as a Texan, not supposed to be here, but,............. I dont think that most people understand the diversity of the state. We have desert and sand dunes in the west, plains and canyons in the north, piney woods in the east, mountains in the south west, and rolling hills with huge oaks, mesquite, and cedar in the central and south, and coastal plains in the southeast. Only a TINY portion of the land is high fenced and that is mostly in the south central and much of that is large ranches covering many thousands of acres. Got to face it like it or not, Texas is big. We have a wide diversity of game animals that are totally freeranging including whitetail deer, desert mule deer, pronghorn antelope, mountain lion,a few bear in the east,turkeys, wild hogs, sheep, and yes even elk in the north and southwest. We have a huge varmit population including coyote, bobcat, red fox, kit fox, grey fox, coons, skunks, civit cats, ring tail cats, and prairie dogs. Throw in all the varities of exotics behind high fence and those not in high fence and we have great hunting under all kinds of conditions and types of country. Take away the big cities and much of the country is sparsely populated. Where I live there are less than 3000 people in the whole county, go west and there are a lot less than that. Our winters here are mild but we get lots of snow and ice in the north. Can you tell, I am on the Chamber of Commerce Board here. hehehehehe Ol Bob
