]

Its a shame to watch all this happen in the middle of the country. I am in Oklahoma and there are a LOT of people from the left and right coast moving here to get away from the policies that are ruining them. Then they come here and bring the same principles and political beliefs that ran them off from the coast and soon we will be no better off. Look at Texas now, so many people have migrated there from leftist states, that its now almost certain that next election they will vote left for the very fist time in forever. Its sad to watch......

You are so right. A man can still hope and prey though. LoL it feel like America is turning into a third world country.

 

[WYO300RUM]

Yeah but todays blue ain't nothing like yesteryears. I lived in New Braunfels and commuted up to Austin for work for 15 years. Had a lease in Hogg County then in Duval for 10 years. then they brought in the wind farms and other green bs.. that was the end of that.
The illegals crossing the leases back then were bad, I can imagine now! I'd have to lock up everything and sleep with my sidearm under my pillow in the RV. Moved out to Colorado two years ago thinking public land hunting and I was going to be smack dab in the middle of the Elk migration.. which I am lol. Grand county just west of me is also home to the largest mule deer population in the US. However this state is so liberal and full of new mexicans and californians.. crime is really bad..thinking about moving up to Cheyenne WY to get out and commuting back down to Denver for work.

We don't want and Coloradans or Texans please. Cheyenne is full of Colorado people. They commute to Ft. Collins. They like no state taxes. Denver is a long drive from Cheyenne for a commute. I personally don't care what state anybody comes from as long as they have conservative/constitutional views. Half the people in any state are from another state. I'm one of them.

 

[Stgraves260]

Maybe I'm confused. What the hell do these blogs and opinions have to do with long range hunting. Well Biden and his leftist are infringing on our second amendment right. First he wants to band ARs. A lot of hunters use ARs to hunt. Second, He is trying to keep us quiet and hide the truth. So that is infringing on our first amendment. What is he going to try and take next? Our freedom.

 

[Stgraves260]

Yep...S. Texas is a war zone. I've had landowners tell me I couldn't bring any firearms on their land while working on oil field stuff because they think I'll shoot their deer. I always ask them to guarantee my safety or their deer's safety, but they can't do both. They all know me now and know that I'm armed to the teeth when I'm driving off the main highway (well...while on the main highway, too) and I'm not there to poach deer.

Yes it's all ways good to build a relationship with the property owners. Let them know you mean know disrespect to them our their property. You just want to be able to protect yourself. I call property owners all the time to let them know when I'm entering their land. It's a respect thing.

 

[basinman]

We are considering moving to Texas near San Antonio, Austin, Dallas or Ft Worth for the schools. I'd like to buy hunting property within an hour or so since I likely won't be able to afford it near those areas. What areas would you recommend for deer and other game? Thanks!

Wilson county, south of San Antonio is a game rich area.

 

[Blandry]

My lease was on the Webb/Duval county line.. in what's known as the 'golden triangle'. If you can find a lease in that area I'd jump on it. Texas is 95% privately owned so you will need to 'lease' some land if you don't own a couple hundred acres. It used to be rather inexpensive. I paid about $3500/year for many years. Now you're looking at $5000+ annually. One of the reasons I moved to a state with public land.

If you only hunt a couple of times a year, it might be best to just buy a few 'canned' hunts with a guide. Not much 'spot and stalk' or backpack type other than way out west TX. You'll typically be hunting in a ground (or elevated blind) over corn feeders.

The "Golden Triangle" of South Texas
Written on: 09/19/2007 11:37 by: Zaiglin's Wildlife

The hotbed of big buck production in Texas is situated within an irregular triangular-shaped area referred to as the golden triangle. The triangle encompasses all land within a region defined by Eagle Pass east to Cotulla, south to Laredo, with the Rio Grande River representing its western border. Counties within this area, including Dimmit, LaSalle, Maverick, Zavala, and Webb, are nationally recognized for their trophy buck-producing potential. Actually, Webb and Dimmit Counties are recognized as the all-time number one and two record book buck producing counties throughout the United States according to the Boone and Crockett Club

 

[Blandry]

We don't want and Coloradans or Texans please. Cheyenne is full of Colorado people. They commute to Ft. Collins. They like no state taxes. Denver is a long drive from Cheyenne for a commute. I personally don't care what state anybody comes from as long as they have conservative/constitutional views. Half the people in any state are from another state. I'm one of them.

Well, I'm from South Louisiana so.. I'd probably be one you'd approve of, and wouldn't try to change your state, promise lol. I'd only have to commute down about 4 days a month so it wouldn't be a problem for me.