Is hunting deer possible in TX?

[jmohme]

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.

 

[Moonpie]

Take up fishing.

 

[Texasgordo]

I've hit 10 whitetail deer in nearly 20 years of driving a semi truck including 2 that I hit within 5 miles.

I have zero desire to wake up early to sit in a deer blind for a animal dumb enough to run out into a 18 wheeler with loud exhaust, 50 accessory lights and the horn blowing.

 

[Hoji]

From what I've read, there are a couple "dude's" in the 9mm vs 30SC thread that may be open to a quid pro quo type of situation. Myself excluded, of course.

This “dude”?

 

[TexMex247]

I admit I probably wouldn't deer hunt if it wasn't for great friends I've had throughout my life that were fortunate enough to have family property. Hoji and many others know it is truly worth the out of state road trip to hunt deer. I know several people that have gone through the process and had some decent hunts on tx public land. But it really is a crap shoot.

Keep poking around for a small group lease and you may find one. My only hunting spot these days costs me a lot of sweat equity but being an occasional weekend ranch hand never really feels like work to me.

 

[BigRed]

Pigs aren't Free either.

Indeed..... They are a vermin to be eliminated... but don't get rid of the vermin. We need them to restock the hunt.

 

[jmohme]

I've hit 10 whitetail deer in nearly 20 years of driving a semi truck including 2 that I hit within 5 miles.

I have zero desire to wake up early to sit in a deer blind for a animal dumb enough to run out into a 18 wheeler with loud exhaust, 50 accessory lights and the horn blowing.

My father in law was building a blind. I told him that for the money he was spending he should find a nice clean used car with lots of chrome. Put some deer whistles on the front bumper and park in the woods with the high beams on and the deer would throw themselves at him all night long.

 

[Eastexasrick]

My father in law was building a blind. I told him that for the money he was spending he should find a nice clean used car with lots of chrome. Put some deer whistles on the front bumper and park in the woods with the high beams on and the deer would throw themselves at him all night long.

Well us true hunters know you have to flash the high beams and honk the horn if you really want a big one. And it helps to have a bunch is empty’s to toss out the windows to mask your scent. The AM radio blasting also works a an attractant

 

[msharley]

Hey y'all. I've been in Texas since 2010, and since then I've been interested in hunting a deer (never been hunting before). I've tried looking at leases, but realized I'd have to save up a ridiculous sum to even entertain the possibility. Apart from buying land, is there anywhere that I can get involved to fall into the good graces of some kind hearted folks to be able to hunt a deer? Any secrets to share?

I went to Montana this past summer. Let me tell you -- that state is managed wonderfully for allowing citizens access to public lands to use it as they see fit. Sure wish we had something like that in Texas.

Buy a Crown Vic...

No season.

No Bag Limit.

 

[Texasgordo]

Last one I hit was November 9 of last year. It ran into my fuel tank and killed itself. Just glad it didn't ruin my hood and bumper.

 

[leVieux]

We don’t rent pigs

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[Whalercohasset]

My deer lease is $1500 a year and acting as an agent for the landowner. (chase off trespassers and keep the fence in good repair) It's not THAT expensive. Year round access and all the hogs you could ever shoot. Dove season isn't bad either. Although to be honest, I don't bother with whitetails when axis are present.

 

[leVieux]

Hey y'all. I've been in Texas since 2010, and since then I've been interested in hunting a deer (never been hunting before). I've tried looking at leases, but realized I'd have to save up a ridiculous sum to even entertain the possibility. Apart from buying land, is there anywhere that I can get involved to fall into the good graces of some kind hearted folks to be able to hunt a deer? Any secrets to share?

I went to Montana this past summer. Let me tell you -- that state is managed wonderfully for allowing citizens access to public lands to use it as they see fit. Sure wish we had something like that in Texas.

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Texas has very little “public lands” for hunting.

Montana & many other Western States are mostly federal lands, some of which are accessible for hunting.

Let me suggest that feral hog hunting may be easier in Texas, and the pork is wonderful during the colder months.

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[Hoji]

My deer lease is $1500 a year and acting as an agent for the landowner. (chase off trespassers and keep the fence in good repair) It's not THAT expensive. Year round access and all the hogs you could ever shoot. Dove season isn't bad either. Although to be honest, I don't bother with whitetails when axis are present.

If you find a seeetheart deal like that, hold on to it for as long as you can, and be actively putting aside money for when the owner(s) sell or die and their kids sell.

If there are axis deer on the place, it is in the hill country and eventually someone will offer the owners a suitcase full of “fuckyou” money for it and they will retire to Belize

 

[Nicholst55]

Hey y'all. I've been in Texas since 2010, and since then I've been interested in hunting a deer (never been hunting before). I've tried looking at leases, but realized I'd have to save up a ridiculous sum to even entertain the possibility. Apart from buying land, is there anywhere that I can get involved to fall into the good graces of some kind hearted folks to be able to hunt a deer? Any secrets to share?

I went to Montana this past summer. Let me tell you -- that state is managed wonderfully for allowing citizens access to public lands to use it as they see fit. Sure wish we had something like that in Texas.

Check with the various military installations in your area, including Camp Bullis. I know that you can hunt there. It isn't easy, per se, but you can do it. It usually requires attending a class, and applying for a drawing. Then they typically truck you out to your deer stand and drop you off. You hunt in place, and wait for them to return to pick you up.

 

[Moonpie]

Get bucket of corn.
Go to Hollywood Park in north San Antonio
Drive around until you see deer.
Stop. Toss corn.
When some pretty incredible bucks come take pictures.
It’s free.

 

[Mowingmaniac 24/7]

Deer also love 'saltine crackers'.

At Brazos Bend State Park I would back hand pitch em frisbee style to the massive herd that lives there year round...they would gobble em up!

 

[roadkill]

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[Texasjack]

4% of Texas is public land. 29% of Montana is public land.

 

[Sasquatch]

Spend your $$$ on beef, you'll get more meat and have more time to go fishing. Or buy a bass boat, bay boat, or flats skiff. My neighbor's dog is damn near as big as the deer that roam through our neighborhood.