Opportunities to apply for drawings for permits to hunt nilgai, a non-native antelope, on three federal wildlife refuges in South Texas are part of this year's expanded public hunting program run by Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.
In a state where more than 97 percent of the landscape is privately owned and the right to access that property for hunting is almost universally sold to the highest bidder if it's allowed at all, a low-cost, high-quality hunting experience may be the toughest quarry Texas' million-plus hunters pursue.
Tens of thousands of Texas hunters - and a couple-thousand out-of-state hunters - find their best shot at an affordable hunt with at least a decent and often outstanding chance of success through the "drawn hunts" portion of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department's public hunting program.
Those participating in TPWD's public hunting program, which this past week kicked its 2016-17 season into gear with the opening of its online operation, will have more options to target and almost 1,200 more chances to score one of the 8,705 hunt permits to be issued through a drawing of applications carrying only a $3-$10 per person fee.
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