Is hunting deer possible in TX?

[@TX_1]

Yes Texas and other state land owners created their own evil.
Can't really blame them but I'm not helping then either.

It was long ago when someone turned loose Russian Boars along the rivers. Not sure who to blame. Won't be first time we imported the wrong stuff.

 

[Hoji]

It was long ago when someone turned loose Russian Boars along the rivers. Not sure who to blame. Won't be first time we imported the wrong stuff.

You can blame Hernando de Soto. He brought them over in the 1530s when he was exploring Texas.

 

[Axxe55]

You can blame Hernando de Soto. He brought them over in the 1530s when he was exploring Texas.

i heard a similar story about russian boars years ago but didn't put much credibility into the story!

 

[Hoji]

i heard a similar story about russian boars years ago but didn't put much credibility into the story!

Yep. Brought over by the Spanish almost 500 years ago

 

[@TX_1]

You can blame Hernando de Soto. He brought them over in the 1530s when he was exploring Texas.

The feral hogs today are not same as the original. They have inbred with domestic hogs turned out or escaped, they come in all shapes and sizes. The long snout is still there in most but not all. They are a plague.

 

[Lonesome Dove]

They were brought here to America just as the FKN fire ants, Rats and some snakes. Other creatures and insects came along for the rides as well.

 

[Hoji]

The feral hogs today are not same as the original. They have inbred with domestic hogs turned out or escaped, they come in all shapes and sizes. The long snout is still there in most but not all. They are a plague.

There is almost no discernible genetic difference between domestic pigs and Eurasian wild pigs.

 

[Eastexasrick]

There is almost no discernible genetic difference between a Berkshire, Hampshire, and a Duroc. They sure taste different, all good, but different. A couple of snips to the DNA codes and can get Manbearpig.

 

[dvor]

PROBLEM IS MOST LAND IN TEXAS IS PRIVATELY OWEDAND TEXANS LIKE IT THAT WAY IF YOU DESIRE MORE LAND THAT IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC MOVE TO ANOTHER STATE!

Even in the crappy state I moved from 17 years ago used tax dollars to purchase open land. If the state purchased and it was hunt-able they had to give you access.

 

[Hoji]

Even in the crappy state I moved from 17 years ago used tax dollars to purchase open land. If the state purchased and it was hunt-able they had to give you access.

I prefer that .gov own as little as possible.

 

[roadkill]

Even in the crappy state I moved from 17 years ago used tax dollars to purchase open land. If the state purchased and it was hunt-able they had to give you access.

Till the environmentalists start going after and trying deem it wilderness research area or turn it into a monument or a number of other designations that prevent motorized access and maybe hunting access. Just look at all the land grab issues happening out west on the state and fed public land. With private land they have no voice in what goes on on that land. We’re better off private in that regard.

 

[Spcwolf]

The deer in Texas are nothing like the deer in Montana.

Can confirm, I shot a deer in north Idaho on public land in October.

Dad and I may go do Montana next, I was born there and I want to go home.

 

[leVieux]

Can confirm, I shot a deer in north Idaho on public land in October.

Dad and I may go do Montana next, I was born there and I want to go home.

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The WINTERS in Texas are nothing like the Winters in Montana, either. . . . . .

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[BigRed]

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The WINTERS in Texas are nothing like the Winters in Montana, either. . . . . .

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Truth.
Montana has power in the winter!

 

[Spcwolf]

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The WINTERS in Texas are nothing like the Winters in Montana, either. . . . . .

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Truth.
Montana has power in the winter!

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HAAAAAAAA

Yeah, that is the truth. I am ready to go back, just wish I would have been able to make a life there when I was younger.

 

[leVieux]

HAAAAAAAA

Yeah, that is the truth. I am ready to go back, just wish I would have been able to make a life there when I was younger.

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A late Friend told of his Montana years: “It got so cold that the earth squeaked in pain when it was walked-on.”

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[Axxe55]

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The WINTERS in Texas are nothing like the Winters in Montana, either. . . . . .

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The WINTERS in Texas are nothing like the Winters in Montana, either. . . . . .

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DUH!

 

[NikelATX]

I’ll reinforce the general consensus here, if you want to deer hunt in Texas you either need to be wealthy or well connected. In other words you need to access private land which always comes at a cost. Technically you could go try National Forest in East Texas along with a thousand other people but you’re basically in a giant outdoor shooting range with trigger happy drunks at that point.

 

[RevolverGuy]

I usualy make some hunters mad when I say this, but there is no such thing as deer hunting in Texas.

You spend all spring and summer setting out feeders to fatten the little buggers up and also get them accustomed to coming to the blind you spent more time and money on than you should have. .
Then when deer season arrives, you harvest.

I usualy make some hunters mad when I say this, but there is no such thing as deer hunting in Texas.

You spend all spring and summer setting out feeders to fatten the little buggers up and also get them accustomed to coming to the blind you spent more time and money on than you should have. .
Then when deer season arrives, you harvest.

Agree 100%.

It’s not hunting, it’s deer shooting.

I ACTUALLY hunted most of my life on the family ranch, which I had almost completely to myself with enough room to roam. No feeders, no cams, just temporary blinds made myself with scrap lumber.

Sadly, we were forced to sell it off.

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

Plus, there's no such thing as 'Dove Hunting' - It's Dove Shooting.

Which, btw, I was once an avid dove shooter...now, I feed them Black Oil Sunflower Seeds using 3 different bird feeders and wouldn't harm a feather on any of them...this is what happens when you grow older, you can't bear to kill anything any longer.

Yes, Bluejays/American Goldfinches/ (in the winter) Carolina Chickadees/Tufted Tit-Mice (ok, mouse...) even Red Bellied Woodpeckers love the sunflower seeds and a few more I've not listed.