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Hey guys, I've been offered a job in Greenville TX, but dont know anything about the area. Does anyone know anything about hunting in that area? Not looking for any honeyholes, just soome good info on what's around there as far as species, populations, etc.

Thanks-Tim

Drove through it in February on my way further south east. Good luck in your new position!

From everything I've heard and read, hunting in Texas is for the wealthy, like in Europe. It's stupid that there is so much land down there and people can't hunt on it without paying a huge fee. I will never hunt there. I had a job offer there too but turned it down, partly because of the hunting (or lack thereof).

I live in the Greenville area. Hunting in the near vicinity consist of deer, squirrel, dove, duck, hogs, and varmints. There is public hunting just to the north and more southeast, over 1 million acres of public hunting land in Texas. With that said the best hunting is on private property. Most people who don't own property lease hunting rights. It can be expensive depending where in Texas you want to hunt. Also tons of game ranches if you like. For anybody who thinks Texas is anything like Europe then they must of never spent any time here. I don't know of anybody you wishes to hunt that doesn't. Your best bet is networking at work with like minded people. Unlike some northern states we have jobs here.

Touche.

I have friends and relatives in Texas. Can hunt there whenever I like. And they are welcome here whenever they want to come. Some of those friends I even met here

Thanks guys! My main concern is the waterfowl hunting, I figured there would be decent deer and hog hunting. Nice to know there are turkey too! Should be finding out for sure in the next week or 2 then I go down for an interview. Wish me luck lol

Good luck, is this L3 by chance?

You'd be within 3 hours of a lot of NF land and a bit further to the densest population of Whitetails on Earth.

It ain't as expensive as some make it out to be. Especially those who've never done it.

They used to have a sign that said welcome to Greenville the blackest land and whitest people. It is a small town northeast of Dallas, and you will basically have the same opportunities as people of Dallas. Hill country deer north of Austin, a very dense population of small deer. Or east Texas a small population of larger deer, have seen some nice ones from a hunting club near Livingston.

great trophy deer hunting in the brush country south of San Antonio.

Of course, check out the Texas Hunting Forum for additional information as well.

Waterfowling is fine. There are ton of lakes another hour and a half east and its public.

We can pay the huge fees because we have jobs...

Yes. I'm Active Duty but have been working on the jets for 15 years here at Offutt, so I figure I'll do the same thing but down there.

Keep the info coming!! Is there a website or some place I can go to see the public land around the area?

I'm about 10 mins. from there. I get in there every once in a while to service some of their CNC machines. Good Luck, and thanks for your service.

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THF quite possibly has the densest population of idiots on the Innernets.

Do you mean the population is particularly dense, as far number of idiots? Or is it that the idiots themselves are more dense than the average batch of idiots? Perhaps both?

Yes, Yes & Yes

Thanks!! Doesnt look like there is much around me, but its a start.